The January 1991 GALACTIC GAZETTE

On page 2 you can read the officers for 1991.  There's lots of coverage of the upcoming ThunderCon 1.

The "ThunderPage" logo at the top of the page was my own device ...

The poor contrast of some images is acknowledged, but that's all we got!  PS yes, that's Gerald "Captain Coconut" Burton making a cameo appearance in the cartoon on the last page.

See ya round the galaxy!
 

What to Do at ThunderCon 1

This is the programming schedule.

The original is two columns on a vertical 14-x-17-inch sheet.  The Teddy Harvia cartoon above takes up about a third of the second page.  No, there's not a caption.  Why don't you write one?

See you soon with more from May-June, 1991!
 

More from ThunderCon 1 in 1991

Howdy friends, here are some scans from ThunderCon 1, which took place at OKC's Central Plaza Hotel (now it's a Clarion of some kind).

Yes, that's a very busy flyer.  And if I had me say, I would have pointed out that on the front side, "make-up" appears twice, once with the correct hyphen and once without.  You'll also see that the Tentative Guest was emphatically scratched out.

Courtesy of our lamented brother Paul Cherry, here is his badge.

I was Video Chair, so you may blame me for the eclectic schedule.  Yes, it was typed (by me) and dummied up with boffo art by Kevin Hopkins, resident artistic genius.

Those of a certain age will recall the OTHER name for ThunderCon:  LMC, "Larry's Media Con."

More to come next week!  Tell your friends!
   

Nuthin' But a Bunch o' Trekkies!

Well, I was going to post a bunch of scans from 1991's ThunderCon 1.  But the thumb drive ate 'em.

Until then, here's a preview, courtesy of the Dallas Morning News.

This was in the Saturday, June 1st edition.  This means the AP writer, one Ellen Knickmeyer, filed her story Friday night.  She has since become an international writer for the WSJ, working from Africa and the Middle East.

Fans Dianna Hopkins, Mike Ferguson, and Kimber Civyer are quoted.  To be honest, it was not until the time of this post that I read down the article and noticed that my table in the Dealers' Room was mentioned.

I hope to bring you more soon from 1991's ThunderCon 1, spearheaded by ThunderChief Larry Nemecek.

STAR OKC Flyers from the 1970s

These are from the 1970s.  I can advise that "Cpt. Paul Marek" is alive in the OKC area, but wisely keeps a low profile at SoonerCons and other places hoping to avoid having his memories solicited.

Suzanne Romero, later Zann Jones, and later not, was a big pusher of the early STAR also.

See you next time!

The March-April 1986 Galactic Gazette -- Winding Up for SoonerCon 1

Our cover art is once again by the estimable Bob Higgs.

We spent $315 on transportation for our Toastmaster, Tom Disch.

 We had a fundraiser for the Medieval Faire, our main big push to acquire bucks to pay for SoonerCon 1, coming up on June 6-8, 1986.

Denise Rexroat give a Con Report on Star Fest 86, in Denver. 

The final page is a brilliant send-up of Stephen R Donaldson's Covenant the Unbeliever books.  One guess as to its author.  While you're guessing, marvel at the hi-tech text, courtesy of the Commodore MPS-801 dot-matrix printer.

Thanks for stopping by!
 

SoonerCon 20 Flyer -- 2011

As the promo line said, "Choose your side …"  Of course, I don't think it's that trivial.  But on the other hand, "Heroes & Villains" is awfully hard to decipher.

Thanks for stopping by!
 

Merry Christmas from the 1980 STAR OKC Christmas Party

The wild bacchanal was held at the apartment of Larry and Zann Jones.

 Back row, above:  Unknown, Mark Alfred.  Front row:  Paul Marek, Zann Jones, Maxine ??, unknown.

L-R:  Zann Jones, Mike Powell (rear), Paul Marek, Mike Hodge (rear), Larry Jones

 This year Joyce and I moonlighted as Mr and Mrs Santa for parties, and came here directly after a gig.  The above photo reflects the surprise of Zann, Larry, and Mike on being confronted by two Clauses in red.

Our best to all whose orbits intersected ours -- in 1980, and into the 21st century and beyond!

SoonerCon 2007 - Coverage from The Oklahoman

SoonerCon 2007 was held June 8-9-10, 2007.  Here's coverage from our friend Matthew Price from Friday morning's Oklahoman:

And we'll see you another time!