ConDorCon - March 2nd to the 4th 2012 (Fri, Sat, Sun) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: ConDor 2012 (19) P.O. Box 15771 San Diego CA 92175-5771 http://www.condorcon.org condorcon@gmail.com (619) 928-2664 ConDor XVIII (18) Author Guest of Honor - Author Lowell Cunningham - Creator of the Men in Black Arthist Guest of Honor - Mike Bocianowski - Creator of The Yets! Town and Country Resort and Convention Center 500 Hotel Circle North San Diego CA 92108 Hotel Phone # (619) 291-7131 Membership and Admission Membership is $45 until February 20 Membership at the door is $50 ConDor, San Diego's longest running science fiction/fantasy convention, will be held February 25-27 at the Town & Country Hotel & Resort in Mission Valley in San Diego. Programming will reflect the wide variety of interests of the attendees including SF, fantasy, horror, comics, science, technology, literature, movies, television and art. This year's theme is: "Men In Black - Aliens, Conspiracies, & Feds, Oh My!" A large segment of programming will cover an array of subjects within this theme. http://www.condorcon.org/events/programming.html The popular continuing education series for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry will return with classes on Herbology, Divination, Care of Magical Creatures, History of Magic, even Defense Against the Dark Arts. Musical performances include our Friday Night concert with the lineup including, Allison Longsdale, Steelin' Tin, Lynn Maudlin, Timothy Griffin, Greg Gross, Karen Rodgers, and a special guest musician, They Who Are To Be Named Later. http://www.condorcon.org/events/concert.html And we will host our now annual Steampunk/Victorian Dance after our Saturday night costume competition. Don't forget our Art Show and auction, and our Dealers Room with its unique and interesting purveyors of a wide variety of quality collectibles, art, jewelry, books, and fandom items. Author Guest of Honor - Lowell Cunningham Cunningham created the comic book series The Men in Black. This comic series spawned the 1997 film Men in Black, as well as its 2002 sequel (Men in Black II) and the animated television program Men in Black: The Series and the Men in Black return to the screen in 2012. See: http://www.condorcon.org/events/goh.html Artist Guest of Honor - Mike Bocianowski Mike Bocianowski is the artist/writer/animator/creator of "The Yets!". These Yets who come in many shapes and sizes haven't decided on the name of their species as of "yet"...but whatever you do - DON'T CALL THEM DRAGONS! View our other 40+ guests with short bio's at: http://www.condorcon.org/events/panelists.html Concerts and Dances Musical performances include our Friday Night concert, with the lineup will including, Allison Longsdale, Steelin' Tin, Lynn Maudlin, Timothy Griffin, Greg Gross, Karen Rodgers, and a special guest musician, They Who Are To Be Named Later. http://www.condorcon.org/events/concert.html And we will host our Steampunk/Victorian Dance after our Saturday night costume competition. History of ConDor 1993 ~ “Just when you thought science fiction conventions were extinct in San Diego, one appears out of nowhere. Sci-fi conventions in Southern California were once like the California Condor – an endangered species. However, just like the bird, they’re making a come-back! Con-Dor is San Diego’s newest science-fiction media and literature convention, put together by the California Association for the Advancement of Speculative Media (C.A.A.S.M.), a non-profit organization.” Thus was the beginning of ConDor in 1993. And what a start this fledgling convention had with Octavia Butler as the Literary GOH and J. Michael Staczynski as the Media GOH, good timing as Babylon 5 debuted just 2 weeks earlier. The Town and Country Hotel was the venue and remained so for years to come. Dianna Hildreth did a superb job as chairperson, bringing with her an experienced committee. Con-Dor was so much fun, the crazed committee decided to do it again. All guest appearances are subject to professional commitments. ConDor is sponsored by the California Association for the Advancement of Speculative Media (CAASM), a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Downloadable artwork and Press Pass information here: http://www.condorcon.org/aboutus/mediakit.html