Guests of Honor
MisCon 39
- Casey Renee Cosplay, Cosplay GoH
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Casey Renee is an award-winning cosplay artist known for her exceptional skills in sewing and working with soft materials. Her journey into the world of cosplay began in June 2013. Starting with a modest $80 sewing machine and a pile of fabric, Casey taught herself the art of costume making through YouTube tutorials and sheer determination.
Over the years, she has developed a unique style that often combines historical costuming with beloved Disney characters, creating magical and intricate designs. Her dedication to her craft has earned her numerous accolades, including the Grand Prize at TwitchCon 2018 for her stunning Sakizou
- Doug Hemphill, Special Guest of Honor
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Academy Award winning sound engineer Doug Hemphill's film career has spanned 46 years and over 190 films including standouts like Batman Begins, the Dark Knight, Bladerunner ( and Bladerunner 2049), 7 X-Men films, Star Trek 4 & 5, TMNT, National Lampoon's Xmas Vacation, I Robot, Scent of a Woman, and a few Planet of the Apes films.
He won Academy Awards for Best Sound on "The Last of the Mohicans" and Dune Part 1, and was nominated in 8 other films.
He began as a Mix Recordist on "Apocalypse Now (1979), and continued working for Francis Ford Coppola through the release of "Rumble Fish (1983), after which he moved to Southern California, where he did field recordings for
- Jonathan Maberry, Author GoH
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Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times best-selling author, five-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, anthology editor, comic book writer, executive producer, magazine feature writer, playwright, and writing teacher/lecturer.
His works include the V-Wars vampire series (adapted for Netflix), the Rot & Ruin YA series, the Kagan the Damned series, the Joe Ledger thrillers, sf thriller Necrotek, and the Pine Deep horror trilogy among others. He's written for The X-Files and Star Wars, and edited anthologies for Aliens, Predator, The Walking Dead, and more.
Professionals and Speakers
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About MisCon Pros, Panelists, GMs:
- Attending Professional
Attending Professionals are available to convention attendees as a resource. These individuals are special guests of the convention and are professionals in their industry or art. Their expertise on panels and in sessions is valuable to many of MisCon attendees.
- Featured Professional
Featured Professionals are guests of the convention. These individuals have often been a Guest of Honor in the past and are returning to MisCon, but they are always experts and professionals in their field or art. Their expertise on panels and in sessions is valuable to many of MisCon attendees.
- Featured Publisher
Featured Publishers are representatives of a publishing house attending MisCon as a guest of the convention. These individuals share their expertise on panels and in sessions, and can be a great resource to convention attendees. Often (but not always) a Featured Publisher will critique in the MisCon Writers' Workshop.
- Game Masters and Storytellers
GMs (also known as Game Masters, Story Tellers, Judges, Referees, Game Facilitators, Dungeon Masters, or any of a number of other names) are the people responsible for running the game. GMs referee the outcome of character conflicts (with other player characters or with non-player characters), run all (or most) of the non-player characters, describe the setting, and arbitrate die rolls.
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- Guest of Honor
Each year MisCon invites a small number (usually just 3) outstanding professionals in the realm of speculative fiction to be our Guests of Honor (GoHs, Guests). These individuals include at least one artist, at least one author, and one other professional each year. Guests generally participate in more panels than other individual pros or panelists.
- MisCon Staff
MisCon is run by a group of volunteers, ConCom, who work hard all year to put MisCon together. These staff members do everything from moving chairs to putting up decorations, from putting together the schedule of programs, pannels, demonstrations, and games to registering attendees, from recruiting merchants to hanging artist's artwork to recruiting Guests of Honor, and so much more. Many members of ConCom also help on panels and programs during the convention.
- Panel Volunteer
MisCon couldn't have the diversity in our programming without the many Panel Volunteers and Panelists that show up and agree to take time out of their schedule to help with a panel or two. These paying attendees help MisCon greatly each year!
Check out all the speakers coming to MisCon 39.
