Missoula's Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention

MisCon 38: the Dark Forest, May 24 - 27, 2024 Missoula, Montana

MisCons Past

MisCon has been around for many years - each year with a different theme and different guests on a different schedule of different panels...

Here you can see some guest lists, links to past photos and videos, see previous theme art, and learn a little about what MisCon has been like in the past. Of course, we don't have everything, so if you have old photos or other information, please let us know so we can make this archive more complete!

MisCon 38: the Dark Forest (2024)

Laughter through the trees, rustling leaves, then silence.

Was it a goblin? A korok? Totoro?

Mist clings to the ruins of a cottage built of gingerbread and decorated with candy, making the sun an almost-forgotten memory. It's safe enough here, I think, if the oven isn’t lit.

You’d never know this used to be a convention hotel with a nice normal park behind it.

I still remember the time before the fairies returned to claim MisCon, when sunlight was bright, days were long, and bargains didn't

That's this year!

Check out the rest of the site for more information as it gets updated. There's no archive yet...
MisCon 37: Monster Mash-up (2023)
Monster Mash-up

Looks like we might need a few more monster hunters around here, just to be on the safe side.

Over the years, MisCon has been plagued by zombies, became a ruined wasteland, ascended to the future, lost all its heroes, and levelled up. It’s been filled with doors to many places and times. Once it became a fairy tale that attracted none other than George R.R. Martin, one of the greatest wizards of our age.

This year the monsters are coming.

We didn't know what to m

What's in the MisCon 37 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Game Masters
  • Critiquing Authors
  • Program Schedule
  • Game Schedule
  • Announcements and Notifications
  • ConCom
MisCon 36: Carnival of Wonders (2022)
Carnival of Wonders

MisCon 36: Carnival of Wonders

MisCon sweeps in once a year in the spring, lasts a few days, then vanishes on the day of remembrance, leaving no trace.

It’s as ephemeral as a rainstorm.

In fact, for the past few years, it's been … I don't know. My recent MisCon memories are murky and disjointed, almost like it never happened at all.

Over the years, MisCon has been plagued by zombies, became a ruined wasteland, ascended to the future, lost all its heroes, and levelled up. It’s been filled with doors to many places and times. Once it became a fairy tale and attracted none other than George R.R. Martin, one of the greatest wizards of our age.

This year it’s changing again.

If you listen right, maybe you can hear the crowd, the carnival barkers, the screeching beasts. None of them are caged, and some prowl among the night tents, green eyes glinting. Can you smell the clowns, wandering like lost souls through the hotel? Only it’s not a normal hotel anymore. It’s been transformed. We’ve got weirdos and corset-sellers, and hawkers selling wands and rings and magic fish in a sack.

And the wonders.

To find them, you can’t go looking. Not directly. At least that’s what I hear. You just need to be in the right place at the right time and in the right frame of mind. Maybe wander under the big top, check out the atrium midway, or peek into the mysterious tent out on the edge of the field. I’ve heard they’ve got it all in there, even a different night sky.

While you're working on costumes, panel ideas, and game scenarios, think about carnival sideshows, vaudeville acts, outsiders, mysterious places, things that lurk in the shadows, and ponder what fascinates us.

Let’s delve into humanity’s deepest darkest secrets and search for meaning. Why are we curious? What do we seek? Come to MisCon 36: Carnival of Wonders and maybe you’ll find out.

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Will you be a creepy clown or a bearded elf lady? How about a masked fortune teller?

Maybe watch Carnivale, Big Fish, Dumbo, Big Top Pee Wee, American Horror Story, the Greatest Showman, Moulin Rouge, Lost Boys, and read some Charlaine Harris to get in the mood.

Even though we’re going carnival-themed this year, you can still put on Mandalorian armor, become a barbarian, a cyberpunk, or the Staypuft Marshmallow man. Regardless of what you look like, let your geek flag fly.

What's in the MisCon 36 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Game Masters
  • Program Schedule
  • Game Schedule
  • Attending Merchants
  • Announcements and Notifications
  • Pictures and Photos
  • ConCom
MisCon 35: Cancelled (2021)
We've been watching and waiting, trying to do our due diligence, but it's become obvious that we would again be irresponsible to try to forge ahead and hold the convention this year. I don't think we need to go into great detail about why it would be bad to gather 2,000 people together in close quarters. The state of the pandemic at this point makes things pretty obvious.

What's in the MisCon 35 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Game Masters
  • Program Schedule
  • Game Schedule
  • Announcements and Notifications
  • ConCom
MisCon 34: Cancelled (2020)
We've been watching and waiting, trying to do our due diligence, but it's become obvious that we would be irresponsible to try to forge ahead and hold the convention this year. I don't think we need to go into great detail about why it would be bad to gather 2,000 people together in close quarters. The state of the pandemic at this point makes things pretty obvious.

