tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18638409766001151232024-03-13T09:18:33.768-07:00Star OKC and Other Tales of Central Oklahoma Fandom!Begun in March 1973 as a part of the national Star Trek Association for Revival, STAR OKC was central Oklahoma's most influential seedbed of fandom through 2005.
..... This blog exists to document fandom in central Oklahoma. The area was home to PsurrealCon/PseudoCon, ThunderCon, and Soonercon (née SoonerCon) -- all begun or supported by members of STAR OKC.Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-59955633940096276512024-02-19T00:44:00.000-08:002024-02-19T00:44:11.371-08:00November 1983 GALACTIC GAZETTEIn 1983, Paul "Blue Devil" had returned to STAR for awhile. He was also gracious enough to dive into the crafting of STAR's newsletter, <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Galactic Gazette</i>, which had languished earlier that year because the publications guy (that's me) couldn't get anybody to contribute; thus, a one-page "STAR OKC NEWS."<div><br /></div><div>Here's the offering for November, with art and fiction from Paul and other stuff:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMukMHTR6AZXm5luVrkIdxdDHUWT_kKXfQc7gsShptRwoqR99pQ2ar48bWq3luZpFDaro5XpwNRJOLbBrURRWUNbN8e45AXULiWtgfpMVjuFguQndxetIXH7R47vhfhsjXce_h-yWBGkqvJr4GDAZiB5FZT9ZGcN3e4KLoS46TiMd_-h_hHUe-k0e_XgV/s1640/1983%20--%2011%20November%20GG%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1640" data-original-width="1287" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMukMHTR6AZXm5luVrkIdxdDHUWT_kKXfQc7gsShptRwoqR99pQ2ar48bWq3luZpFDaro5XpwNRJOLbBrURRWUNbN8e45AXULiWtgfpMVjuFguQndxetIXH7R47vhfhsjXce_h-yWBGkqvJr4GDAZiB5FZT9ZGcN3e4KLoS46TiMd_-h_hHUe-k0e_XgV/w314-h400/1983%20--%2011%20November%20GG%2001.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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See you next time!<div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-52553296770680318152024-01-15T23:10:00.000-08:002024-01-15T23:10:40.362-08:00If It's April, It Must Be PseudoCon... At least in 1987!<div><br /></div><div>For a little context, PseudoCon was put on by NOSFA, the Norman, Oklahoma Science Fiction Association. There was another PseudoCon, in 1988, before the name was changed. Several members of STAR OKC or helpers at SoonerCon were also Normanites, so all of us folks overlapped in a fun way.</div><div><br /></div><div>PseudoCon was held April 18, 1987, and here is the eight-page Program Book:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HbRClVJ9SrvAz6BXS3VW3mF5jo4jzXAxM4JyaZ90huk-lfxiJkEKNm36Do_pkHvmJClN43Mnhqrmp1H8OYs0K_VtgN9PxFyDLKR1KLaN5-VhMpKjhocxgqhq9wlJczJa9BbLipkZ7FCFhNEE4Mf9K89jksr4Sa_Xtvz6cdU_DxSHMvrrgcDVd1iW65Lj/s5109/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5109" data-original-width="3332" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HbRClVJ9SrvAz6BXS3VW3mF5jo4jzXAxM4JyaZ90huk-lfxiJkEKNm36Do_pkHvmJClN43Mnhqrmp1H8OYs0K_VtgN9PxFyDLKR1KLaN5-VhMpKjhocxgqhq9wlJczJa9BbLipkZ7FCFhNEE4Mf9K89jksr4Sa_Xtvz6cdU_DxSHMvrrgcDVd1iW65Lj/w261-h400/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2001.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfmKbRXrSfjIWQkLba5IOwal6_NU_eDRRu2Wi9-C8x3dLFdqEnWoq-n_C_CcYxbiKK2WpGPT6TgMci0y8cUFCm3aVPBHuUY40JDmzbxbAhdIQtszWKmP7wZjYtIhyphenhyphenfWb-obkBXTElFi4qxKmYpYszN1BMCduNiCcc8cCJkofIWxtzUypkCJUeV3ykq73e/s5103/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5103" data-original-width="3204" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfmKbRXrSfjIWQkLba5IOwal6_NU_eDRRu2Wi9-C8x3dLFdqEnWoq-n_C_CcYxbiKK2WpGPT6TgMci0y8cUFCm3aVPBHuUY40JDmzbxbAhdIQtszWKmP7wZjYtIhyphenhyphenfWb-obkBXTElFi4qxKmYpYszN1BMCduNiCcc8cCJkofIWxtzUypkCJUeV3ykq73e/w251-h400/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2002.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZAfG3lsOm1wQeW_psWEJO9Rwxs75LsWxUqxfyCU2mSqHB9anNHCTtjAfv-hAw1dfOc7i8L5Gu1ldRvT0FEmm53YTYWx8R6AQ34FnFkRLiqEXlw0pUy9kqI0QamzDOYDcgVgYlZnsPCcDY__UUpTeq0j25B5o4PrRfbkmNATZzNAGH9vkkVbjK0UbCtRt/s5103/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5103" data-original-width="3320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZAfG3lsOm1wQeW_psWEJO9Rwxs75LsWxUqxfyCU2mSqHB9anNHCTtjAfv-hAw1dfOc7i8L5Gu1ldRvT0FEmm53YTYWx8R6AQ34FnFkRLiqEXlw0pUy9kqI0QamzDOYDcgVgYlZnsPCcDY__UUpTeq0j25B5o4PrRfbkmNATZzNAGH9vkkVbjK0UbCtRt/w260-h400/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2003.jpg" width="260" /></a></div>(No, I don't have a brother named Mike. They got my name wrong.)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQc-u2f4DsBv0WKbgdZiCcDhmEfEVceXE2bsDfx6qpORausAA9lRTLVQ5sWsH3L-kb_p9nJKkZ6XmdlafElr8lfSvmX9FCS_cviFI3rBnbhzQ7oGXIAPWDiW-QTP5kz4x05eeQId1_ynBOAuuW4V2M9oyb0tot-BtF891XzpBYZleDOVcNU-6F_xW88kq/s5113/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5113" data-original-width="3272" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQc-u2f4DsBv0WKbgdZiCcDhmEfEVceXE2bsDfx6qpORausAA9lRTLVQ5sWsH3L-kb_p9nJKkZ6XmdlafElr8lfSvmX9FCS_cviFI3rBnbhzQ7oGXIAPWDiW-QTP5kz4x05eeQId1_ynBOAuuW4V2M9oyb0tot-BtF891XzpBYZleDOVcNU-6F_xW88kq/w256-h400/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2004.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At least for my TREK panel with Larry, they got my name right!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQHt3YtLJkBKZKj37tBhM-q2jgcCdtqPOq7yDDqCl0rjUak-38ZA4zrbvcd2QmW6MYFbmwT4ZrwfodospmY8a7bQZJoQ0z5fEA6D-78sfZ9_zVZMI7Yvseb2b553Zfn1J_VQBn6IAX1nlO5iJwbQZ4dZOs3qSIuExnUZqd003J4GnHEverpltzFkXca4o/s5113/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5113" data-original-width="3355" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQHt3YtLJkBKZKj37tBhM-q2jgcCdtqPOq7yDDqCl0rjUak-38ZA4zrbvcd2QmW6MYFbmwT4ZrwfodospmY8a7bQZJoQ0z5fEA6D-78sfZ9_zVZMI7Yvseb2b553Zfn1J_VQBn6IAX1nlO5iJwbQZ4dZOs3qSIuExnUZqd003J4GnHEverpltzFkXca4o/w263-h400/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2005.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTn6joGTUYQYnudAu2te-ombYytdhxEa6ahu1YfjrMx_J2Y7di4tO8BVJ1Hn3x5sTD7EZYGMSEomURm5gpQODZSmpq-2xHcYMldzGFYvjO_GJif9CjhLxwnm9vWKRlwb5g37K05RJnakQgWYSBDWBHzpnhrAtLJFkdkNsZF9_2hpxT_xPpjmUH3q644lzS/s5019/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5019" data-original-width="3243" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTn6joGTUYQYnudAu2te-ombYytdhxEa6ahu1YfjrMx_J2Y7di4tO8BVJ1Hn3x5sTD7EZYGMSEomURm5gpQODZSmpq-2xHcYMldzGFYvjO_GJif9CjhLxwnm9vWKRlwb5g37K05RJnakQgWYSBDWBHzpnhrAtLJFkdkNsZF9_2hpxT_xPpjmUH3q644lzS/w259-h400/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2006.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIYYPtrrVM4A18dyDhmokW5qJHLbajv0qZUflq2LTMwtTdTrc0KgU0JKxf3D_Z0pLwBpMsfkMGw74S2Pt9ddoDDQ06s1GiLOaaK7XqYBN59WLoa7RkQUilcnqFmFiNscC8ky3lxxgNgr_XZJKw1bqXMAkb2M9pq8aqr_8ac1qvHGdEIdEKGdDadkPgO0q/s5123/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5123" data-original-width="3204" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIYYPtrrVM4A18dyDhmokW5qJHLbajv0qZUflq2LTMwtTdTrc0KgU0JKxf3D_Z0pLwBpMsfkMGw74S2Pt9ddoDDQ06s1GiLOaaK7XqYBN59WLoa7RkQUilcnqFmFiNscC8ky3lxxgNgr_XZJKw1bqXMAkb2M9pq8aqr_8ac1qvHGdEIdEKGdDadkPgO0q/w250-h400/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2007.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbsrDaBKwIdTLoZEzUNokTe4zlcT_ukiKiQqDv955fAc-OXMrBKRKub6HLG2Hn4nKbxwVPSN8_9gpE0pigr07AFy-ASw8NMKQqaeuC4vvwpRgn0G244SrxIjHmpEmFTyDK-ol_d36NLK7nGU5U7_X3y9pZ4HMDU_bAyZyuO1L_CX9Qk8kli4Bl-wQo7sC/s5162/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5162" data-original-width="3330" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbsrDaBKwIdTLoZEzUNokTe4zlcT_ukiKiQqDv955fAc-OXMrBKRKub6HLG2Hn4nKbxwVPSN8_9gpE0pigr07AFy-ASw8NMKQqaeuC4vvwpRgn0G244SrxIjHmpEmFTyDK-ol_d36NLK7nGU5U7_X3y9pZ4HMDU_bAyZyuO1L_CX9Qk8kli4Bl-wQo7sC/w258-h400/1987-04-18%20-%20PseudoCon%20PB%2008.jpg" width="258" /></a></div>I can testify that my part at PseudoCon, at least, was a blast. I got into my Vulcanian garb and pretended to be Spock, while our future ThunderChief Larry played the irascible McCoy. And we argued -- I mean, debated. (Another wonderful memory was created before that panel, when Larry was kind enough to stand next to me at the Men's Room sink and direct a hair dryer to dry the glue holding my homemade Vulcan latex ears on!)<br /><div><br /></div><div>See you next time, fellow Oklahoma fans!</div><div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-48443591386848284022023-12-14T22:28:00.000-08:002023-12-14T22:28:04.586-08:00Time-Travellin' to 2010!Here is some of the press generated to drum up the fever for SoonerCon 2010. When we decided to help celebrate Yard Dog Press's 15th anniversary, one of us geniuses on the ConComm decided our con theme MUST be "A Bubba Odyssey," riffing off Clarke's <i style="font-weight: bold;">2001</i> sequel <i style="font-weight: bold;">2010</i> of course. AND since we had joltin' Joe Lansdale, author of (among others) <i style="font-weight: bold;">Bubba Ho-Tep</i>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOrpg4qYrc4FuBl5VgNu4pDyzE2cAXfBZWIiKqL-MTXRdT4ebLwXbqaYzv7nZ_PmeviUHwKL9ZhyU7K5bYoqGEUDWBCdjuSj_bDo-rhEE4_BjKJd9eGS88O0PN5HQopGij4B2O6rlvLHOPp1CnaKK2_hSi5uYCjOo-dfPtm6YVfs0Y2DtzKiGj0IFaazn/s3280/2010%20--%2006-02%20Gazette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="1249" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOrpg4qYrc4FuBl5VgNu4pDyzE2cAXfBZWIiKqL-MTXRdT4ebLwXbqaYzv7nZ_PmeviUHwKL9ZhyU7K5bYoqGEUDWBCdjuSj_bDo-rhEE4_BjKJd9eGS88O0PN5HQopGij4B2O6rlvLHOPp1CnaKK2_hSi5uYCjOo-dfPtm6YVfs0Y2DtzKiGj0IFaazn/w153-h400/2010%20--%2006-02%20Gazette.jpg" width="153" /></a></div>Above is from the June 2, 2010 <i style="font-weight: bold;">Gazette</i>.<div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8zZ0S2VInJbPW6gy8WNP3UodGPQ24NjSbBLfLs8aFMJGeMAo0aiG8bTuIdAz8piiFtULZvIcvjWoM-Lr7J-GhL4ee3ITuRFJwp-7x4S57aB0XTCK7WiwRmSBmp_dV5vyr8FwDaV6hZ5Z0mDnXeuGYHkzXoyCK0Ht1VAwOG_Mk5SxczIyDNxBFRnANPqb/s2121/2010%20--%2006-02%20Oklahoman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1916" data-original-width="2121" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8zZ0S2VInJbPW6gy8WNP3UodGPQ24NjSbBLfLs8aFMJGeMAo0aiG8bTuIdAz8piiFtULZvIcvjWoM-Lr7J-GhL4ee3ITuRFJwp-7x4S57aB0XTCK7WiwRmSBmp_dV5vyr8FwDaV6hZ5Z0mDnXeuGYHkzXoyCK0Ht1VAwOG_Mk5SxczIyDNxBFRnANPqb/w400-h361/2010%20--%2006-02%20Oklahoman.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The above squib is from the June 2, 2010 <i style="font-weight: bold;">Oklahoman</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5bwbsThGQ9YAZrUj9XLP1VxtM33qVjczgXGkvC1VVmBaOHMr7ZGipF3ZC1DGZIEUCxUQlFqY8nwADbSk8QUocGldCqjXSeC-sLL_IvBbVdapHUAdAPaS9b6RapR9-eSnHtI7cu-C0JIPf5v2RrLod80ZYFRERj0QIOrDnUJzN7uhVGZqthlCYhYQqhu3/s6036/2010%20--%2006-03%20Oklahoman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6036" data-original-width="1738" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5bwbsThGQ9YAZrUj9XLP1VxtM33qVjczgXGkvC1VVmBaOHMr7ZGipF3ZC1DGZIEUCxUQlFqY8nwADbSk8QUocGldCqjXSeC-sLL_IvBbVdapHUAdAPaS9b6RapR9-eSnHtI7cu-C0JIPf5v2RrLod80ZYFRERj0QIOrDnUJzN7uhVGZqthlCYhYQqhu3/w115-h400/2010%20--%2006-03%20Oklahoman.jpg" width="115" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This one's from the June 3rd <i><b>Oklahoman</b>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9arQoJpTephnW7HTl_ZVzsuglUhePcX85hktfuqksju2f2zthQcbKxBw2U0hrHZEhZj6W27B8aLz7Y1kFFnZTcVbezE4CsHKtdRPk19_S9HwoGlhuMm2lmtW6sxD7BnnyH2f_NMzNcYMvyZBQoPBcmwaJPPiWbB1tAYJyFA_UiaAzWvEYqhe_q5HC5tj/s6485/2010%20--%2006-04%20Oklahoman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6485" data-original-width="3174" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9arQoJpTephnW7HTl_ZVzsuglUhePcX85hktfuqksju2f2zthQcbKxBw2U0hrHZEhZj6W27B8aLz7Y1kFFnZTcVbezE4CsHKtdRPk19_S9HwoGlhuMm2lmtW6sxD7BnnyH2f_NMzNcYMvyZBQoPBcmwaJPPiWbB1tAYJyFA_UiaAzWvEYqhe_q5HC5tj/w196-h400/2010%20--%2006-04%20Oklahoman.jpg" width="196" /></a></div>The one above appeared in the June 4, 2010 <i style="font-weight: bold;">Oklahoman</i>. Thanks to our good friend Matthew Price for plugging us then and later!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuL7V2a3sK7sjMug4dgJ4mefRI-XQHK6B-tatLlDqWYzLGmtlPUCM3X2lOA_6K0C02pzPh-D2_EwSUplkj4cEMK3iAult8gLXZHzAsFgAqOs3uZEU9_8HXlfexDGlntP216Tz5MAikm7h2Z7MVqaueWOCMmUN_nCARwL1fSoZQ3mqMYUHrjxpdEe89kLT/s3300/2010%20-%20Bubba%20flyer%20-%20posted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuL7V2a3sK7sjMug4dgJ4mefRI-XQHK6B-tatLlDqWYzLGmtlPUCM3X2lOA_6K0C02pzPh-D2_EwSUplkj4cEMK3iAult8gLXZHzAsFgAqOs3uZEU9_8HXlfexDGlntP216Tz5MAikm7h2Z7MVqaueWOCMmUN_nCARwL1fSoZQ3mqMYUHrjxpdEe89kLT/w309-h400/2010%20-%20Bubba%20flyer%20-%20posted.jpg" width="309" /></a></div>And re-presented here is the "Bubba flyer," featuring art by John Kaufman.<br /><div><br /></div><div>See you next time, fellow bubbas and bubbettes!</div><div> </div></div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-39114927321718145672023-11-22T02:39:00.000-08:002023-11-22T02:39:39.080-08:00ThunderCon 7 Flyers!ThunderCon 7 was May 30-31-June 1, 1997.