Apr 12, 2006 - Site Downtime - Some of you may have noticed problems with the I-CON site over the past few days. We have been having hardware issues with our server, which have now been resolved. All site functionality should now be fully restored... if you notice any issues, please email webmaster@iconsf.org. Thank you.

Mar 22, 2006 - Important Travel Update! - The Suffolk County Half Marathon will be taking place this Sunday, resulting in closures on Nichols Road between the Long Island Expressway and Rt. 347. Please use these directions to get to the convention on Sunday.

Mar 22, 2006 - New I-CON Community - ICON Science Fiction, Inc. is proud to announce its new project, community.iconsf.org. Designed to encourage community involvement and the open sharing of ideas and information, community.iconsf.org is our new hub for everyone who is interested in Science Fiction, Fact, and Fantasy (and Gaming, Anime, and everything else you might see at I-CON - and likely a whole lot more!). We encourage you all to stop in, take a look, and speak your mind - this site was created to allow you to immerse yourself further in the things that matter to you (and us).

Mar 22, 2006 - Indie Film Schedule - In addition to the main schedule and gaming schedule linked from our home page, the Indie Film schedule is now online. Also, an HTML (webpage) version of the schedule is coming soon, we thank everyone for their patience.

Mar 21, 2006 - Schedule Coming Soon Posted! - We know that many of you were anxiously awaiting the schedule for I-CON. Well, it's here! Go to the site index and check it out to see everything what I-CON 25 has in store for you!

News Archive

Confirmed Guests:

Samuel Conway Uncle Kage	Bill Holbrook Comic Artist	Lords of the Hoof Costume Designers
Stan Sakai UsagiYojimbo

Dr. Samuel Conway, also known as Uncle Kage, is a researcher in the Biomedical and Agrochemical field. He is also wildlife Expert Specializing in birds of prey. Uncle Kage is also a writer, lecturer and story teller. His "Uncle Kage.s Story Hour" is a big hit at any con he is a guest at. This year he will once again grace the stages of I-CON to talk about some of his amazing adventures. You can find out more about him at: www.UncleKage.com. He is also the chairman of Anthrocon.

Umgotts Studios - Phil "Slim Gatsby" Pipitone and John "Amadeus" Hickey of Umgotts Studios, Independent Filmmakers.

Our films so far:

OMGWTF! Furries! - A shocking mockumentary that scritches the underbelly of the furry fandom.

The Red Raven Legends - A scifantasy comedy currently in production, The Red Raven Legend chronicles the journey of young Anicant Kristfigur and his friends as they wage an iconoclastic battle for the fate of the galaxy against the Dark Lord, Dark Darkness, who killed young Anicant's parents and also kicks puppies. Will the young orphan defeat the dark lord with the help of his two cookie-cutter friends and wisened, if a little odd, mentors? Will the Dark Lord finally get a sidekick that's more than a one-trick Bantha? And why is that wizard running around naked in the enemy starbase? All this, and more, will thoroughly confuse you, and shake your very faith in humanity!

Just to recap, we'll be holding a script reading of Red Raven Legends, and be doing two screenings of OMGWTF! followed by Q&A.

The following guests will be returning, their schedule permitting:

Aura-Moser: Click here or here for excellent samples of her animation work.

Leonard Provansano will once again be on hand to show us the exciting art of costume photography and photo editing.

Michelle Latta: You can find some of her work here. Her web page is here.

Emilie Pellenz: Her web page can be found here with samples also available here.

Graphic artist, Erika Leigh Rosengarten, will be speaking this year. Since 1999, she had been involved with I-CON's Children's Programming. This year she will be providing tips on Photoshop and character costume construction. Past work of hers can be seen throughout the convention, Megaplex's web site, convention book, and often the paint or pencils found on her hands. More work of hers can be seen at http://mynameis.org and http://mynameis.org/illustrations.

We once again plan to have a panel on the Ursa Major award. What is that, you ask? In 2001 Furry fandom started the annual Ursa Major Awards, similar to SF fandom's Hugo awards. The 2005 Awards were presented at Anthrocon in July 2005. E-mail Discussions are currently being held to improve and expand the awards. For more information, see their website at www.ursamajorawards.org. This year, we will discuss what has come before and what the future will hold for furry literature.

As always, if you want to learn more about furry fandom, an excellent place to start is Peter Cat's Furry Info Page.

If there are any further questions, e-mail us at anthro@iconsf.org.