What's in the MisCon 34 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Game Masters
  • Critiquing Authors
  • Program Schedule
  • Game Schedule
  • Attending Merchants
  • Announcements and Notifications
  • Showing Artists
  • ConCom
MisCon 33: Level Up! (2019)
Level Up!

Finish him! It's dangerous to go alone, so grab a fireflower and the Master Sword, hop aboard the airship, and help save the princess. Although honestly, MisCon princesses save themselves!

What's in the MisCon 33 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Game Masters
  • Program Schedule
  • Game Schedule
  • Attending Merchants
  • Announcements and Notifications
  • Videos
  • Showing Artists
  • Pictures and Photos
  • ConCom
MisCon 32: Year of Lost Heroes (2018)

The skyscrapers are devoid of webs and bat ropes. Calls for help go unanswered. The taverns are empty of dwarven rogues with hearts of gold, idealistic mutants, and fledgling reporters ready to save the world.

Where have all the heroes gone?

What's in the MisCon 32 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Game Masters
  • Critiquing Authors
  • Program Schedule
  • Game Schedule
  • Attending Merchants
  • Announcements and Notifications
  • Videos
  • Pictures and Photos
  • ConCom
MisCon 31: The Ascension (2017)
The Ascension

Is this the Jetson's-style utopian dream we've always yearned for, or is it a dystopian nightmare we'd all rather awaken from? Should we pack up and colonize space or return to a simpler time without robot servants? Is our bright future another wasteland waiting to happen? Does Kuato still live? Will the Nostromo make it home safe? What's a Cylon, anyway?

What's in the MisCon 31 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Game Masters
  • Critiquing Authors
  • Program Schedule
  • Game Schedule
  • Attending Merchants
  • Announcements and Notifications
  • Videos
  • Film Festival Awards
  • ConCom
MisCon 30: From the Ashes (2016)
From the Ashes

MisCon 29's wasteland is a dim memory, now. Today's bustling
convention is filled with factions, each working to rebuild society as
they see fit.

What's in the MisCon 30 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Game Masters
  • Critiquing Authors
  • Program Schedule
  • Game Schedule
  • Attending Merchants
  • Announcements and Notifications
  • Videos
  • Film Festival Awards
  • ConCom
MisCon 29: The Wasteland (2015)
The Wasteland

Last May a mysterious plague raged through MisCon 28, destroying the convention as we know it.

Nearly a year later, the zombies are mostly dead and the hotel still stands, its windows boarded up, emergency generators drowned out by the howling of the crowded Thunderdome. Our surviving scientists, seers, and sages assure us the plague has run its course and it's safe to emerge from your bunkers and repopulate the wasteland.

What's in the MisCon 29 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Game Masters
  • Critiquing Authors
  • Program Schedule
  • Game Schedule
  • Attending Merchants
  • Announcements and Notifications
  • Videos
  • Film Festival Submissions
  • Film Festival Awards
  • Pictures and Photos
  • ConCom
MisCon 28: 28 Years Later (2014)
28 Years Later

The Resistance and the Illuminati have been battling in the shadows since before MisCon 1, and even though the Resistance fought valiantly at MisCon 27, the Illuminati still managed to unleash an experimental virus upon the convention. After consulting with scientists, seers, and sages, we've learned the virus has a one year incubation time and will reach outbreak levels in May 2014.

Put on your biohazard combat suit and get ready for MisCon: 28 Years Later.

What's in the MisCon 28 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Game Masters
  • Critiquing Authors
  • Program Schedule
  • Game Schedule
  • Attending Merchants
  • Announcements and Notifications
  • Film Festival Awards
  • ConCom
MisCon 27: The Resistance (2013)
The Resistance

Do you have a brown coat? A Wolverines sweatshirt? How about a green lightsaber? Are humans stealing your unobtanium? Is Skynet ruining your life? Is the Ministry of Magic keeping you down? Maybe you just like to struggle against authority. If you answered yes to any of these questions, you belong with the Resistance at MisCon 27! (And don't forget to put on your tin foil hat to block out the mind-control rays).

What's in the MisCon 27 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Game Masters
  • Critiquing Authors
  • Program Schedule
  • Game Schedule
  • Attending Merchants
  • Announcements and Notifications
  • Videos
  • Film Festival Awards
  • MisCast Podcasts
  • ConCom
MisCon 26: A Fairy Tale (2012)
A Fairy Tale

Toss Hansel in the oven, kiss a slimy frog, and put a pea beneath your mattress. MisCon 26: A Fairy Tale is on the way. In recent years, MisCon has been hijacked by the Illuminati, become a crossroads of time and space, and gone Silver.