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfj6Biaf0xdGU-Fn_PuxhvvdUk-YsJxKR5mQnhSIhj0stIxDyQt7vdi44mCFT6LRRGYsfU9jziSOy_RgbeMivFc8BKjgbv1TRYFD7nb2Gx3oxtVO6USGN7dmkM1OSe3m9IqsMAa3AIyVnDUnFSXBBKdt-49MJRcGc0Hy0Vyrc4TeWsmvEg5w_2j8olXLv/s6536/1997%20-%20ThunderCon%207%20flyer%20a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6536" data-original-width="5024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfj6Biaf0xdGU-Fn_PuxhvvdUk-YsJxKR5mQnhSIhj0stIxDyQt7vdi44mCFT6LRRGYsfU9jziSOy_RgbeMivFc8BKjgbv1TRYFD7nb2Gx3oxtVO6USGN7dmkM1OSe3m9IqsMAa3AIyVnDUnFSXBBKdt-49MJRcGc0Hy0Vyrc4TeWsmvEg5w_2j8olXLv/w308-h400/1997%20-%20ThunderCon%207%20flyer%20a.jpg" width="308" /></a></div>Here's the first flyer, which was one-sided.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSOb0JPa8ggLHqMkb9zyAI4nzxH0N50foZH-wCV_wQ74Ix_TBSHbVHfgrCUgqX2fuZen3pU5DXJaYk5EctL0oi-0WGeVQJCapRtAjcnBnFb6DmQodC3KIowNuwEuhqACZeNsWr8vRiN0vEOJPxCKmGIp7CN9gUAG9h4uZF4g0XalzuBlHF14zKNxCbrR_/s6516/1997%20-%20ThunderCon%207%20flyer%20b%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6516" data-original-width="5072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSOb0JPa8ggLHqMkb9zyAI4nzxH0N50foZH-wCV_wQ74Ix_TBSHbVHfgrCUgqX2fuZen3pU5DXJaYk5EctL0oi-0WGeVQJCapRtAjcnBnFb6DmQodC3KIowNuwEuhqACZeNsWr8vRiN0vEOJPxCKmGIp7CN9gUAG9h4uZF4g0XalzuBlHF14zKNxCbrR_/w311-h400/1997%20-%20ThunderCon%207%20flyer%20b%2001.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfIGw7XRk6A9RP-TUOR8DqK2ldboT5hxTJB0tl7nbb6jH9ibjYna4TRRlTTPU8fzt_OvoDpzpN96EmeJlfsH874w_Afco6uRZfVbDY5mUBgUG2jlfEGMN76PzyXZWgLZPuSOOwO26YO8_IGrvWKe46SDdYrFs7BLUEy7yqDSvDsFug-ANvxbf3blCUvuo/s6526/1997%20-%20ThunderCon%207%20flyer%20b%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6526" data-original-width="5081" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfIGw7XRk6A9RP-TUOR8DqK2ldboT5hxTJB0tl7nbb6jH9ibjYna4TRRlTTPU8fzt_OvoDpzpN96EmeJlfsH874w_Afco6uRZfVbDY5mUBgUG2jlfEGMN76PzyXZWgLZPuSOOwO26YO8_IGrvWKe46SDdYrFs7BLUEy7yqDSvDsFug-ANvxbf3blCUvuo/w311-h400/1997%20-%20ThunderCon%207%20flyer%20b%2002.jpg" width="311" /></a></div>The second flyer. By now Biggs was confirmed, and Richard Hatch added to the roster.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWw4wLBuBUKNdiUNWL5avF429n83gL8slIXiQx-XSYCLyOTNvV8USs-qgSV74rDJegQWJnRGQiX8z9OC7jJqySrWWrRE-ljSTbDXMix0Gq3JciJ7Ss3c4ANoUdAGbNiT1IsX4qtkIqm9wRucMgawH2UfHmYQSgudu8zhmqS_ZU6knBpH5P-kdt1OHEfGED/s6526/1997%20-%20ThunderCon%207%20flyer%20c%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6526" data-original-width="5081" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWw4wLBuBUKNdiUNWL5avF429n83gL8slIXiQx-XSYCLyOTNvV8USs-qgSV74rDJegQWJnRGQiX8z9OC7jJqySrWWrRE-ljSTbDXMix0Gq3JciJ7Ss3c4ANoUdAGbNiT1IsX4qtkIqm9wRucMgawH2UfHmYQSgudu8zhmqS_ZU6knBpH5P-kdt1OHEfGED/w311-h400/1997%20-%20ThunderCon%207%20flyer%20c%2001.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5sicB1UWH0BHLq4Oe9fYynrFIXIaWhMOSugdZP1FafoeBSD7N3VlWU-BmUdB6K2gBgP-ZF8yQV7zrTzQK4fP1pGq_HZkbimZWAD6DCHTSamcEUmIlYWNMqYz3GIbdEb1F1kmB-RNNAj64GGUpSFg97R_tTVD5etBzk1vHrZiJBegxcSl9bNM3J2Jeph-/s6526/1997%20-%20ThunderCon%207%20flyer%20c%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6526" data-original-width="5024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5sicB1UWH0BHLq4Oe9fYynrFIXIaWhMOSugdZP1FafoeBSD7N3VlWU-BmUdB6K2gBgP-ZF8yQV7zrTzQK4fP1pGq_HZkbimZWAD6DCHTSamcEUmIlYWNMqYz3GIbdEb1F1kmB-RNNAj64GGUpSFg97R_tTVD5etBzk1vHrZiJBegxcSl9bNM3J2Jeph-/w308-h400/1997%20-%20ThunderCon%207%20flyer%20c%2002.jpg" width="308" /></a></div>Above is the third version of a ThunderCon 7 flyer.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiora3Nx0CqcKjZheiduVHOk4yh2LM3QlmwojJeBQy7toIQnn1F_V_aXfwpnMVFzfzSe3geFagLxDqbaeRyJ9ZMTuIph8qnmUFS3aBavFy1smIFXSDHN6bcYgvJt_PNc5ci7p7eId5DCSpl1Y4ciYXqf7yV18SUSeHPdsJXoSKWwoQWAz-AMvxrX7ZL6bXL/s6526/1997%20-%20ThunderCon%207%20flyer%20d%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6526" data-original-width="5081" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiora3Nx0CqcKjZheiduVHOk4yh2LM3QlmwojJeBQy7toIQnn1F_V_aXfwpnMVFzfzSe3geFagLxDqbaeRyJ9ZMTuIph8qnmUFS3aBavFy1smIFXSDHN6bcYgvJt_PNc5ci7p7eId5DCSpl1Y4ciYXqf7yV18SUSeHPdsJXoSKWwoQWAz-AMvxrX7ZL6bXL/w311-h400/1997%20-%20ThunderCon%207%20flyer%20d%2001.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwm3IyY4lnUCirGM9t9m1PfIcjgdoiDR1qdANNKa8nmczhLC_JVQlH1h8SypH6yolWv86zmFjLoOwVn_GRf3LaVLqv8iVjdSqslOk4Az1GX5No7JYcFCm8sn6dyMCZ_rv8QjkysUzv536_aBfT-5sAnMgqtRcJptNSYYGt65H4LwIwTtXzUKxNZXgy1Ta/s6536/1997%20-%20ThunderCon%207%20flyer%20d%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6536" data-original-width="5052" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwm3IyY4lnUCirGM9t9m1PfIcjgdoiDR1qdANNKa8nmczhLC_JVQlH1h8SypH6yolWv86zmFjLoOwVn_GRf3LaVLqv8iVjdSqslOk4Az1GX5No7JYcFCm8sn6dyMCZ_rv8QjkysUzv536_aBfT-5sAnMgqtRcJptNSYYGt65H4LwIwTtXzUKxNZXgy1Ta/w309-h400/1997%20-%20ThunderCon%207%20flyer%20d%2002.jpg" width="309" /></a></div>And here is the fourth version of a ThunderCon 7 flyer.<div><br /></div><div>Is four flyers a record for one con? Probably not! See ya next time.</div><div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-88867215014069601332023-10-29T23:46:00.000-07:002023-10-29T23:46:03.839-07:00The ThunderCon 5 Program Book!Thanks to prompting from Soonercon 31 Featured Guest Red Bard, here's the Program Book from ThunderCon 5, held in May 1995.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wk98XXJz0lKtuMIuGW_FP7AE7Vr2dg_5U5mlHTfEZEzShzFxvNOTC79cFS_Alrz31F1g5v4cOSBeJVrWYE9TBznN4jhq3haWvAgAiuTqDIw0fZPWnW6ljP4K0vN9-dLUwdhT96wiS6jZ65N6SS9er8j7opeh4KkvKgM8WxXrocgL9bRrgH-ldr2lgUHj/s6787/1995%20-%20ThunderCon%205%20Program%20Book%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6787" data-original-width="5072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wk98XXJz0lKtuMIuGW_FP7AE7Vr2dg_5U5mlHTfEZEzShzFxvNOTC79cFS_Alrz31F1g5v4cOSBeJVrWYE9TBznN4jhq3haWvAgAiuTqDIw0fZPWnW6ljP4K0vN9-dLUwdhT96wiS6jZ65N6SS9er8j7opeh4KkvKgM8WxXrocgL9bRrgH-ldr2lgUHj/w299-h400/1995%20-%20ThunderCon%205%20Program%20Book%2001.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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And for more info anent the fan friend Red Bard, vide:<div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/RedBardIsCool">https://twitter.com/RedBardIsCool</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://instagram.com/redbardiscool" style="font-size: 12pt;">https://instagram.com/redbardiscool</a></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div>See ya next time!</div><div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-6144199571318148522023-10-08T21:26:00.003-07:002023-10-08T21:26:58.363-07:00Slideways to 2009SoonerCon 2009 was the third of the revived Soonercon. Here are some notes from its planning stages.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfo2bpYKa3-ST-WPS4zMEk1SqL1iUz3erIew6pSmEIL8DQ584cqwvZbMGen-jI6ZbJIwK5G7iCe55cbxoFimxoApapOi6tMcXU0sy2iNKkTiiDRHs57Z-5Q2ijxY4A6UvCfTtZ8z8O_xcJ-Lgp4T3SeTd21uuxAdb0UtNBWtgogjo3VJt8D_3o8LgZJkzx/s5770/01%20-%202009-06-05%20-%20Oklahoman%20SoonerCon%202009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5770" data-original-width="4248" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfo2bpYKa3-ST-WPS4zMEk1SqL1iUz3erIew6pSmEIL8DQ584cqwvZbMGen-jI6ZbJIwK5G7iCe55cbxoFimxoApapOi6tMcXU0sy2iNKkTiiDRHs57Z-5Q2ijxY4A6UvCfTtZ8z8O_xcJ-Lgp4T3SeTd21uuxAdb0UtNBWtgogjo3VJt8D_3o8LgZJkzx/w295-h400/01%20-%202009-06-05%20-%20Oklahoman%20SoonerCon%202009.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><div>At a meeting in late 2008, we talked about a time-travel theme. I came up with the phrase "Slideways in Time," and we went with it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJz4Rk34YTpM-sa7ujLv5AKhb_z6IllZLJjzcWqvodp-1fs3NWQwCq_AUedmWQemK4_8QzcXRE4BhtbLJOPg8OApH9gh8Uih54hFrcvu1VhAQIOYzEV7SnPVioiPL1t_5XiLIUn5tqT6LXNSurobFtfK9N7GZEy8bKsu3jtHPS61VmEd2QnOZi9CKltxv7/s4533/02%20-%202008%20-%20SC%202009%20slideways%20origin%20note%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3199" data-original-width="4533" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJz4Rk34YTpM-sa7ujLv5AKhb_z6IllZLJjzcWqvodp-1fs3NWQwCq_AUedmWQemK4_8QzcXRE4BhtbLJOPg8OApH9gh8Uih54hFrcvu1VhAQIOYzEV7SnPVioiPL1t_5XiLIUn5tqT6LXNSurobFtfK9N7GZEy8bKsu3jtHPS61VmEd2QnOZi9CKltxv7/w400-h283/02%20-%202008%20-%20SC%202009%20slideways%20origin%20note%2001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>That ribbonlike graphic was tested on a demo flyer but not used.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYNHQunauJLPx3CgkFJ8F36G_ORDFlFcPLXnm9mgpzzNjewXSjeJtqb8jBuECiBDaVhbubmulk34c9f3oSU88EJ1Trhw2UU_t-avZIv7jxZrC8TyN2ARmCOFBn_EB7jj_BjBNyGPPKKytZuDdVCdhepvBYvZtDbnTvAfNVjy80lc1IWmjG0hh4y-imWLW/s3438/03%20-%202009%20-%20SoonerCon%202009%20Bookmark%20Flyer%20-%20unused.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3438" data-original-width="2541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYNHQunauJLPx3CgkFJ8F36G_ORDFlFcPLXnm9mgpzzNjewXSjeJtqb8jBuECiBDaVhbubmulk34c9f3oSU88EJ1Trhw2UU_t-avZIv7jxZrC8TyN2ARmCOFBn_EB7jj_BjBNyGPPKKytZuDdVCdhepvBYvZtDbnTvAfNVjy80lc1IWmjG0hh4y-imWLW/w296-h400/03%20-%202009%20-%20SoonerCon%202009%20Bookmark%20Flyer%20-%20unused.jpg" width="296" /></a></div>Another spiffy idea from then-Chair Jerry wall:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwW0hZQgii7bed6rmGPLn8DB1VGhqQEKoM0cX2SSE9Iarkrc1hpkOMr3vUaaRAqP8dEae0eYH7VJVaBarbbrQgAEgeU1LN0YXY6Q8y4PObcU9o4Frb4JZz0sDxgcxpakYZCfUu0t9wgGbaPtDZtHy4er61_UAmkeMnpYFQ5QSuFqg9eBWTi4Vb7Yoj46o2/s3837/04%20-%202008%20-%20SC%202009%20slideways%20origin%20note%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="3837" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwW0hZQgii7bed6rmGPLn8DB1VGhqQEKoM0cX2SSE9Iarkrc1hpkOMr3vUaaRAqP8dEae0eYH7VJVaBarbbrQgAEgeU1LN0YXY6Q8y4PObcU9o4Frb4JZz0sDxgcxpakYZCfUu0t9wgGbaPtDZtHy4er61_UAmkeMnpYFQ5QSuFqg9eBWTi4Vb7Yoj46o2/w400-h160/04%20-%202008%20-%20SC%202009%20slideways%20origin%20note%2002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>... And its realization:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBCMaeqNB3Ucbg2kQw9-OVTSV7U7XDqV4ThfUQgPMgoxz1cFBjbfd5lira6Yw5vZw2z-3pE-vZU6lrWeYXrNAa6fVmzzAuHY_-jK0LoBMbrRugHskqn6KXaolLjJRZbr6DFAcGfSsGJpg7sHi7XeEIGrEikCHvHbi-fGq8vM_WS4I5N1pOP-VmaQbxKWD/s2400/05%20-%202009%20-%20Time-Travel%20Press%20Release.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1416" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBCMaeqNB3Ucbg2kQw9-OVTSV7U7XDqV4ThfUQgPMgoxz1cFBjbfd5lira6Yw5vZw2z-3pE-vZU6lrWeYXrNAa6fVmzzAuHY_-jK0LoBMbrRugHskqn6KXaolLjJRZbr6DFAcGfSsGJpg7sHi7XeEIGrEikCHvHbi-fGq8vM_WS4I5N1pOP-VmaQbxKWD/w236-h400/05%20-%202009%20-%20Time-Travel%20Press%20Release.jpg" width="236" /></a></div>I don't know if anybody in the future will read the note and pop in ... we didn't take attendance.<div><br /></div><div>See you next time, fellow fans of Central OK history!</div><div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-80340869728685892972023-09-12T00:01:00.007-07:002023-09-12T00:01:58.243-07:00SoonerCon 30 Wasn't Our First Homecoming!In 1990 my future employer, the State of Oklahoma, gave a certificate to SoonerCon 2006 as "an official Oklahoma Homecoming '90 community."<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UzkeBM2Q1aMXfGvkficnlmDswNXzYYvF9y-HqaqIzc4oHPWXGAA0GAT2Ynp-UKgiUWoflGQF6WZvuvKZI-jFDzALxMMhtIMJuE2fujcUvVq0hYtwhN6vA8mIYnsZPC19L2wiSvbMhMOl-DdPQyfjt-gQMT9nedqIy1uBGiOMRwbg09xMBjHrgl9dkqTZ/s2048/1990-07-17%20-%20SoonerCon%206%20governor%20cert%20Homecoming%2090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1589" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UzkeBM2Q1aMXfGvkficnlmDswNXzYYvF9y-HqaqIzc4oHPWXGAA0GAT2Ynp-UKgiUWoflGQF6WZvuvKZI-jFDzALxMMhtIMJuE2fujcUvVq0hYtwhN6vA8mIYnsZPC19L2wiSvbMhMOl-DdPQyfjt-gQMT9nedqIy1uBGiOMRwbg09xMBjHrgl9dkqTZ/w310-h400/1990-07-17%20-%20SoonerCon%206%20governor%20cert%20Homecoming%2090.jpg" width="310" /></a></div>It took me a whole 20 minutes to dig out the original and scan it. Aren't you proud and humble to have been part of a fine group of servants, for this long?<div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-6248530637691073572023-08-16T22:21:00.001-07:002023-08-16T22:21:16.621-07:00Non-Alternate Cover!For SoonerCon 2008, before we went with Artist GOH Tom Kidd's illo "Cole Falls," seen below ...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Dwf4Hla5Iv0rxkmjvYsyaGs2pfNf_DJz9ZwqWEIXoRV-LBlUrL1LXpeyfRskAZaO7AonuhJvDGse-PVoWVG0mbuWvwqJyc4Oy8KZ3sJtnwbQogltUf_4GJikr_3jQO47Ph24PKIBjikyVt0MIDfvRH0a654SDxX6HYJQRfuOjZpy9i85cuoZtjXu8N1P/s6465/2008%20-%20SoonerCon%202008%20Program%20Book%20full%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5003" data-original-width="6465" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Dwf4Hla5Iv0rxkmjvYsyaGs2pfNf_DJz9ZwqWEIXoRV-LBlUrL1LXpeyfRskAZaO7AonuhJvDGse-PVoWVG0mbuWvwqJyc4Oy8KZ3sJtnwbQogltUf_4GJikr_3jQO47Ph24PKIBjikyVt0MIDfvRH0a654SDxX6HYJQRfuOjZpy9i85cuoZtjXu8N1P/w400-h310/2008%20-%20SoonerCon%202008%20Program%20Book%20full%20cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>... I used a different piece by Kidd to dummy up a possible PB cover in the style of the old-time Big Little Books:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Yr14nu_cdzDJVuFze6gr2sLF9wcsVxXgQ-Qyq3G33G8x7vV0deyC-P3idg5rZ6ycnnJF29md1T1UmjO5I5Xz5GZhqvEHsxfk3WAGzDS6nu9DLQXGKPV_GDc5CWW8zYUV3tdx6_JkYEwyGcHjKvebA7RRh406dQHye3DdKewATxvd_Ek8r3v931UyZ8KD/s599/2008%20-%20Pieces%20of%2008%20Big%20Little%20Book%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="392" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Yr14nu_cdzDJVuFze6gr2sLF9wcsVxXgQ-Qyq3G33G8x7vV0deyC-P3idg5rZ6ycnnJF29md1T1UmjO5I5Xz5GZhqvEHsxfk3WAGzDS6nu9DLQXGKPV_GDc5CWW8zYUV3tdx6_JkYEwyGcHjKvebA7RRh406dQHye3DdKewATxvd_Ek8r3v931UyZ8KD/w261-h400/2008%20-%20Pieces%20of%2008%20Big%20Little%20Book%20cover.jpg" width="261" /></a></div>Were you there for that spiffy con?