October 2000: Monsters at the Fan Fair

In October 2000, STAR OKC had a sort of open house which we called a "Fan Fair."

And here is the Galactic Gazette distributed at the meeting.

I was kind of proud that I found the illo next to Paul Cherry's byline.  Doesn't the being-sttrangled guy look a little like Scooter?

Brian Hopkins was our Special Guest.

By now you guys should have figured out who Professor S O'Terrick is/was.

Now it can be told!  "Raul Dominguez" is a nom de plume of yours truly.  And the imitation scholarship ain't THAT bad.

The grandkids have endured these scary jokes.  Feel free to inflict them upon your acquaintances too.

Care to share some of YOUR Monster Memories?

Flooby Reviews courtesy of your friend and mine!

The Friends of Lulu existed.  Wish I did!

See ya next time, time travellers!

  

April Fools from 1983!

Yep, in 1983 the Galactic Gazette waren't around, instead the official organ of STAR OKC was a one-sheet generated by the only person who cared enough to do something. Guess who?

Was I foolish to keep plugging away?  See ya next time!

  

Those Silly Teenagers!

It's an article from the September 6, 1976 Oklahoma City Times. Surprised, ain'tcha!

... surprised that fans never eat?  Nah, many of you youngsters don't remember a time when OKC had several newspapers!

I must confess that to my recollection, both Maxwell and Renee Upton weren't in STAR OKC by the time I came along around 1980.  Do you think they grew up?  Heaven forbid!

  

Visit 2003's Look at the Past

These three items are from 2003.

On September 6, STAR co-hosted some OK hotshots.

Our Open House was in October.

The cover to December's Galactic Gazette, assembled by yours truly, featured images from STAR OKC's first 25 years (which ended in 1998).

What were you doing, fanwise, in 2003?

  

ThunderCon 2 in '92!

Sounds like a great campaign slogan, eh?

Above are the front and back of the only flyer I have.  (Some other TCons had more than one version of the flyer.)

And above is Scooter's badge.

Here's the pocket program.  

What are your memories of ThunderCon 2?

  

NOSFAratu and Russell Bates

Presented by the Norman Oklahoma Science Fiction Association, and sponsored by Southside/Planet Comics, it was NOSFAratu.

I don't remember a dang thing about it.  The month or day?  Nope.  However, I have proof that i was there!

You see, the briefcase was mine, and the stuff you see on it was the stuff I was trying to sell.  That means I had a dealer's table.  Oh, and the guy making like a model for an instant-camera commercial?  That's the late lamented Russell Bates, native Oklahoman and author of the STTAS episode "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth."  I'd met him at BabelCon 1 in 1980, when he was bemused by my Vulcan character Selik.  You can learn more about Russell and Selik by typing that name "Selik" in the search bar at the left.

Do you recall NOSFAratu?

  

Visit 1976 and S.T.A.R.Base OKC

As you may imagine, these are from that storied US Bicentennial year.  Also before yours truly came upon the scene, so I can provide no further context.

No cracks about the spelling, please.  These were high-school kids, and it took a lot of time to stencil those letters, in the days when 'desktop publishing" involved a typewriter and money for the library's copier.

  

PsurrealCon 92 Documents

PsurrealCon '92 was down in Norman Town, February 7-8-9.  Most of these images are from the Paul Cherry archives.

Below is the gaming schedule.

Now followeth the Pocket Program.

And you can't forget the Warthog Gazette!  By the way, who really wrote that?

We you there?

  

Pure Con Extract!

SoonerCon 2 was October 25-26, 1986. This was only 4 1/2 months after SoonerCon 1!

Crazy?  Perhaps.  But it was because we wanted to establish SoonerCon as a fall convention.  With that goal in mind, we certainly couldn't wait until fall 1987, more than a year after SoonerCon 1!

To ease the insanity, SoonerCon 2 was a two-day con.  Some of you may have disbelieved me when I told you "Pure Con Extract" was the con's subtitle.  That referred to its two-day status, and was concocted by the devilish mind of David Means, chair of number two.

Much of 2's ConComm carried over from #1, but leadership must needs be different.  Click on the "SoonerCon 2" or "1986" or SoonerCon 1" search-topic tabs on the left for more info!

SoonerCon 2 is the only one held at the Skirvin Plaza.  Check out our hotel bill.

That's it for now.  See you next time for more Fan Fun Memories!

  

SoonerCon 1 Synopsi

I don't know or care if "synopsi" is a valid word. We historians just pass on the stuff scraped from the bottom of history's shoe.

As you should know, SoonerCon 1 was June 6-7-8, 1986.  Check out the topics list along the side for earlier posts.  And don't worry, many more scrapings remain!