Between the just-wrapped Stumptown Comics Fest, the annual flea market that is the Portland Comic Book Show, the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, and the not-too-far-away Emerald City Comicon, one would think Portland already has its fair share of nerd conventions. But one would be wrong, apparently: The first Wonder Northwest (no relation to San Francisco’s WonderCon) is set to take place in mid-May.
So far, Wonder Northwest seems to be interested in pretty much everything geeky—its schedule is filled with panels (“Epidemiologic Methods for Investigating the Zombie Apocalypse”), a costume contest, Magic and Munchkin gaming sessions, a cosplay karaoke night, and a “Lolita fashion show.” (I’m pretty sure that last phrase deserves a shudder or two, yes?) The guest list is similarly schizophrenic, spanning from acclaimed Blankets author Craig Thompson to the dude who runs starwarsholidayspecial.com.
Anyway, heads up! More info can be found here; once the show gets closer, we’ll also have a piece about it in the Mercury.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_fashio…
is a good basic source of information on “lolita fashion” for those of you not in the know.
I know kumoricon is like the redheaded stepchild* of local conventions…but you guys forgot kumoricon.
http://kumoricon.org
*or possibly “the child we didn’t want and hide in a corner when guests come over and pretend not to see”?
@ScrumYummy: Thanks for the catch! There’s also OryCon, I suppose (http://www.orycon.org/orycon33/), though both of those shows seem to be on a much smaller scale and appeal to a much smaller niche than most of the ones I did remember to list.