<div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-69325653639037654522023-07-25T23:19:00.001-07:002023-07-25T23:23:07.253-07:00One Short Decade Ago ... At SoonerCon 22 SoonerCon 22 was June 28-30, 2013, at the Reed Center in Midwest City. Among its many graces was the FIRST Class of the <a href="https://www.fscok.org/the-oklahoma-speculative-fiction-hall-of-fame/" target="_blank">Speculative Fiction Hall of Fame</a>. The working name for this award, "the Nucleon," was my suggestion, and the name was soon rerouted to become the Art Show favorites' awards.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3fR82MgKoHaCc4FVgK8OO5c0x-0__7iHs1nyT4GAWiwLyKxS93tbtOfIDLwCqvRs3xI7dZDwP_o4KOUWsDJ1gHnPQpeg_b0flf6lJsavDnvTE3B-T8PkX7YUlcRB_XxjX78M83j2Jcb-qiXXlCA7Jc44D8_5854oe7IEF91xrh4BHuw2eNdC56uujp4Yk/s8232/2013-06-25%2001%20-%20SoonerCon%20Nucleon%20article.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8232" data-original-width="4644" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3fR82MgKoHaCc4FVgK8OO5c0x-0__7iHs1nyT4GAWiwLyKxS93tbtOfIDLwCqvRs3xI7dZDwP_o4KOUWsDJ1gHnPQpeg_b0flf6lJsavDnvTE3B-T8PkX7YUlcRB_XxjX78M83j2Jcb-qiXXlCA7Jc44D8_5854oe7IEF91xrh4BHuw2eNdC56uujp4Yk/w226-h400/2013-06-25%2001%20-%20SoonerCon%20Nucleon%20article.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYn-zqHFuVoJGGVUp8-GpeQkeMjlP99OgBmsV3JrBEIc2VAu6lXrT9QsLSyq4X-KZa8a3g4Q92H_DXLHmON68WYjPMIPIif6wxpqKbeBlqkgEHrlBV2AMXZ8fDQxt7Pqc7umonNvydnijD0TFyDqWN7Kc_FBd7qcbbj1PigYH_og-EK3B3s3g-C0A_mM4s/s6612/2013-06-25%2002%20-%20SoonerCon%20Nucleon%20article.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6612" data-original-width="4560" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYn-zqHFuVoJGGVUp8-GpeQkeMjlP99OgBmsV3JrBEIc2VAu6lXrT9QsLSyq4X-KZa8a3g4Q92H_DXLHmON68WYjPMIPIif6wxpqKbeBlqkgEHrlBV2AMXZ8fDQxt7Pqc7umonNvydnijD0TFyDqWN7Kc_FBd7qcbbj1PigYH_og-EK3B3s3g-C0A_mM4s/w276-h400/2013-06-25%2002%20-%20SoonerCon%20Nucleon%20article.jpg" width="276" /></a></div>This fine coverage-in-advance is from the June 25, 2013 <i style="font-weight: bold;">Oklahoman</i>. The semi-honorable (kidding) John Ferguson is a longtime OKC landmark and friend of the con. Likewise CJ, who was a friend EVEN BEFORE SoonerCon. She was here for us at BabelCon '81! But some pix including her, from 1986 and SoonerCon 1, may be found <a href="http://starokc.blogspot.com/2012/08/some-photos-from-soonercon-1.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for visiting more SoonerCon and OKC-fandom history. It's where we came from!</div><div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-57943862681513491392023-07-10T08:01:00.000-07:002023-07-10T08:01:15.926-07:00Final Salutes Since SoonerCon 30!<p> </p><h1 style="text-align: center;">Final Salute<o:p></o:p></h1><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_EtPjtWW-lfq9Qk4kvw9LNOUoZaHr0WVPKXs0EfsO-psD9yCfzP2NjRh3KSm9CJGLZxyWO1LdO2EtQXX8rlif8innKQgslUCUC6XjwePZ9S4-LC1IiiNgHdKmd6iBORjYsVo4pstdy-pDRGQG0nNdMPNX_7g8r5ZaCBTsI5AmEeax08erohWI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="316" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_EtPjtWW-lfq9Qk4kvw9LNOUoZaHr0WVPKXs0EfsO-psD9yCfzP2NjRh3KSm9CJGLZxyWO1LdO2EtQXX8rlif8innKQgslUCUC6XjwePZ9S4-LC1IiiNgHdKmd6iBORjYsVo4pstdy-pDRGQG0nNdMPNX_7g8r5ZaCBTsI5AmEeax08erohWI" width="169" /></a></div><br /></div><h2 align="center" style="margin: 2pt 0.5in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Each year we note the passing of influential</span></h2><h2 align="center" style="margin: 2pt 0.5in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">creators, performers, and institutions.</span><o:p></o:p></h2><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> Patricia Anne McKillip (died May 6, 2022) wrote richly peopled fantasy including the Riddle-Master trilogy, children’s books, and many standalones.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Comics writer and artist George Pérez (May 6, 2022) penciled for Marvel before penciling DC’s 1985-86 Crisis on Infinite Earths. He then both wrote and penciled the 1987 <b><i>Wonder Woman</i></b> reboot. It was joked that his detailed panels might contain every person on Earth.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Actor Fred Ward (May 8, 2022) was active from the 1970s onward, including playing Gus Grissom in <b><i>The Right Stuff</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Composer-synthesist Vangelis (May 17, 2022) won an Oscar for <b><i>Chariots of Fire</i></b> (1981) as well as providing scores for several films, including <b><i>Blade Runner</i></b>, and the TV series <b><i>Cosmos</i></b>, and 20+ albums.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Concept artist-director Colin Cantwell (May 21, 2022) is known for his work on genre films like <b><i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i></b> and <b><i>WarGames</i></b>. He also developed designs for several Star Wars vehicles.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Artist and modelmaker Greg Jein (May 22, 2022) worked magic on many Trek movies and TV series, as well as </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>Dark Star</i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">, </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>Close Encounters of the Third Kind</i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">, </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>1941</i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">, </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension</i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">, </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>The Hunt for Red October</i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">, </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>Avatar</i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">, and </span><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i>The Dark Knight Rises</i></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Emmy-winning actor Ray Liotta (May 26, 2022) appeared on TV in <b><i>ER</i></b> and <b><i>The Rat Pack</i></b>; in <b><i>Field of Dreams</i></b>, <b><i>John Q</i></b>, and <b><i>Goodfellas</i></b>. His voice appears as Tommy Vercetti in <b><i>Grand Theft Auto: Vice City</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Wichita fan Roger Tener (May 28, 2022) was a guest at SoonerCons 6, 7, 8, and 10, and Fan GOH at SoonerCon 13. He was a pilot, EMS volunteer, and great friend to fandom.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Artist Ken Kelly (June 2, 2022) provided covers for many 1970s Warren comics mags, and several album covers for Manowar and Kiss.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Teacher-turned-detective novelist Ann Turner Cook (June 3, 2022) is also famous as the original Gerber baby.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Founding Bon Jovi member Alec John Such (June 4, 2022) played on their first five albums. With them he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Dreamy singer Julee Cruise (June 9, 2022) first enchanted us with her singing as featured in <b><i>Blue Velvet</i></b> and <b><i>Twin Peaks</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Voice actor Billy Kametz (June 9, 2022) appeared in dozens of video games and anime dubs, including <b><i>Demon Slayer</i></b> and <b><i>Pokémon</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Comics artist Tim Sale (June 16, 2022) made a big splash with his depictions of Batman in works like <b><i>Batman: The Long Halloween</i></b>, and for <b><i>Superman for All Seasons</i></b> and <b><i>Superman: Confidential</i></b>. He worked on the TV series <b><i>Heroes</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Robbie Kienzle (June 20, 2022) served OKC as a public arts consultant for MAPS, ending her career as Arts & Cultural Affairs Liaison for the city.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Margaret Keane (June 26, 2022) smashed into pop culture in the 1950s with her adorable and/or creepy paintings of big-eyed waifs, later reinforced by Tim Burton’s biopic of her, <b><i>Big Eyes</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Character actor Joe Turkel (June 27, 2022) appeared in much 1950s-60s TV and in 1982’s <b><i>Blade Runner</i></b>, but chilled us most as the bartender as Lloyd the bartender in <b><i>The Shining</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Manga artist Kazuo “Kazuki” Takahashi (July 4, 2022) created <b><i>Yu-Gi-Oh!</i></b> as a strip in 1996. Since then the trading card game has been declared the best-selling trading card game in the world by Guinness.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Actor Lenny Von Dohlen (July 5, 2022) starred in 1984’s <b><i>Electric Dreams</i></b> and was also memorable in <b><i>Twin Peaks</i></b> and <b><i>Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Actor James Caan (July 6, 2022) starred in <b><i>Rollerball</i></b> and appeared in a dozen or more other film and TV roles. He portrayed the fiery Sonny Corleone in <b><i>The Godfather</i></b> and <b><i>The Godfather Part II</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Actor Gregory Itzin (July 8, 2022) had small parts in <b><i>Airplane!</i></b>, <b><i>MacGyver</i></b>, and <b><i>The A-Team</i></b>, but reached a plateau all his own as (Vice-then-) President Charles Logan in several seasons of <b><i>24</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Tony Sirico (July 8, 2022) appeared in several films and TV guest spots (including voiceover on <b><i>Family Guy</i></b>) beginning in the 1970s, but is most famous as Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri on <b><i>The Sopranos</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Familiar TV face Larry Storch (July 8, 2022) played Cpl. Agarn on <b><i>F Troop</i></b> (1965-67) and performed voiceover work on many shows, including <b><i>The Pink Panther Show</i></b>, <b><i>Groovie Goolies</i></b>, and <b><i>Tennessee Tuxedo</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Writer-editor Eric Flint (July 17, 2022) cofounded the Baen Free Library and created an alternate-history juggernaut with the 1632 series. He was Writer GOH for SoonerCon 21, “I’ll be Back to the Future,” in 2012.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><i>MAD</i></b> magazine illustrator Paul Coker (July 23, 2022) might be best remembered for his features illustrating “clichés.” He was production designer on Rankin/Bass TV specials such as <b><i>Frosty the Snowman</i></b>, <b><i>The Year Without a Santa Claus</i></b>, and a dozen others.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Writer-director-producer Bob Rafelson (July 23, 2022) was involved with <b><i>Easy Rider</i></b>, <b><i>The Last Picture Show</i></b>, and <b><i>Five Easy Pieces</i></b>. He also co-created <b><i>The Monkees</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> English actor David Warner (July 24, 2022) debuted with the Royal Shakespeare Company, but we remember him from <b><i>The Omen</i></b>, <b><i>Time Bandits</i></b>, <b><i>Titanic</i></b>, as Jack the Ripper in <b><i>Time After Time</i></b>, and multiple roles in the Trek universe. Voiceovers included <b><i>Spider-Man</i></b>, <b><i>Toonsylvania</i></b>, and as Ra’s al Ghul on <b><i>Batman: The Animated Series</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Some of the notable appearances of actor Paul Sorvino (July 25, 2022) were in <b><i>Goodfellas</i></b> and <b><i>The Rocketeer</i></b> on the big screen, and <b><i>That’s Life</i></b> and <b><i>Law & Order</i></b> on TV.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Actor Bernard Cribbins (July 27, 2022) appeared in the Carry On series; in <b><i>She</i></b>, <b><i>Casino Royale</i></b>, and <b><i>Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.</i></b>; and on TV in places like <b><i>Fawlty Towers</i></b>, <b><i>The Avengers</i></b>, and <b><i>Doctor Who</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Tony Dow (July 27, 2022) will always be remembered first as Wally Cleaver, the Beaver’s older brother. He parodied the role in <b><i>Kentucky Fried Movie</i></b> and was also a sculptor and TV director, including episodes of <b><i>DS9</i></b> and <b><i>Babylon 5</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Comedienne-actress Pat Carroll (July 30, 2022) had a long career on stage (including Broadway) and TV, but frightened us forever with her voiceover role as Ursula in <b><i>The Little Mermaid</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Groundbreaking actress-singer Nichelle Nichols (July 30, 2022) came to symbolize equal opportunity for women and minorities as a bridge-crew member on <b><i>Star Trek</i></b>. MLK saluted her achievement and encouraged her to remain in the role of Uhura. She became a goodwill ambassador for NASA beginning in the Seventies.