What's in the MisCon 26 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Game Masters
  • Critiquing Authors
  • Program Schedule
  • Game Schedule
  • Attending Merchants
  • Announcements and Notifications
  • Videos
  • Film Festival Awards
  • Pictures and Photos
  • MisCast Podcasts
MisCon 25: Silver (2011)
Silver

What's in the MisCon 25 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Game Masters
  • Critiquing Authors
  • Program Schedule
  • Game Schedule
  • Announcements and Notifications
  • Videos
  • Pictures and Photos
MisCon 24: Spacetime (2010)
Spacetime MisCon 24's theme is "SpaceTime." We did not simply choose this theme; it chose us, so we're running with it. This year, for as of yet unknown reasons, MisCon 24 is becoming a crossroads of times and places. We are not yet completely sure why is this happening, but an odd character named Dr. Ian Wembley has contacted us with some wacky theories. You can view his videos below. This year, as Ruby's Inn becomes the center of a "Nexus-Breaching Event of the First Magnitude," we...

What's in the MisCon 24 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Game Masters
  • Critiquing Authors
  • Program Schedule
  • Game Schedule
  • Announcements and Notifications
  • Videos
  • Pictures and Photos
MisCon 23: The Illuminati (2009)
The Illuminati

Citizen!
Your future cooperation is appreciated. Your dreams have been analyzed and your MisCon 23 experience tailored to most effectively gratify your expectations. We are aware of an insignificant number among you who intend discord. Fear not. Corrective measures are already in place. Trust Us. The cooperative majority will not be inconvenienced by a splinter of inconsiderate dissent.

What's in the MisCon 23 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Game Masters
  • Critiquing Authors
  • Pictures and Photos
MisCon 22: Small Caliber (2008)
Small Caliber

What's in the MisCon 22 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Pictures and Photos
MisCon 21: Coming of Age (2007)
Coming of Age

What's in the MisCon 21 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Pictures and Photos
MisCon 20: The Family Reunion (2006)
The Family Reunion

What's in the MisCon 20 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Pictures and Photos
MisCon 19: Attack of the Killer B Movies (2005)
Attack of the Killer B Movies

Above me I hear the distant thumping of some huge bug, robot or some other monstrosity. My official advice is for you to stay within the safe confines of Ruby's Inn and participate in various MisCon activities. Our combat demonstrations will give you zombie bashing skills, gaming will teach you tactics, our costume and make-up experts will help you blend in with THEM, should it become necessary when you to venture out for the Sunday barbeque.

What's in the MisCon 19 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Pictures and Photos
MisCon 18: Where the Weird Things Are (2004)
Where the Weird Things Are

What's in the MisCon 18 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
MisCon 17: The Truth is in Here (2003)
The Truth is in Here

What's in the MisCon 17 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
MisCon 16: Many Worlds, One Universe (2002)
Many Worlds, One Universe

What's in the MisCon 16 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Pictures and Photos
MisCon 15 (2001)
MisCon 15

What's in the MisCon 15 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
  • Pictures and Photos
MisCon 14: They're Here (2000)
They're Here

What's in the MisCon 14 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
MisCon 13.5: MisPlacedCon (1999)
MisPlacedCon

MisCon hasn't been canceled! It's just been MisPlaced!

What's in the MisCon 13.5 archive?

  • Theme Details
  • Theme Art
MisCon 13: Friday the 13th (1998)
Friday the 13th

What's in the MisCon 13 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
MisCon 12: ...Our Puny Weapons (1997)
...Our Puny Weapons

What's in the MisCon 12 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
MisCon 11 (1996)
MisCon 11

What's in the MisCon 11 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
MisCon 10 (1995)
MisCon 10

What's in the MisCon 10 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
MisCon 9 (1994)
MisCon 9

What's in the MisCon 9 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
MisCon 8 (1993)
MisCon 8

What's in the MisCon 8 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
MisCon 7 (1992)
MisCon 7

What's in the MisCon 7 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
MisCon 6 (1991)
MisCon 6

What's in the MisCon 6 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
MisCon 5 (1990)
MisCon 5

What's in the MisCon 5 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
MisCon 4 (1989)
MisCon 4

What's in the MisCon 4 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
MisCon 3 (1988)
MisCon 3

What's in the MisCon 3 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
MisCon 2 (1987)
MisCon 2

What's in the MisCon 2 archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists
MisCon (1986)
MisCon

What's in the MisCon archive?

  • Theme Art
  • Guests of Honor
  • Attending Professionals and Panelists