11/28/2023
Loscon 50, Nov 29-Dec1, 2024
Mark your calendar, get your memberships! Author Guest of Honor:
SPIDER ROBINSON, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, known for STARDANCE, TELEMPATH, and the Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon series.
Musical Artist Guest of Honor:
KATHY MAR, singer, guitarist and songwriter, who shines the guiding star of KINDNESS. Her indie “filk” works include award winners such as Velveteen, When Giants Walked, and Drink Up The River.
Visual Artist Guest of Honor:
DR. LAURA BRODIAN FREAS BERAHA, illustrator, costumer, and Regency dance enabler. Her cover and interior artwork has been published by TSR, The Easton Press, Analog, Weird Tales, and more. Her doctorate is in music education, and is known to Los Angeles radio audiences as a classical music presenter.
Ghost of Honor:
FRANK KELLY FREAS, illustrator of many science fiction book and magazine covers, known to the rest of the world for MAD Magazine’s character Alfred E. Neuman, his art on album covers for Queen and so very much more. He attended Loscon for years until his passing in 2005, and [super] naturally, he haunts us still with his gremlin smile.
Fan Guests of Honor:
GENNY DAZZO AND CRAIG MILLER, bicoastal fan “power couple” and longtime supporters of the LASFS and Loscon. Genny was a conrunner from New York, working on the early Star Trek conventions there, and moved out west to marry Craig Miller, a power in Loscon from the very start and publicity professional. loscon.org