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Actor Roger Mosley (August 7, 2022) is most remembered by genre fans for his role as copter pilot and Vietnam veteran T.C. Calvin on <b><i>Magnum, P.I.</i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"> Motown mogul Lamont Dozier (August 8, 2022) had a hand in 14 Number Ones, including “Heatwave” and “Where Did Our Love Go.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Grammy winner, actress, and OBE recipient Olivia Newton-John (August 8, 2022) broke teen hearts and bank accounts with her singing and appearances in films like <b><i>Xanadu</i></b> and <b><i>Grease</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Okie Clu Gulager (August 5, 2022) acted on several TV Westerns, but his genre claim to fame was as Burt the manager of the Uneeda medical-supply warehouse in <b><i>Return of the Living Dead</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Actress Anne Heche (August 11, 2022) got her start playing twins on a soap opera, and led a whirlwind professional and personal life, which later became controversial as she claimed to be a space alien. She afterward revealed childhood sexual abuse as the root of her ills.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Stationery executive E Bryant Crutchfield (August 21, 2022) impacted kids’ lives forever when in 1981 the Mead Company introduced his invention, the Trapper Keeper looseleaf binder.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Astrophysicist Frank Drake (September 2, 2022) worked on SETI and Project Ozma, and helped design the plaque for Pioneers 10 and 11, 1972-1973. His so-called Drake Equation attempted to quantify the likelihood of industrial intelligent life in our galaxy.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Writer Peter Straub (September 4 , 2022) began his success in the horror field with <b><i>Julia</i></b> (1975). His slow unfolding of character and consequence slowly increased the reader’s unease. He also published poetry and collaborated several times with Stephen King</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Composer-pianist Ramsey Lewis (September 12, 2022) won three Grammys and eight Gold Records over his jazz career. His 1964 “The In Crowd” might be his most familiar tune.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Rapper Coolio (September 28, 2022) made his biggest splash with the Grammy-winning “Gangsta’s Paradise.” You heard his song “Aw, Here It Goes!” as the opening track for Nickelodeon’s <b><i>Kenan & Kel</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Songwriter-singer Loretta Lynn (October 4, 2022) helped break ground for women’s autonomy in the country-music scene. The 1980 film <b><i>Coal Miner’s Daughter</i></b> was based on her autobiography. She won several Grammys and ACM awards, has a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, and in 2013 received Presidential Medal of Freedom.<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Country-pop singer Jody Miller (October 6, 2022) called Blanchard home. She won a Grammy in 1966 after recording a distaff response to Roger Miller’s “King of the Road.” Miller’s take was “Queen of the House.” A rancher later in life, she also recorded several albums of Christian/gospel songs.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Self-proclaimed “love goddess” Judy Tenuta (October 6, 2022) did standup, music, and wrote books. Her brash onstage approach challenged audiences to consider underlying themes of equality and individual rights.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Before voicing Mrs. Potts for <b><i>Beauty and the Beast</i></b>, Dame Angela Lansbury (October 11, 2022) acted and sang on Broadway; played mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher for two decades in <b><i>Murder, She Wrote</i></b>; and appeared in films like <b><i>Bedknobs and Broomsticks</i></b> and <b><i>The Company of Wolves</i></b>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Robbie Coltrane (October 14, 2022) starred in British ITV’s <b><i>Cracker</i></b> as a criminal psychologist and appeared in two James Bond films. His biggest genre footprint was as Rubeus Hagrid in eight Harry Potter films, beginning in 1997.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Stuntman Ted White (October 14, 2022) doubled for John Wayne, Clark Gable, and Fess Parker. But he slashed into our genre memories as Jason Voorhees in 1984’s <b><i>Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Writer-inventor Lenny Lipton (October 5, 2022) wrote the poem which inspired the song “Puff, the Magic Dragon.” He wrote extensively on film history’s tech side and was heavily involved in the development of 3D filmmaking, leading to the RealD cinema system.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">American test pilot and astronaut (Gemini 4, Apollo 9) James McDivitt (October 13, 2022) later became Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager. His 1965 in-orbit Gemini 4 photos of a UFO stirred some interest. He guest-starred as himself on <b><i>The Brady Bunch</i></b> in 1974.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Emmy winner Leslie Jordan (October 24, 2022) appeared on such shows as <b><i>Lois & Clark</i></b>, <b><i>Will & Grace</i></b>, <b><i>American Horror Story</i></b>, and <b><i>ST: Voyager</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Jules Bass (October 25, 2022) worked in advertising before co-founding the company which became Rankin/Bass. He produced or co-produced such notables as <b><i>Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</i></b>, <b><i>Frosty the Snowman</i></b>, <b><i>The Hobbit</i></b>, <b><i>The Return of the King</i></b>, and <b><i>ThunderCats</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Pioneering rockabilly pianist Jerry Lee Lewis (October 28, 2022) broke out with “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” He won four Grammys and had 10+ Gold Records, and stirred up more trouble than his cousins Jimmy Swaggart and Mickey Gilley.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Actor Kevin Conroy (November 10, 2022) guested on many shows, but gripped our hearts and imaginations with his voice portrayal of the Dark Knight Detective on TV and in video games, beginning in 1992 with <b><i>Batman: The Animated Adventures</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">In the 1980s, the comedy of splatter genius Gallagher (November 11, 2022) was used to study the physiological effects of laughter. He filmed many comedy specials, most featuring his signature demolition of a watermelon, the Sledge-O-Matic.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">French actor (and Capitol Records singer) Robert Clary (November 16, 2022) is most remembered as Corporal LeBeau in <b><i>Hogan’s Heroes</i></b>. He had recurring roles in soap operas and appeared in several films. Less widely known is the fact that Clary was an actual survivor of the Buchenwald prison camp.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Expressionist artist Bert Seabourn (November 17, 2022) painted many works on Native American subjects. He won the OK Governor’s Arts Award in 1981 and the Paseo Arts Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Writer Greg Bear (November 19, 2022) was of the “hard sci-fi” school, and it served him well. He won Hugos and Nebulas. Besides original novels and series he wrote in Trek and Star Wars franchises, and edited several anthologies.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Born in OKC, film producer Gray Frederickson (November 20, 2022) worked on several projects for Francis Ford Coppola. Frederickson won an Oscar as one of the co-producers of <b><i>The Godfather Part II</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Okie actress-singer Nicki Aycox (November 16, 2022), born in Hennessey, had recurring roles in <b><i>Ed</i></b>, <b><i>Cold Case</i></b>, and <b><i>Providence</i></b>. She appeared in five episodes of <b><i>Supernatural</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Ed Pugh (November 25, 2022) was president of Reaper Miniatures, firm supporters of Soonercon. He strengthened our community and broadened it by welcoming new members.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Singer-songwriter-musician Christine McVie (November 30, 2022) was a vital member of Fleetwood Mac in 1970-1998. Her songs have been borrowed by politicians (“Don’t Stop” for Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign) and used in ad campaigns into 2023 (“Everywhere” for Chevrolet EVs and Kohls).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Ray Nelson (November 30, 2022) wrote the 1963 story, “Eight O'Clock in the Morning,” adapted as John Carpenter’s 1988 <b><i>They Live</i></b>. Besides his sf writings and cartoons, he maintained that his greatest claim to posterity was his creation in high school of the propellor beanie as a symbol of fandom.<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Former OCPD officer Mike Ferguson (December 3, 2022) was a longtime supporter of fandom in the OKC area, attending several SoonerCons and ThunderCons with his wife Laura. A big fan of the Trek franchises, Mike also wrote a series of tales called “Confidential Encounters” and started his own video-production company.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Kirstie Alley (December 5, 2022) brought Lt. Saavik to the screen in <b><i>STII</i></b> in 1982, and won over the rest of the world in <b><i>Cheers</i></b>, 1987-93. She also played Mollie Jensen in three Look Who’s Talking films, and starred in the sitcom <b><i>Veronica’s Closet</i></b> 1997-2000.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">British TV writer Chris Boucher (December 11, 2022) worked on <b><i>Doctor Who</i></b> and <b><i>Blake’s 7</i></b>. He created the short-lived series <b><i>Star Cops</i></b> and also wrote several Doctor Who tie-in novels.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Writer-director Mike Hodges (December 17, 2022) had a hand in such films as <b><i>Get Carter</i></b>, 1980’s <b><i>Flash Gordon</i></b>, and <b><i>The Terminal Man</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Actor Stephen Grief (December 23, 2022) appeared in theatre and radio, and was most notably Commander Travis in the first season of <b><i>Blake’s 7</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Conestoga and Archon guest Paula Helm Murray (December 28, 2022) was also a writer. She lavished her heart and soul on the fans she met, including at least ten stops at SoonerCon, beginning with SoonerCon 3 in 1987.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Singer-actress Maggie Thrett (December 18, 2022) appeared in <b><i>McCloud</i></b>, <b><i>The Wild Wild West</i></b>, and <b><i>I Dream of Jeannie</i></b>, and made her biggest splash as one of “Mudd’s Women” in 1966.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Singer-songwriter Thom Bell (December 22, 2022) helped create the musical genre Philly Soul in the 1960s-70s. He produced for the Spinners, the Stylistics, and Dionne Warwick.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Although parodied as “Baba Wawa” by Gilda Radner on <b><i>SNL</i></b>, broadcaster Barbara Walters (December 30, 2022) was a TV pioneer for the distaff side. She interviewed first couples from Nixon to Obama and became the first woman network news anchor in 1976 (and the highest paid of all). She co-created <b><i>The View</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Writer-singer Anita Pointer (December 31, 2022) co-founded the Pointer Sisters and sang lead on such songs as ‘Slow Hand,” “I’m So Excited,” and “Fire.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Professional rally driver Ken Block (January 2, 2023) also competed boarding and motocross. He was a cofounder of DC Shoes.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">British author Fay Weldon (January 4, 2023) published dozens of novels, most famously <b><i>The Life and Loves of a She-Devil</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Actor Earl Boen (January 5, 2023) did plenty of voice-over work, but is most remembered by genre fans for his role as Dr. Silberman in the first three Terminator films.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> US Astronaut Walter Cunningham (January 3, 2023) piloted the lunar module for Apollo 7 in 1968. NASA’s second civilian astronaut, in 1977 he published <b><i>The All-American Boys: An Insider’s Look at the US Space Program</i></b>, which he later updated to discuss the Space Shuttle and other programs.