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!

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Jeff Menges was born 39 years ago, in a small seaside New Jersey town. He was raised there on Thunderbirds, Prince Valiant, and Lego. In 1977, Star Wars had a major impact on his imagination and his life. That same summer, Jeff picked up his first Michael Moorcock novel, illustrating it as he read. Heavy Metal magazine was soon to follow, and his fate was sealed there...

Jeff earned a BFA degree at Parson's School of Design in New York, attending classes as he could fit them in amongst his busy schedule of Jethro Tull concerts. (While at Art School he was often told he would "get over" his desire to paint fantasy subjects...) He entered the commercial fantasy art market in 1987, with his first appearance in Dragon Magazine. Early projects included; Magic: The Gathering©, starting in 1991, and the beginning of a long-lasting stint with The Ars Magica role-playing system. In late 1993, Jeff bacame a full-time "mercenary" (freelance) artist.

Upon entering the industry as a full-time freelancer, Jeff found that the card game market created an incredible demand for art. He rode that wave all the way to the beach, creating over 180 card images for over 20 sets or expansions. His work continues to grace role-playing products as well, and recent projects include book covers, temporary tattoos, coloring books, and editing art books for Dover Publications.

In addition to his freelance work, Jeff has experience as an Art Director and Designer. He lives on Long Island with his wife and two children.