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Cartoonist Jack Bender (January 5, 2023) lived and taught in Tulsa at the end of his life. He’s most recalled for his sports and political cartoons. He drew the strip <b><i>Alley Oop</i></b> 1991-2018.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Actress Melinda Dillon (January 9, 2023) worked in film, TV, and on stage (including Broadway headlining). Her most memorable genre roles were in <b><i>Captain America</i></b>, <b><i>Harry and the Hendersons</i></b>, <b><i>CE3K</i></b>, and as Mrs. Parker in <b><i>A Christmas Story</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Guitarist Jeff Beck (January 10, 2023) rose to prominence in the Yardbirds and won eight Grammys for his raucous, fuzzy thumb-strumming technique.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">American psychologist Lloyd Morrisett (January 15, 2023) was born in OKC. His biggest memorial is in the hearts of all who loved and learned from <b><i>Sesame Street</i></b>, which he co-created.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida (January 16, 2023) splashed into movies as a sex bomb in the 1950s and later became a published photojournalist and became involved in politics.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Rocker David Crosby (January 18, 2023) co-formed the Byrds and various incarnations of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and/or Young. He recorded solo too, and played for many others including Carole King, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, and Phil Collins (who paid for Crosby’s 1994 liver transplant).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Actor and fan Sal Piro (January 22, 2023) wrote two books on Rocky Horror fandom and played competitive chess. He was president of the Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club from 1977 onward.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Lance Kerwin (January 24, 2023) starred in <b><i>James at 15</i></b>, and made genre appearances in <b><i>Escape to Witch Mountain</i></b>, <b><i>Shazam!</i></b>, <b><i>Wonder Woman</i></b>, and the 1979 miniseries <b><i>Salem’s Lot</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Actress-producer Cindy Williams (January 25, 2023) appeared in <b><i>American Graffiti</i></b>, <b><i>Happy Days</i></b>, and <b><i>Laverne & Shirley</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Actor Adam Rich (January 27, 2023) is most remembered as Nicholas Bradford, 1977-81, in <b><i>Eight Is Enough</i></b>. He also starred in <b><i>Code Red</i></b> and voiced Presto the Magician in the animated <b><i>Dungeons & Dragons</i></b>, 1983-85.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Former child model Lisa Loring (January 28, 2023) stole our hearts as Wednesday Addams 1964-66 on <b><i>The Addams Family</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Annie Wersching (January 29, 2023) appeared in <b><i>Birds of Prey</i></b>, and Trek series, with recurring roles in <b><i>Bosch</i></b>, <b><i>The Vampire Diaries</i></b>, and <b><i>24</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">While working at an HP lab in the late 1970s, Ukrainian-born Abraham Lempel (February 4, 2023) was co-developer of the LZ1 and LZ2 algorithms, which allow data compression. They are used in software installation and in GIF and MP3 formats.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Son of cartoonist Dik, comic artist Chris Browne <span style="background: white; color: #202122;">(February 5, 2023) wrote and drew the comic strip <b><i>Hägar the Horrible</i></b> from 1989 to 2023.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Pop composer Burt Bacharach (February 8, 2023) racked up three Oscars and six Grammys, with songs performed by the Carpenters, Ella Fitzgerald, Dionne Warwick, Nat King Cole, and hundreds of others. Some songs are “I Say a Little Prayer,” “(They Long to Be) Close to You,” “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” “One Less Bell to Answer,” and many more.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Actress Raquel Welch (February 15, 2023) made a big splash in 1966’s <b><i>Fantastic Voyage</i></b>, with other genre roles in <b><i>One Million Years B.C.</i></b>, <b><i>The Magic Christian</i></b>, <b><i>The Three Musketeers</i></b> and <b><i>The Four Musketeers</i></b>, and <b><i>Myra Breckinridge</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The amazingly talented TV-film composer Gerald Fried (February 17, 2023) scored films for Stanley Kubrick, as well as lesser horror flicks like <b><i>The Return of Dracula</i></b> and <b><i>I Bury the Living</i></b>. He scored hundreds of TV episodes, including <b><i>Gilligan’s Island</i></b>, <b><i>It’s About Time</i></b>, <b><i>Mission: Impossible</i></b>, <a name="_Hlk128585858"><b><i>The Man from U.N.C.L.E.</i></b>, </a>and <b><i>Star Trek TOS</i></b>. His score for “Amok Time” continues to aurally embody Trek in places like <b><i> The Simpsons</i></b>, <b><i>Futurama</i></b>, and <b><i>The Cable Guy</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Actress-model Stella Stevens (February 17, 2023) appeared in lots of TV and in films like <b><i>The Nutty Professor</i></b>, <b><i>The Silencers</i></b>, <b><i>Li’l Abner</i></b>, and <b><i>The Poseidon Adventure</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Richard Belzer (February 19, 2023) honed a sardonic persona in the 1970s, commencing in standup (including <b><i>SNL</i></b>), with small roles in <b><i>Scarface</i></b>, <b><i>The Boob Tube</i></b>, and others. He played reporter Joe Kline in 1990’s <b><i>The Flash</i></b>. He authored five books on the ham-handed sides of possible conspiracies. His cop character John Munch is one of the longest-running in history, from the Law & Order franchise to <b><i>The X-Files</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Barbara Bosson (February 18, 2023) acted in genre projects like the film <b><i>Capricorn One</i></b> and TV’s <b><i>DS9</i></b> and <b><i>Lois & Clark</i></b>, but is most noted for her 100 episodes of <b><i>Hill Street Blues</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Writer-cinematographer-actor Ricou Browning (February 27, 2023) co-created the 1964-67 series <b><i>Flipper</i></b>, and played the underwater incarnation of <b><i>Creature from the Black Lagoon</i></b> in the 1954 film.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Actor Tom Sizemore (March 3, 2023) struggled with substance addiction, using that notoriety in reality TV. He also appeared in <b><i>Saving Private Ryan</i></b>, <b><i>Natural Born Killers</i></b>, and <b><i>The Relic</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Famous for rear-projection schlock monsters, director Bert I. Gordon (March 8, 2023) was responsible for such terrors as <b><i>The Food of the Gods</i></b>, <b><i>Empire of the Ants</i></b>, <b><i>Earth vs. the Spider</i></b>, <b><i>War of the Colossal Beast</i></b>, <b><i>Attack of the Puppet People</i></b>, and lo! many more.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Actor Chaim Topol (March 8, 2023) appeared in <b><i>For Your Eyes Only</i></b> and the 1980 <b><i>Flash Gordon</i></b>, but his biggest pop-culture impact was as Tevye on stage and screen in <b><i>Fiddler on the Roof</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">One-hit wonder Jerry Samuels (March 10, 2023) made that hit as Napoleon XIV for his 1966 “They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Writer John Jakes (March 11, 2023) was known for historical fiction (North and South, the Kent Family Chronicles) and sword-and-sorcery sf (many novels, including his creation Brak the Barbarian).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Jim Gordon (March 13, 2023) played drums for several bands, including Derek & the Dominoes and Joe Cocker. He contributed the piano coda to “Layla,” without revealing it as a composition by his girlfriend Rita Coolidge.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Actor Lance Reddick (March 17, 2023) voiced video games and played on <b><i>Lost</i></b>, <b><i>Bosch</i></b>, John Wick films, and in 2018’s <b><i>Monster Party</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Engineer Jacob Ziv (March 25, 2023) was also a philosopher and teacher. His biggest contribution to pop culture was his role as co-creator of lossless file-compression algorithms, which are used in PNG, FLAC, WAV, and other formats which preserve higher file quality.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Comedian Bill Saluga (March 28, 2023) appeared in standup and TV comedy. His signature schtick was, “You can call me Ray ….”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">German game designer Klaus Teuber (April 1, 2023) won the prestigious Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) award four times. His biggest creation was <b><i>The Settlers of Catan</i></b>, a worldwide smash selling over forty million units.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Cartoonist Al Jaffee (April 10, 2023) was the longest-running contributor to <b><i>MAD</i></b> magazine, from 1942 to 2020 (that’s a Guinness World Record for longest career). He devised the devious <b><i>Mad</i></b> Fold-In in 1964, partly inspired by lavish layouts in <b><i>Life</i></b>, and the <b><i>Playboy</i></b> centerfold.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">British crime writer Anne Perry (April 10, 2023) created both the Thomas-Margaret Pitt and William Monk historical-fiction series, and wrote Christmas collections, YA, and fantasy titles.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">British fashion designer Mary Quant (April 13, 2023) was a big mover in the 1960s Mod trend, later claiming credit for hotpants and the miniskirt.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Cartoonist Edward Koren (April 14, 2023) published thousands of panels, including political commentary. He’s most remembered for his run (beginning 1962) in <b><i>The New Yorker</i></b>, where he lampooned the rich and trendy.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Ballroom dancer and dance teacher Len Goodman (April 22, 2023) was most known recently as a judge on the Brit TV show <b><i>Strictly Come Dancing</i></b> 2004-2016, and the US show <b><i>Dancing with the Stars</i></b> 2005-2022.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Aussie comedian-writer-performer Barry Humphries (April 22, 2023) created many iconic characters for stage, film, and TV. His most celebrated was Dame Edna Everage, but he also played the Great Goblin in 2011’s <b><i>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Activist, singer, and actor Harry Belafonte (April 25, 2023) broke into stardom with his 1956 album <b><i>Calypso</i></b>. His talents earned him awards across showbiz, but he used his popularity to forward causes in politics, human rights, and the Peace Corps.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">TV tabloidist supreme Jerry Springer (April 27, 2023) called himself a “ringmaster of civilization’s end,” was exemplified by his shows featuring behavioral and other oddities. He also practiced law and was a city councilman. The subject of much derision and several lawsuits, Springer seemed proud to have pioneered “trash TV.”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Tim Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive (April 28, 2023) helped found the group, leaving in 1974 but returning for several reunion tours.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Songwriter-performer Gordon Lightfoot (May 1, 2023) had several hits himself like “Sundown” and “The Wreck of the <b><i>Edmund Fitzgerald</i></b>,” and provided songs for other performers like Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, and Peter, Paul and Mary.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Cartoonist Sam Gross (May 6, 2023) had work printed across the spectrum, from <b><i>Parents Magazine</i></b> and <b><i>The New Yorker</i></b> to <b><i>Esquire</i></b> and <b><i>National Lampoon</i></b>. He’s most widely known for a panel set in a restaurant, where a couple reading about the “Frog Legs Special” sees a legless frog roll past on a wheeled cart.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Attorney Newton Minow (May 6, 2023) was appointed chairman of the FCC in 1961 and became noted for a speech in which he described most commercial TV as “a vast wasteland.” This wasn’t appreciated by the industry. Producer Sherwood Schwartz named the wrecked ship of <b><i>Gilligan’s Island</i></b> the <b><i>S.S. Minnow</i></b> in protest.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Writer, actor, and filmmaker Kenneth Anger (May 11, 2023) delighted in surrealism and erotica. He poured scorn on the star system’s hypocrisy and pretention in <b><i>Hollywood Babylon</i></b> and <b><i>Hollywood Babylon II</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Native Oklahoman artist Benjamin Harjo (May 20, 2023) began drawing comics and progressed to a style eclectic and colorful, filled with Native American and geometric patterns. His work appears at the Gilcrease, Sam Noble, and OSU museums.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Actor Ray Stevenson (May 21, 2023) appeared all over, from mythic roles in <b><i>King Arthur</i></b> and <b><i>Rome</i></b> to comics roles as the Punisher and Volstagg. He also appeared on TV including voicing Gar Saxon for Star Wars series.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Actor-singer George Maharis (May 24, 2023) was Buz Murdock in the first three seasons of <b><i>Route 66</i></b>. He was one of the first celebs to appear nude for <b><i>Playgirl</i></b>, in 1973, and was seen (clothed) in many roles from <b><i>Murder, She Wrote</i></b> to <b><i>Fantasy Island</i></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Tina Turner (May 24, 2023), the Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll, overcame abuse from her husband to blaze her own trail, becoming at age 44 the oldest woman to head the Top 100. She earned 12 Grammys. Among many hits was 1985’s “We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome).”<o:p></o:p></p><b><span style="font-size: large;">These people and things impacted the pop-culture world, and thus OUR world. Thanks for reflecting on some of the folks who went before.</span></b></div><div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-89666991235676874672023-06-09T21:53:00.003-07:002023-06-09T21:53:55.342-07:001976 March-April GALACTIC GAZETTEThis was way, way before my time. I never met the co-editors, Paul Smith and Kevin Acers. My first encounter with STAR was at <a href="http://starokc.blogspot.com/2010/08/babelcon-stars-1980-con.html" target="_blank">BabelCon 1</a>, in 1980.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMqLlOYGl0NOTorE2v9X8zxyGosEdpYCnpPppX4qu15QcA2zNU9JXdQAX4hp8ZQbm97Gw0K7GXt1Wug0oaVxbu4aixKfdba_ItGKJl1tjidJdiAwfXLwEzdQg4m3hn1KL6P5PWflqmau1jjykF7LFicKH793cthX-SDoXQJ7XJFZcO6omE4zUbysvAQ/s3288/1976%20--%2003-04%20March-April%20GG%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3288" data-original-width="2542" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMqLlOYGl0NOTorE2v9X8zxyGosEdpYCnpPppX4qu15QcA2zNU9JXdQAX4hp8ZQbm97Gw0K7GXt1Wug0oaVxbu4aixKfdba_ItGKJl1tjidJdiAwfXLwEzdQg4m3hn1KL6P5PWflqmau1jjykF7LFicKH793cthX-SDoXQJ7XJFZcO6omE4zUbysvAQ/w309-h400/1976%20--%2003-04%20March-April%20GG%2001.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Here's a single-sided letter-size flyer and the legal-size flyer.<div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjum3VpIIZ6hxYWpxdjh2rx7vPmkOf6w8VOoc4_9N_eeqTqoNeaXRqjrNGvmC0OBSx7m6lxxsUsqLuh3w-S_m2axMjHuqio3uEMdjMZi4PX-yn90T3Tu-lsWfyQUPn-DVQcVFFhy5Byw3-1EvVGLnav0Idz2olMFo78F-ctv5ya1wcmO2A4ecl1Qm_5oQ/s1650/1992%20-%20SoonerCon%208%20-%20flyer%20letter%20one%20page.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="1348" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjum3VpIIZ6hxYWpxdjh2rx7vPmkOf6w8VOoc4_9N_eeqTqoNeaXRqjrNGvmC0OBSx7m6lxxsUsqLuh3w-S_m2axMjHuqio3uEMdjMZi4PX-yn90T3Tu-lsWfyQUPn-DVQcVFFhy5Byw3-1EvVGLnav0Idz2olMFo78F-ctv5ya1wcmO2A4ecl1Qm_5oQ/w326-h400/1992%20-%20SoonerCon%208%20-%20flyer%20letter%20one%20page.jpg" width="326" /></a></div>Note the depiction of Boomer, SoonerCon's first mascot, in a space-age wheelchair above.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4SZKx44jx_KQb-Y12vsX_5lH1Iq6x9Isge2hfed8gOWANJZJ8dM6B0Bemj7qgAqzRh5ZXdE9zKGUBc-RsHakrQIYbxFDWXk1lVU5z5Ng-PXQsBzNwSnAypaWv4E0syUGN_4Gzgh1jLYLuX-D_cLPvfr1q4gjadzf1e4QZ1hHsPdnzUouAnLx8y1T_Q/s4135/1992%20-%20SoonerCon%208%20-%20Legal%20Flyer%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4135" data-original-width="2568" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4SZKx44jx_KQb-Y12vsX_5lH1Iq6x9Isge2hfed8gOWANJZJ8dM6B0Bemj7qgAqzRh5ZXdE9zKGUBc-RsHakrQIYbxFDWXk1lVU5z5Ng-PXQsBzNwSnAypaWv4E0syUGN_4Gzgh1jLYLuX-D_cLPvfr1q4gjadzf1e4QZ1hHsPdnzUouAnLx8y1T_Q/w249-h400/1992%20-%20SoonerCon%208%20-%20Legal%20Flyer%2001.jpg" width="249" /></a></div>And on this flyer Boomer's a cop-on-skates, I guess.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvjKw_LVzmfuAF-L_0ZUarSX1c1t_Hj8gcvIfz-qzlUIAEowv8bQ7iTXozSlT489GGF2Yh-uIlR5I-EafhZUSeF8_H0QEpboOZp4UhbHhif3_OJ_s64lW8Gxd6E7qS-v5ndRT8qYNgVQoCAWCztzUnzAr7_4zmEp4haq6Mq-GIsZDn8rSERe9pRb_CA/s4144/1992%20-%20SoonerCon%208%20-%20Legal%20Flyer%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4144" data-original-width="2487" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvjKw_LVzmfuAF-L_0ZUarSX1c1t_Hj8gcvIfz-qzlUIAEowv8bQ7iTXozSlT489GGF2Yh-uIlR5I-EafhZUSeF8_H0QEpboOZp4UhbHhif3_OJ_s64lW8Gxd6E7qS-v5ndRT8qYNgVQoCAWCztzUnzAr7_4zmEp4haq6Mq-GIsZDn8rSERe9pRb_CA/w240-h400/1992%20-%20SoonerCon%208%20-%20Legal%20Flyer%2002.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>See you next time. <a href="https://soonercon.com/" target="_blank">Don't forget to head to the Soonercon website for this year's spiffy edition. Soonercon 31</a> ... who'd've thunk it?<br /><div><br /></div><div>See ya next time!</div><div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-91846293295124977692023-04-12T13:42:00.005-07:002023-04-12T13:42:45.173-07:00It's Full of Bubbas! SoonerCon 2010 was subtitled "A Bubba Odyssey," what with a <a href="https://www.yarddogpress.com/">Yard Dog Press</a> 15th Anniversary celebration and our guest, Joltin' Joe Lansdale.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcVG4z8xFous1SnLiIIFIhXnPij2KF-8S6w3VBs0aoZlm4Lyn3k1-Wzc2sNKMciye26h_UWeeqywmQKum45lW1U0UQw9W5oE89ZapcVHiN6KsLQQi2jru88sZZ1TacrZsQdLiqOxUF-678yi8FqYtLyGYdHBNSQy6mz3wkxmeFvwRAqkJMsw0zwVTqA/s3300/2010%20-%20Bubba%20flyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcVG4z8xFous1SnLiIIFIhXnPij2KF-8S6w3VBs0aoZlm4Lyn3k1-Wzc2sNKMciye26h_UWeeqywmQKum45lW1U0UQw9W5oE89ZapcVHiN6KsLQQi2jru88sZZ1TacrZsQdLiqOxUF-678yi8FqYtLyGYdHBNSQy6mz3wkxmeFvwRAqkJMsw0zwVTqA/w309-h400/2010%20-%20Bubba%20flyer.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><div>Here's a flyer, featuring art by the great <a href="https://johnekaufmann.com/" target="_blank">John Kaufmann</a>, our artist guest. Yes, we misspelled his last name on the flyer. But NOT in the Program Book!</div><div><br /></div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-2239670946784615222023-03-17T12:42:00.006-07:002023-03-17T12:42:55.619-07:00Dealers Packet for SoonerCon 2006Good ol' Jerry Wall, owner of Atomic Comics, was nagged by yours truly and John Hughes to put on a regional sci-fi convention. After a few years of hard work and planning (and permission to use the name), SoonerCon returned in 2006.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhBbhlGfz3GMoItXc4XZHtSv0OX6eI-AE8xPZMUiL_zcykJqaeW01uLDKPpO3LV1DlOm0q5Cx9Xr7Fdlw2Mqo7T1y_W5qfU-xKEI1ntz4vQdjcxGIKWnsZYSPeMgb-dPHSAutTRaMc_rsbgM-uIif_aSSQ5YFk9uf9bjFuXkFLb32mRIE-dIiYZ-Iug/s3272/2006%20-%20SoonerCon%202006%20Dealers%20Packet%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3272" data-original-width="2550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhBbhlGfz3GMoItXc4XZHtSv0OX6eI-AE8xPZMUiL_zcykJqaeW01uLDKPpO3LV1DlOm0q5Cx9Xr7Fdlw2Mqo7T1y_W5qfU-xKEI1ntz4vQdjcxGIKWnsZYSPeMgb-dPHSAutTRaMc_rsbgM-uIif_aSSQ5YFk9uf9bjFuXkFLb32mRIE-dIiYZ-Iug/w311-h400/2006%20-%20SoonerCon%202006%20Dealers%20Packet%2001.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkg4V9C8_YVvnEGTC1qQ5jEMVhOC7--UbQ5mfJJ_HyeCN2Ap2MF2uEc6Qgn23UPEnqXA_nLxIQpwQYkP9h2xmQrZl5kKEDtQOUdvS0L-patwZendBZ07txDx84wfFsw8tfjEIpUrlMot31COU2OEduwd_tGbc6qYn-S0WoGw94FAl_SB2LKqTQZ26GQ/s3272/2006%20-%20SoonerCon%202006%20Dealers%20Packet%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3272" data-original-width="2550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkg4V9C8_YVvnEGTC1qQ5jEMVhOC7--UbQ5mfJJ_HyeCN2Ap2MF2uEc6Qgn23UPEnqXA_nLxIQpwQYkP9h2xmQrZl5kKEDtQOUdvS0L-patwZendBZ07txDx84wfFsw8tfjEIpUrlMot31COU2OEduwd_tGbc6qYn-S0WoGw94FAl_SB2LKqTQZ26GQ/w311-h400/2006%20-%20SoonerCon%202006%20Dealers%20Packet%2002.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj637Rk5P_b0BF-k1YW9Q-hgIiqhx1RYOF0Vk8ntPjbKCW5nirScpZUdP7iYX_oWYH9RV7NrzsrgMc6EYQ1ctW6TJjGY7UYpDkQIXNe87ndbpd6SmhrPzlhc3e5hgAU5odr4r1QCn5GYsaYoOT9AVemTle4a7jHO5m2wd7M6FxPJCbFD30LVmyKdHVGJQ/s3272/2006%20-%20SoonerCon%202006%20Dealers%20Packet%2003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3272" data-original-width="2550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj637Rk5P_b0BF-k1YW9Q-hgIiqhx1RYOF0Vk8ntPjbKCW5nirScpZUdP7iYX_oWYH9RV7NrzsrgMc6EYQ1ctW6TJjGY7UYpDkQIXNe87ndbpd6SmhrPzlhc3e5hgAU5odr4r1QCn5GYsaYoOT9AVemTle4a7jHO5m2wd7M6FxPJCbFD30LVmyKdHVGJQ/w311-h400/2006%20-%20SoonerCon%202006%20Dealers%20Packet%2003.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zBCU1-CErFlOkfPNvJVKRahqo5q3X4gIB3LrY4DjDc3WxC1qTR6hZAi3gHY4X4AlHgweOWVkhu_9GiuzxcFPnaK46DVi6YPTFwsb1sagilr7SFl_xuuJn9Fj9nAqC-EF64hrNZhohFJAT_WEoVvpahG62Wwc1b2Kt-DZ9El1gDXaYT0gjhbU-tpjGA/s3272/2006%20-%20SoonerCon%202006%20Dealers%20Packet%2004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3272" data-original-width="2550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zBCU1-CErFlOkfPNvJVKRahqo5q3X4gIB3LrY4DjDc3WxC1qTR6hZAi3gHY4X4AlHgweOWVkhu_9GiuzxcFPnaK46DVi6YPTFwsb1sagilr7SFl_xuuJn9Fj9nAqC-EF64hrNZhohFJAT_WEoVvpahG62Wwc1b2Kt-DZ9El1gDXaYT0gjhbU-tpjGA/w311-h400/2006%20-%20SoonerCon%202006%20Dealers%20Packet%2004.jpg" width="311" /></a></div>Here's the Dealers Packet. Did <i>you</i> find any treasures?<div><br /></div><div>PS beginning this date, the blog header art has been redesigned to included the new (2023) Soonercon logo. For the purposes of history, below is the previous header.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ94fBF3f9BRg1C_y_Zgh-f0MbYo6fhb4l-81OTMwxGTaWuf0r5Za7rbztexJI5Mmt1wWS1z-ipBXcgLthfveYx48KmndIC73RiTjy72Go0H7zhs52LUEr_pv4v1rdF2QM1oV9OTg6kgwhTgTKfHqu1xIQix_fK8tJwoepQ3-6j2iivCjKPd6qPmJiRw/s865/2022-01%20-%20STAR%20OKC%20blog%20header%20art%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="865" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ94fBF3f9BRg1C_y_Zgh-f0MbYo6fhb4l-81OTMwxGTaWuf0r5Za7rbztexJI5Mmt1wWS1z-ipBXcgLthfveYx48KmndIC73RiTjy72Go0H7zhs52LUEr_pv4v1rdF2QM1oV9OTg6kgwhTgTKfHqu1xIQix_fK8tJwoepQ3-6j2iivCjKPd6qPmJiRw/w400-h188/2022-01%20-%20STAR%20OKC%20blog%20header%20art%2001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>See ya!</div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-82981940226047455672023-02-24T15:33:00.001-08:002023-02-24T15:33:25.408-08:00Disco Dance by ECU Starbase!<div>This event, about this time in 1979, was instigated by ECU Starbase, a STAR TREK club at ECU in Ada.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHoTEaVGObSFXG5DEMVwh9Yub90CvpbBwqZjnhI7z2XpeFB9ZgH4M7Hg6DhaJxUEY5GduF9E_lE8DMCtmg3OkobsUGj4cBKzDwfDkMMyRMrd9azgBL20wscgcL8ka7WdjywODQgUVcEw3NIQkVrNkid-sazys-pDO8KYOrKKEH3cyEwzXUdQssD5iUQ/s6303/1979-02-14%20-%20Ada%20Evening%20News%20-%20STARBase%20Week%20at%20ECU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6303" data-original-width="4462" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHoTEaVGObSFXG5DEMVwh9Yub90CvpbBwqZjnhI7z2XpeFB9ZgH4M7Hg6DhaJxUEY5GduF9E_lE8DMCtmg3OkobsUGj4cBKzDwfDkMMyRMrd9azgBL20wscgcL8ka7WdjywODQgUVcEw3NIQkVrNkid-sazys-pDO8KYOrKKEH3cyEwzXUdQssD5iUQ/w284-h400/1979-02-14%20-%20Ada%20Evening%20News%20-%20STARBase%20Week%20at%20ECU.jpg" width="284" /></a></div>The above is from the <i style="font-weight: bold;">Ada Evening News</i> of February 14, 1979.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-9GaqVhaOtkrylLrPzHDl3SKAzaP9Y69QPCRyIzLa09Pznbh3CfDgwrQ2_RWvAVyTtGskzSOY0AfxSrpFmd4_Altkz7jPSIimn4XH-rtdzBTT_VNNIYW37msMksKHmoRCBX218MC38OUkX64GuEQLVTGUrauDCjZAwrINu_KDRCgaSkYw4d9wB5X3Q/s2676/1979%20-%20STARBase%20ECU%20at%20STAR%20OKC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2676" data-original-width="2158" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-9GaqVhaOtkrylLrPzHDl3SKAzaP9Y69QPCRyIzLa09Pznbh3CfDgwrQ2_RWvAVyTtGskzSOY0AfxSrpFmd4_Altkz7jPSIimn4XH-rtdzBTT_VNNIYW37msMksKHmoRCBX218MC38OUkX64GuEQLVTGUrauDCjZAwrINu_KDRCgaSkYw4d9wB5X3Q/w323-h400/1979%20-%20STARBase%20ECU%20at%20STAR%20OKC.jpg" width="323" /></a></div>This photo is from the same general time. Weren't these folks all young and full of vinegar!?! See ya next time, fellow voyagers in time!<div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-71508113808074586842022-12-21T23:02:00.003-08:002022-12-21T23:02:35.237-08:00Merry Christmas from STAR OKCSTAR OKC had its 1987 Christmas Party on December 10. One of the annual rituals was the awarding of various prizes. Some honors were voted upon, some were matters of record.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCf_vXY9O3anFuyQKP_7Sav5iAaTjxp0RqzjijMiCScEwtnxzQnILRMaQS1iCZ-Is0sAfxjmu2QXl6fmd2Zh4lYJOXVmg5st_NyGQFhuvFBWPXMStYA_awRnuqo_EsPP7F00-0fXXezFJ5FS5kvItr1Ivz6vAiOnYVRad0Jf4nAdHklTNmFwq97zHJFw/s6556/1987-12%20-%20STAR%20OKC%20best%20fundraiser%20-%20Lionel%20Lenoir.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4918" data-original-width="6556" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCf_vXY9O3anFuyQKP_7Sav5iAaTjxp0RqzjijMiCScEwtnxzQnILRMaQS1iCZ-Is0sAfxjmu2QXl6fmd2Zh4lYJOXVmg5st_NyGQFhuvFBWPXMStYA_awRnuqo_EsPP7F00-0fXXezFJ5FS5kvItr1Ivz6vAiOnYVRad0Jf4nAdHklTNmFwq97zHJFw/w400-h300/1987-12%20-%20STAR%20OKC%20best%20fundraiser%20-%20Lionel%20Lenoir.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>Good ol' Lionel Lenoir's money-raking for the club was a hard number.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Best <i style="font-weight: bold;">Galactic Gazette</i> Cover" was voted on. Is it any wonder that our own Kevin Hopkins emerged the bloodied-but-unbowed victor? He provided art for April's and August's covers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPV9Opk84qVg-4yvHbc-oCHC_ClTD7CZ-Gi1AkA7UxB43DJO_iBoiS3Zm2fzBW6rrI5xsuVDAZitW3z8JFvUmmyR_FhSkHEau1DyRlF2_LOtIH15auw1TxKOTNgFn8tdFtnYg1U9tjjyNrYeF97odN-ggRXEEC3gjFVaB-jFAg8bh5VLap0vK9jrgUw/s696/1987%20-%2004%20-%20GG%20cover%20by%20Kevin%20Hopkins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="696" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPV9Opk84qVg-4yvHbc-oCHC_ClTD7CZ-Gi1AkA7UxB43DJO_iBoiS3Zm2fzBW6rrI5xsuVDAZitW3z8JFvUmmyR_FhSkHEau1DyRlF2_LOtIH15auw1TxKOTNgFn8tdFtnYg1U9tjjyNrYeF97odN-ggRXEEC3gjFVaB-jFAg8bh5VLap0vK9jrgUw/w400-h369/1987%20-%2004%20-%20GG%20cover%20by%20Kevin%20Hopkins.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVHvyZHHvGHpYjEjEhXhm4o2qy4UQYh1NFXDlg7AiIwwgywVSt_hDX6vnvp7U--FHxZ45SNb-TBI7q-w2_9pnviQqUVOOyaB_ujmtCSaIf5rmwDdWyACUSm0Lrkk1W9omvXOFIxUGcSfBDftNMz1LEnV2QSNKgep1sG32vu0YeETzkSV5P1gAFTnFfQ/s691/1987%20-%2007%20-%20GG%20cover%20by%20Kevin%20Hopkins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="542" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVHvyZHHvGHpYjEjEhXhm4o2qy4UQYh1NFXDlg7AiIwwgywVSt_hDX6vnvp7U--FHxZ45SNb-TBI7q-w2_9pnviQqUVOOyaB_ujmtCSaIf5rmwDdWyACUSm0Lrkk1W9omvXOFIxUGcSfBDftNMz1LEnV2QSNKgep1sG32vu0YeETzkSV5P1gAFTnFfQ/w314-h400/1987%20-%2007%20-%20GG%20cover%20by%20Kevin%20Hopkins.jpg" width="314" /></a></div>And he responded with a nice note:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisZEIygr6IwBKf5rbYbgodBQsCOgNpoUho46b47YrrFhvqhN5mf--gSRdqR6lHNjQEdNRVFprdecm1DwDvILmVbWTvnyoxdemsuROF70hKrAX6AuA8aLuwoc8ohIjAj9tR_2endyPibINCJducCarA1wd2R3VJwdid5bSgfu1xRkqEP8kF_J1PN5Uyw/s6588/1987%20-%20Kevin%20Hopkins%20Thanks%20for%20Best%20GG%20Cover%20-%20letter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6588" data-original-width="4893" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisZEIygr6IwBKf5rbYbgodBQsCOgNpoUho46b47YrrFhvqhN5mf--gSRdqR6lHNjQEdNRVFprdecm1DwDvILmVbWTvnyoxdemsuROF70hKrAX6AuA8aLuwoc8ohIjAj9tR_2endyPibINCJducCarA1wd2R3VJwdid5bSgfu1xRkqEP8kF_J1PN5Uyw/w298-h400/1987%20-%20Kevin%20Hopkins%20Thanks%20for%20Best%20GG%20Cover%20-%20letter.jpg" width="298" /></a></div>I won the award for "Best <i style="font-weight: bold;">GG</i> Contributor." Shucks, folks, I'm speechless!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjnfkALgJ2Q6MpGqfRmorWqlUqxsD-yfUhrIGJaPbl0PILKf8mqQ2-2xv9_y_TfcEHE9x8VTSOy8QDC8qSA0kdHq-A_Xx8V8Hf-CrZ-CPFvbwdpW0_2OKCbLviBOca6ZEdqIljcoN49mYDxDAUKZoquAS_b2i6vVE0uXjFCYdEaJqZKgEzZGScZfeAw/s6528/1987-12%20-%20STAR%20OKC%20best%20GG%20contributor%20Mark%20A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5031" data-original-width="6528" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjnfkALgJ2Q6MpGqfRmorWqlUqxsD-yfUhrIGJaPbl0PILKf8mqQ2-2xv9_y_TfcEHE9x8VTSOy8QDC8qSA0kdHq-A_Xx8V8Hf-CrZ-CPFvbwdpW0_2OKCbLviBOca6ZEdqIljcoN49mYDxDAUKZoquAS_b2i6vVE0uXjFCYdEaJqZKgEzZGScZfeAw/w400-h309/1987-12%20-%20STAR%20OKC%20best%20GG%20contributor%20Mark%20A.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><div>Unfortunately, these are the only winners of 1987 for which we have records. See you next year!</div></div><div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-60361040074228751052022-12-01T21:49:00.002-08:002022-12-01T21:49:59.149-08:00STAR 2000 These two items document our continued desire to acquire new blood.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMiTd-3sm6tjEHsHmHoxuIMiva8NAD-PKIEfxUzaU37b2PJbxbXoyK5Z_saswjKV1y2b7LXVq7UDLoUoAU2-OV1xjJ0upVC_CUnCrRBm3C-KDhLDm8YP4XFxjqE3Rtt_FhWHidPH9BnzdmhAxg5neQbF6jf_1keLnTBrqLIGgBWOhAS88_EpwRYBYoGg/s2724/01%20-%202000%20Club%20flyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2184" data-original-width="2724" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMiTd-3sm6tjEHsHmHoxuIMiva8NAD-PKIEfxUzaU37b2PJbxbXoyK5Z_saswjKV1y2b7LXVq7UDLoUoAU2-OV1xjJ0upVC_CUnCrRBm3C-KDhLDm8YP4XFxjqE3Rtt_FhWHidPH9BnzdmhAxg5neQbF6jf_1keLnTBrqLIGgBWOhAS88_EpwRYBYoGg/w400-h321/01%20-%202000%20Club%20flyer.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The above is a flyer from 2000. I still think the rocket logo is pretty nifty.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXgA_A0iWVybk1xzV4RSzyMfzL5pRb0CdZoMF6LWfjarBkRs8WuuYoqPfdGth94EHHmbNt7RYSsenD0f4luoT1Eoh-h_8-Z7JjcCDDuScGMbWHuKIuxyifiWFRZ9y7fRvKBeZKrzVwPxBTTuSHt9cwRG2f6xqA_r898yUu7bXfCrYvxrZkD6w1S8gxQ/s1293/02%20-%202000%20-%2008%20-%2005%20Oklahoman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="693" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXgA_A0iWVybk1xzV4RSzyMfzL5pRb0CdZoMF6LWfjarBkRs8WuuYoqPfdGth94EHHmbNt7RYSsenD0f4luoT1Eoh-h_8-Z7JjcCDDuScGMbWHuKIuxyifiWFRZ9y7fRvKBeZKrzVwPxBTTuSHt9cwRG2f6xqA_r898yUu7bXfCrYvxrZkD6w1S8gxQ/w215-h400/02%20-%202000%20-%2008%20-%2005%20Oklahoman.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div>And the above snippet is from the August 5, 2000 <i style="font-weight: bold;">Oklahoman</i>.</div><div><br /></div>Remember, every day can begin a new era of fandom, if you want it to! But PS don't try to use those websites or email addresses!<div><br /></div><div>See ya next time.</div><div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-90115877960264461412022-11-06T22:50:00.004-08:002022-11-06T22:50:57.890-08:00SoonerCon 2008's Pocket ProgramSoonerCon 2008, "Pieces of '08," was held June 6-7-8, 2008, at the Biltmore. Here's the Pocket Program:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvrVAW5RcnI5r2Aef26yVLdsjOcLJ148nNap8sglGx20Rt13jbBqJkW0PJSzXuEdsBcugN5450DlK2cVuKTbNoHqhmlr_DZcPsinfgud9QaKxShvA8OPDobe-IWfmlR-7aOCZrrB4jE6Z6KNLRkp6_-Axb-M928o6GnL7jzx6WQUQixjQi8IeYD0bXQ/s6428/2008%20-%20SoonerCon%202008%20Pocket%20Program%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4981" data-original-width="6428" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvrVAW5RcnI5r2Aef26yVLdsjOcLJ148nNap8sglGx20Rt13jbBqJkW0PJSzXuEdsBcugN5450DlK2cVuKTbNoHqhmlr_DZcPsinfgud9QaKxShvA8OPDobe-IWfmlR-7aOCZrrB4jE6Z6KNLRkp6_-Axb-M928o6GnL7jzx6WQUQixjQi8IeYD0bXQ/w400-h310/2008%20-%20SoonerCon%202008%20Pocket%20Program%2001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvreTNylcRTNlncUjAtsCHj1hU9mWFx2k0gOqDX9eVLgSYomqMBzFpPxhBS73YGNNKpGJ7m09wjQZaXJlFjaz4BDl3agB2gcD5lsblVBvR5J8jwCypNU3hN45-7tuBvfDYWdC8nmkiIeb5TDPBSBkvmULI_Fn-tb3PyYeEVld4SBw30HMLseiwEfUGdQ/s6436/2008%20-%20SoonerCon%202008%20Pocket%20Program%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4917" data-original-width="6436" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvreTNylcRTNlncUjAtsCHj1hU9mWFx2k0gOqDX9eVLgSYomqMBzFpPxhBS73YGNNKpGJ7m09wjQZaXJlFjaz4BDl3agB2gcD5lsblVBvR5J8jwCypNU3hN45-7tuBvfDYWdC8nmkiIeb5TDPBSBkvmULI_Fn-tb3PyYeEVld4SBw30HMLseiwEfUGdQ/w400-h305/2008%20-%20SoonerCon%202008%20Pocket%20Program%2002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>You can credit our wonderful Mrs Burrows for this piece. But you can blame the whole "Pieces of '08" name on me.<div><br /></div><div>See ya, fellow fans and fanettes!</div><div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-13799920688415871482022-10-17T01:29:00.003-07:002022-10-17T01:29:49.190-07:00SoonerCon 2009 FlyersThe third of the resurrected SoonerCons, SoonerCon 2009 was held at the Biltmore on June 5-6-7.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4GnJ92GFKBE4W6P8ZKQWLCTNnp0KnpKiEOLcsU0_Yx54HvEoHlFhtpq3ME8TF0zm5ptpP3M9QF2-s0V3U0cqVx4R6d6Du7r7T4EzDrYP_JXWcN8XuklX08FJC1m272Ni1ZTJgDhVw7O0zdaVMWx7Bdz7kNTOH7lTbscKGxoX9OGaLjB7FPLcHxTH3A/s3438/2009%20-%20SoonerCon%202009%20Bookmark%20Flyer%20-%20unused.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3438" data-original-width="2541" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4GnJ92GFKBE4W6P8ZKQWLCTNnp0KnpKiEOLcsU0_Yx54HvEoHlFhtpq3ME8TF0zm5ptpP3M9QF2-s0V3U0cqVx4R6d6Du7r7T4EzDrYP_JXWcN8XuklX08FJC1m272Ni1ZTJgDhVw7O0zdaVMWx7Bdz7kNTOH7lTbscKGxoX9OGaLjB7FPLcHxTH3A/s320/2009%20-%20SoonerCon%202009%20Bookmark%20Flyer%20-%20unused.jpg" width="237" /></a></div>Above is the one I designed. Wasn't used. Too busy, huh! (However, I am proud to have come up with our theme's wording, "Slideways in Time." The punster strikes again!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwLBBSiVYVQ_iYZbLUTwEkTyG2yw9OYNZut-gRau3QAV-PULfRuefyqKOBqeJ101LRN3NXgkt26MnN28IMyPoG-OiIsf3ZiWqr8zhARCBZZJPJFmSnjVoqsQF1S2cfRP6p4WYY2XzHmnWvdccR5QMZWhNj5dbWCNTnRfbYtNX_UVgB7i6tEfItcQusg/s5056/2009%20-%20SoonerCon%202009%20bookmark%20flyer%20V1%20bordered%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5056" data-original-width="1531" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwLBBSiVYVQ_iYZbLUTwEkTyG2yw9OYNZut-gRau3QAV-PULfRuefyqKOBqeJ101LRN3NXgkt26MnN28IMyPoG-OiIsf3ZiWqr8zhARCBZZJPJFmSnjVoqsQF1S2cfRP6p4WYY2XzHmnWvdccR5QMZWhNj5dbWCNTnRfbYtNX_UVgB7i6tEfItcQusg/w121-h400/2009%20-%20SoonerCon%202009%20bookmark%20flyer%20V1%20bordered%2001.jpg" width="121" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pd7BiJU92xOch29Fdg5NXA4Dp7ifsZHcaiNhpsrK5LUOaKDj3d6vKDJaO48bIDvW70ZuDZvRk9HDSJdV3ZtJD-CpbmrLu1zHuz_cWiqqnTLfxeqbzeN8jfEHAiqRlFVWQJ2zbz-0QOtWlKwoEgTd8Cut2gFGhvZJgefnVU9_DjBm7XXySB2SpYbo8A/s5050/2009%20-%20SoonerCon%202009%20bookmark%20flyer%20V1%20bordered%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="5050" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pd7BiJU92xOch29Fdg5NXA4Dp7ifsZHcaiNhpsrK5LUOaKDj3d6vKDJaO48bIDvW70ZuDZvRk9HDSJdV3ZtJD-CpbmrLu1zHuz_cWiqqnTLfxeqbzeN8jfEHAiqRlFVWQJ2zbz-0QOtWlKwoEgTd8Cut2gFGhvZJgefnVU9_DjBm7XXySB2SpYbo8A/w400-h122/2009%20-%20SoonerCon%202009%20bookmark%20flyer%20V1%20bordered%2002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>This is the first version of our bookmark flyer.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLMiEBMoBHvBo4w26tbncyRMN5YWQEshlsxVkmhhyeGDExr3VV4WSLwtB20CTu_cNIvz5aymjMomHgKL0usoMxHl4p-ExHNAS5KDTKc21IHeZ9cjJ7azaAvXtobc-dzGDo421gm_s7re58Tgw7xGfldHyTjRtBlGEox4LZo7n2ZDSW7PM6PuicYAUjg/s5025/2009%20-%20SoonerCon%202009%20bookmark%20flyer%20V2%20no%20border%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5025" data-original-width="1546" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLMiEBMoBHvBo4w26tbncyRMN5YWQEshlsxVkmhhyeGDExr3VV4WSLwtB20CTu_cNIvz5aymjMomHgKL0usoMxHl4p-ExHNAS5KDTKc21IHeZ9cjJ7azaAvXtobc-dzGDo421gm_s7re58Tgw7xGfldHyTjRtBlGEox4LZo7n2ZDSW7PM6PuicYAUjg/w123-h400/2009%20-%20SoonerCon%202009%20bookmark%20flyer%20V2%20no%20border%2001.jpg" width="123" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokW3j-Avcnk1w59L9msUFpifpI5OvIU3MKA2jgLAmA2Q-F1eM8tN7_NoZvZn3soVkaF3cd9ArFA0w1GsbmFwi13KCcSR2YcAi2dZ4YIwOKFv3RWYuf0f8td4CahN7jN072uhDzvS4TWUhpdjZVFxV58D7PjJNpQE6hwnQLUMmSYWkXibR6herVGXSZQ/s5028/2009%20-%20SoonerCon%202009%20bookmark%20flyer%20V2%20no%20border%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="5028" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokW3j-Avcnk1w59L9msUFpifpI5OvIU3MKA2jgLAmA2Q-F1eM8tN7_NoZvZn3soVkaF3cd9ArFA0w1GsbmFwi13KCcSR2YcAi2dZ4YIwOKFv3RWYuf0f8td4CahN7jN072uhDzvS4TWUhpdjZVFxV58D7PjJNpQE6hwnQLUMmSYWkXibR6herVGXSZQ/w400-h124/2009%20-%20SoonerCon%202009%20bookmark%20flyer%20V2%20no%20border%2002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Above is the second version of the 2009 bookmark flyer.<div><br /></div><div>See you next time, campers!<br /><div> </div></div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-37749650771851426752022-09-14T02:10:00.001-07:002022-09-14T02:10:25.480-07:00The January 2003 GALACTIC GAZETTEIt was short and semi-sweet.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMP5IvZBxuDbklTT8HeEaaf15dLkjYAnDClE0KUqDekizIFp2Tk0UQo5gfj7fzrrIyUzbEQVXdD9GNW4tKOxv-Wdjo7U9k1HF6GcqB_j9fXes5kF2UxlKAc0_n5DYhdR8ufSNejBOslI1kP0VjtynS-ttV6AWL6BHXjwBPrARPYLA2--UQBmJ3P07hFw/s3300/2003%20-%2001%20January%20GG%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMP5IvZBxuDbklTT8HeEaaf15dLkjYAnDClE0KUqDekizIFp2Tk0UQo5gfj7fzrrIyUzbEQVXdD9GNW4tKOxv-Wdjo7U9k1HF6GcqB_j9fXes5kF2UxlKAc0_n5DYhdR8ufSNejBOslI1kP0VjtynS-ttV6AWL6BHXjwBPrARPYLA2--UQBmJ3P07hFw/w309-h400/2003%20-%2001%20January%20GG%2001.jpg" width="309" /></a></div>Mike Moery was <i style="font-weight: bold;">GG</i> editor for 2002, and he produced this inaugural issue for the new year 2003.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0da4WCKSPQitWRp-Odnv-Ls0K8ZEalfC0dHMdrmUNnA0rIbzYUup3fpfIRY6WxybIXNTL_jSehpGv8S4wp6FVRMS8nMxLnGc14kTmruNxQmhGXCZ3gOxR_X74MmRY2IFuKwXbGKh-Up9Vs9tzoQBdRx4wbpc-KrID1sXUDhaOkzY_6TfrkOpfHafYdw/s3300/2003%20-%2001%20January%20GG%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0da4WCKSPQitWRp-Odnv-Ls0K8ZEalfC0dHMdrmUNnA0rIbzYUup3fpfIRY6WxybIXNTL_jSehpGv8S4wp6FVRMS8nMxLnGc14kTmruNxQmhGXCZ3gOxR_X74MmRY2IFuKwXbGKh-Up9Vs9tzoQBdRx4wbpc-KrID1sXUDhaOkzY_6TfrkOpfHafYdw/w309-h400/2003%20-%2001%20January%20GG%2002.jpg" width="309" /></a></div>Personally I thought the classification of folks into the categrories listed above was a little TOO cutesy and precious. The joke in the indicia about Poe, Carrol, or living in Hawaii has a long history, and may have originated with Tom Koszoru or ... ? Do you know? <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jWdsHRnQ1WIQGbP6mKJEXKkRWTgfSYS3KVM0bdaGX3lmqyL7R9KEAIyw0w3VEKPiILjGf-nCwwsHHJpF3SOmWJprGzojn1HijkQ5oBpKmVpgyTCRoMIpI_O9_SiVdub3-HinxBRp5B18yceK57ygD6FDFrXLGwZpR2X0CTNwvu04p-znZNadTKBEdw/s3300/2003%20-%2001%20January%20GG%2003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jWdsHRnQ1WIQGbP6mKJEXKkRWTgfSYS3KVM0bdaGX3lmqyL7R9KEAIyw0w3VEKPiILjGf-nCwwsHHJpF3SOmWJprGzojn1HijkQ5oBpKmVpgyTCRoMIpI_O9_SiVdub3-HinxBRp5B18yceK57ygD6FDFrXLGwZpR2X0CTNwvu04p-znZNadTKBEdw/w309-h400/2003%20-%2001%20January%20GG%2003.jpg" width="309" /></a></div>Outgoing 2002 Prez Mr G Burton reflects on the previous year.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6mD-EzF9eERIFUrqMk9avlmYGfGZJqfzkvTPFey4U7jWCbSeFeEPWqQHApiduODbWRgspyVE-BprHT1cTOicTRA5b7qAthRPP8JhGkfbaCfRKZ4UJDjvOFy4iWFzaCq9QeSboU_vnXsNyEPjWFjClZ1KXBWp1QPmblghAMFv310RGeVUMq0bsA1Jdw/s3300/2003%20-%2001%20January%20GG%2004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6mD-EzF9eERIFUrqMk9avlmYGfGZJqfzkvTPFey4U7jWCbSeFeEPWqQHApiduODbWRgspyVE-BprHT1cTOicTRA5b7qAthRPP8JhGkfbaCfRKZ4UJDjvOFy4iWFzaCq9QeSboU_vnXsNyEPjWFjClZ1KXBWp1QPmblghAMFv310RGeVUMq0bsA1Jdw/w309-h400/2003%20-%2001%20January%20GG%2004.jpg" width="309" /></a></div>And above is notes from the previous meeting, which also elected 2003 officers. 2003 President-elect Karla Jarrett is still about, having recently acquired a new job as a counselor. That Vp guy, you just can't get rid of! And the money man, Mr B, still drops in at times to SoonerCon (and the STAR OKC FB page).<div><br /></div><div>See you next time, fellow sci-fi veterans!<br /><div><br /></div></div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-11063961827724453442022-09-02T17:19:00.004-07:002022-09-02T17:19:41.798-07:00SoonerCon 2007 Business CardsHow many of these were handed out, I dunno.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRCXCTIvf4A7WZZtNpbFcTptkEBCTOFwnoVC6_F4QaSnITCOcSqxLdHHZkaJ13niMTgXGWVeFUgkzAMdvI4KWYATuo2n2Tjbjm2NJj7Xj_aVLS_m9dyVHJbWzBo41Oo0M9vpfLWvBdSPu_mA4zRHAFXwNHei50wVIlAwlI27Lsj6oGixUCI_ugv-gSg/s1059/2007%20-%20SoonerCon%202007%20business%20card%2001%20-%20saucer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="1059" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRCXCTIvf4A7WZZtNpbFcTptkEBCTOFwnoVC6_F4QaSnITCOcSqxLdHHZkaJ13niMTgXGWVeFUgkzAMdvI4KWYATuo2n2Tjbjm2NJj7Xj_aVLS_m9dyVHJbWzBo41Oo0M9vpfLWvBdSPu_mA4zRHAFXwNHei50wVIlAwlI27Lsj6oGixUCI_ugv-gSg/w400-h229/2007%20-%20SoonerCon%202007%20business%20card%2001%20-%20saucer.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The saucer in the above version is, of course, snagged from <i style="font-weight: bold;">Earth vs. the Flying Saucers</i>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Hxkr7L-pjSj_QbnzmHiXCJ2DCXmXOZ_khIcYek85aVArJRxxCsl490P4vu8fi44GQc15yh91aw1GkJzYJoLSpli-G7h6kSki01qoi1asbtOo4XPnZRuOBBzCWttV3k5GJA2rN_W1NYCuC4hbPwAhbwE3Lmx0hgCNQCrm9mtHSKT9bZW9ZnPuFx4xmg/s2091/2007%20-%20SoonerCon%202007%20business%20card%2002%20-%20Boomer.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="2091" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Hxkr7L-pjSj_QbnzmHiXCJ2DCXmXOZ_khIcYek85aVArJRxxCsl490P4vu8fi44GQc15yh91aw1GkJzYJoLSpli-G7h6kSki01qoi1asbtOo4XPnZRuOBBzCWttV3k5GJA2rN_W1NYCuC4hbPwAhbwE3Lmx0hgCNQCrm9mtHSKT9bZW9ZnPuFx4xmg/w400-h231/2007%20-%20SoonerCon%202007%20business%20card%2002%20-%20Boomer.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>For the lower one, I took a Paul Cherry drawing of Boomer and supered the saucer over him.<div><br /></div><div>How many of <i>you</i> were there?</div><div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-9166491439422177222022-08-21T23:37:00.002-07:002022-08-21T23:37:44.245-07:00What to Do at SoonerCon 5If you take your time machine back to SoonerCon 5, here's some of what was going on November 17-18-19, 1989:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8GCF46I1T1LM0nkPlFv_n2xhnpD0oWT_jFtyGq7Q5oxsQbiePMeDyp4Ptl8558G4suwzggIC3eYM8lBhXjEnuYS8tfCZodBYsyj33PAqdpljvXi5OUMi4Ep_Sea0HSBeDuHpwewBOB3MBfhBnCZswGmKo2GKgiphOeEFg4MeW56x6lCD1IHg34Psgg/s8400/1989%20-%20SoonerCon%205%20Japanimation%20Video%20Schedule.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8400" data-original-width="5100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8GCF46I1T1LM0nkPlFv_n2xhnpD0oWT_jFtyGq7Q5oxsQbiePMeDyp4Ptl8558G4suwzggIC3eYM8lBhXjEnuYS8tfCZodBYsyj33PAqdpljvXi5OUMi4Ep_Sea0HSBeDuHpwewBOB3MBfhBnCZswGmKo2GKgiphOeEFg4MeW56x6lCD1IHg34Psgg/w242-h400/1989%20-%20SoonerCon%205%20Japanimation%20Video%20Schedule.jpg" width="242" /></a></div>Above is the Japanimation schedule. STAR member Bob Higgs is credited as the Video Chair for the Con. No surviving records indicate if Bob was also in charge of the Japanimation room.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRugvoA1yXdKYmxxjW4Y8Bwc1T45XzAW0UYbaXZkyRBIJYRGU8m-u1twaoxxgh9nzFwjOjdveCBz6IVuCPznevruYLdKifm5BmgADhowCNxNfgSn_qXxzF2C6S9Wbgi2wLMplsgX_usRtpfur55oCmhzrI4hTAnvZ5NCQv9JdCYZaKL7YBWJVZzaaR5A/s6042/1989%20-%20Soonercon%205%20Gaming%20Schedule%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6042" data-original-width="3388" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRugvoA1yXdKYmxxjW4Y8Bwc1T45XzAW0UYbaXZkyRBIJYRGU8m-u1twaoxxgh9nzFwjOjdveCBz6IVuCPznevruYLdKifm5BmgADhowCNxNfgSn_qXxzF2C6S9Wbgi2wLMplsgX_usRtpfur55oCmhzrI4hTAnvZ5NCQv9JdCYZaKL7YBWJVZzaaR5A/w224-h400/1989%20-%20Soonercon%205%20Gaming%20Schedule%2001.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjByVBxzc3BxVK019Ka_AkVansLhp7e3oQi6HBcNSrv4X49EocNo0YSYtPTdZSM15AgXrYXQO7k76CQZUAByD71SVxm3VbZ9_iNCjQ9LPuPV_lPUR53oslAAw1j3chH856v73WjojF99Gn7OgmH_gBY7oFGbwfbAQVhUKIES15NQ3K9I2DqeK5r0YpAoA/s6550/1989%20-%20Soonercon%205%20Gaming%20Schedule%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4319" data-original-width="6550" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjByVBxzc3BxVK019Ka_AkVansLhp7e3oQi6HBcNSrv4X49EocNo0YSYtPTdZSM15AgXrYXQO7k76CQZUAByD71SVxm3VbZ9_iNCjQ9LPuPV_lPUR53oslAAw1j3chH856v73WjojF99Gn7OgmH_gBY7oFGbwfbAQVhUKIES15NQ3K9I2DqeK5r0YpAoA/w400-h264/1989%20-%20Soonercon%205%20Gaming%20Schedule%2002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Above are the front-and-back of the gaming schedule. Paul "Pablo" Stewart was in charge of Games.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-HaOOloiviCvBMVIaO1RP33SharFMiLu-vWASEZWm590aBsB1fOFByHbPa3iO6GrZ7ybktT4hHpyXb5VK9de9Ta6bsJvsPCqL-iN2S2hHiTHIe1ZlxxPtTQyIiyR4hwJynkJdSKaMPSJcgrFjJLgbxc7xQzB5seKendg33goEDXFJEXz2Ms4jlH2xg/s8000/1989%20-%20SoonerCon%205%20Video%20Schedule.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8000" data-original-width="5100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-HaOOloiviCvBMVIaO1RP33SharFMiLu-vWASEZWm590aBsB1fOFByHbPa3iO6GrZ7ybktT4hHpyXb5VK9de9Ta6bsJvsPCqL-iN2S2hHiTHIe1ZlxxPtTQyIiyR4hwJynkJdSKaMPSJcgrFjJLgbxc7xQzB5seKendg33goEDXFJEXz2Ms4jlH2xg/w255-h400/1989%20-%20SoonerCon%205%20Video%20Schedule.jpg" width="255" /></a></div>And this is the Video Schedule.<div><br /></div><div>Don't forget, the year 1989 also introduced dat cute li'l dragon Boomer, SoonerCon's only official mascot, designed and crafted by Kevin Hopkins!</div><div><br /></div><div>Don't forget you can click on the topic "SoonerCon 5" at the left to see other relics of the con, including the entire Program Book. (But there's still more to come ... in the future!)</div><div><br /></div><div>See you next time, fellow fans!</div><div> <br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-49693821632396697432022-07-21T23:21:00.001-07:002022-07-21T23:21:38.397-07:00The Other Flyer for SoonerCon 2!<a href="https://starokc.blogspot.com/2022/01/pure-con-extract.html" target="_blank">Earlier in the year I posted some docs</a> from SoonerCon 2, October 25-26, 1986, including this flyer:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsWU-Q-QOHus7xmzPRJXedpuZ0_Ose-UIpkZTBVLFgi1_kUBAm5JfrDPmKgyBIeFImbi1czNMDaFa4RjnulCnYudibAU2fgb3AXVO98bqtEMnQTmzE7CxvHZkvrK5XIVhoI4L8FSU2mukEDb4rAzO_lrwnh-gDsyBfkbM6WbTXNYJurH4zyZJFrY6jw/s6584/1986%20-%20SoonerCon%202%20First%20Flyer%20%20-%20Pure%20Con%20Extract%20-%20posted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6584" data-original-width="5081" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsWU-Q-QOHus7xmzPRJXedpuZ0_Ose-UIpkZTBVLFgi1_kUBAm5JfrDPmKgyBIeFImbi1czNMDaFa4RjnulCnYudibAU2fgb3AXVO98bqtEMnQTmzE7CxvHZkvrK5XIVhoI4L8FSU2mukEDb4rAzO_lrwnh-gDsyBfkbM6WbTXNYJurH4zyZJFrY6jw/w309-h400/1986%20-%20SoonerCon%202%20First%20Flyer%20%20-%20Pure%20Con%20Extract%20-%20posted.jpg" width="309" /></a></div>That was the first flyer. This is the second version:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdOA6lyu9_H_ZBPtBUJ78xi_sY7_UvmsjgpdK_W3_TwAShcvpkQTNMiKfgLvHVS8zyGnvRsB4hk2rAi554jJBcfrt6TB6L7rjmQXTZEDNQWq8mqi6q4fk2V325dgfPFlwlO3sPACHpDXuWGBX6I14xUo2kH3gVtXUhzkoZh-ncnSQ3hcgS128Tfcw6Q/s3300/1986%20-%20SoonerCon%202%20Flyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2551" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdOA6lyu9_H_ZBPtBUJ78xi_sY7_UvmsjgpdK_W3_TwAShcvpkQTNMiKfgLvHVS8zyGnvRsB4hk2rAi554jJBcfrt6TB6L7rjmQXTZEDNQWq8mqi6q4fk2V325dgfPFlwlO3sPACHpDXuWGBX6I14xUo2kH3gVtXUhzkoZh-ncnSQ3hcgS128Tfcw6Q/w309-h400/1986%20-%20SoonerCon%202%20Flyer.jpg" width="309" /></a></div>In case you wondered about our charity participation, we gave $180 to the Oklahoma Pediatric Cancer Association. And if you wondered how I know this, then you don't know me very well!<div><br /></div><div>See you another time, fellow fans!<br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-75918095458252230612022-06-23T05:48:00.002-07:002022-06-23T05:49:18.251-07:00Come to the SoonerCon Hideout!<p>Get there fast, before we sell out! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuD8D8yjrHOkLZTAj-29emYKAr7ly67X13ycsr2sQ4AM-HDtBDS_8N7gjdtgEEEybb9XcpU0Q453UOMopKhBHI8IiU8LwUbIfBwE80DNE4xlw72ltTaoyeqAbSoPEBdmbbYqa3LiOvaW4VOKsw15g63Nus7eohb8DvsJpAy5qm6hwENK0vA2EuMt1Cg/s3303/2022%20-%20Mark%20SC%2030%20flyer%2002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3303" data-original-width="2553" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuD8D8yjrHOkLZTAj-29emYKAr7ly67X13ycsr2sQ4AM-HDtBDS_8N7gjdtgEEEybb9XcpU0Q453UOMopKhBHI8IiU8LwUbIfBwE80DNE4xlw72ltTaoyeqAbSoPEBdmbbYqa3LiOvaW4VOKsw15g63Nus7eohb8DvsJpAy5qm6hwENK0vA2EuMt1Cg/w309-h400/2022%20-%20Mark%20SC%2030%20flyer%2002.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://soonercon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SoonerCon</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Begins Friday!</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863840976600115123.post-24833925024460368182022-06-15T23:26:00.003-07:002022-06-15T23:26:40.759-07:00SoonerCon 5 Art and Departments ScheduleSoonerCon 5 was November 17-18-19, 1989.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPZcEJZSUkZBC3YtWcFm_Ozn7IWZr6oqzSxkMXxKutWRUTwICm05umpla_qZGUJ_daNCDCT17PkFqdNVZhp_6uel36hsWGhTG5rK91wKVgiYllCzUNrT1ymuIZ7rO0Kx8TrW5LXZKGji-M7ebn3NhdFtkEYw9QDJbQ6gyDCL3LiJNgCrnHBO2mv8Nmw/s3600/1989%20-%20SoonerCon%205%20flyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2831" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPZcEJZSUkZBC3YtWcFm_Ozn7IWZr6oqzSxkMXxKutWRUTwICm05umpla_qZGUJ_daNCDCT17PkFqdNVZhp_6uel36hsWGhTG5rK91wKVgiYllCzUNrT1ymuIZ7rO0Kx8TrW5LXZKGji-M7ebn3NhdFtkEYw9QDJbQ6gyDCL3LiJNgCrnHBO2mv8Nmw/w315-h400/1989%20-%20SoonerCon%205%20flyer.jpg" width="315" /></a></div>Our Artist GOH, the estimable Brad Foster, was also Artist Guest for SoonerCon 2 (1986), and SoonerCon 2009.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39sVZy6jSdNJdPiWJZX879_C2ufEdNBM0a686zkAfuzr79JI466iZUFA8cCPAHjTwMcQzFQBSSetvAK9IxrFTtk53yL0VIlE41Y3gb4rl4JW4ajGDdO9_Ig3ExlqVn3raLqZeVCbhgSib-WlptmGB6tvSdacnwrRoi4e-MMaew7Fp2yvoBSRNdL5fWw/s6516/1989%20-%20SoonerCon%205%20art%20info%20sheet%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6468" data-original-width="5081" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemi-2A6WQ5X8KPWALVs_gZZtBSywHTroWcU32AZ3afR_9tGvxGnwjonRlrLZSqOUVh8mcUdei4PRdU4_gzLLI5Qo7oMEvhkeHbx02pBbVfYUZRd-a6TetJ6yCKlPqbblaK2LCwqEYP6bDWyQHJW9UGoIbvRmEX7GC3ZVsjnrTg3tPzpvTZXKZb4I44A/w314-h400/1989%20-%20SoonerCon%205%20Deadlines%20Schedule%2002.jpg" width="314" /></a></div>Complete with annotations from yours truly, above is the overall schedule which departments were supposed to toe their lines!<div><br /></div><div>See you on the other side of SoonerCon 30: Heroes Homecoming! For all info, click on the SoonerCon link to the right, under "Fannish Fiends and Friends."</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEE YOU THERE!</span></div><div> </div>Mark Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854980981829838818noreply@blogger.com0