Concatenation Convention is a Science Fact, Fiction, and Fun Convention for all ages. This year Con Con goes remotely and in person into the future with Afrofuturism!
Welcome to Con Con for the 22-23 year. See more on our events page as we start with Black Panther and go beyond!
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Exciting news! Professor John Jennings, artist of the adaptation of Octavia Butler's Kindred and Parable of the Sower, will be joining us for the last Con Con Comics Goes To College on February 22nd. Professor Jennings won the 2021 Hugo Award for his work on the Parable of the Sower and a Bram Stoker Award for his work on Kindred. Join us as Professor Jennings and Stephen Bissette talk about the Foundations of Afrofuturism. Thanks to Stephen for inviting John. Come join us for this exciting program! Register on the events page.
EVENT UPDATE
December 8th's Comics Goes to College will have give aways signed by Stephen Bissette. They are: Secrets and Lies (3), Taboo 4 (3), Taboo 5 (2), The Vermont Monster Guide (2), Salimba (6), Adventures Into the Unknown (1), Prince of Stories: The Many Wolrds of Neil Gaiman (2) book, Teen Angels and New Mutants (1) book, Showcase Presents Ambush Bug (1). Must be present to win at the time of drawing. Item will be mailed to you free of charge.
December 8th's Comics Goes to College will have give aways signed by Stephen Bissette. They are: Secrets and Lies (3), Taboo 4 (3), Taboo 5 (2), The Vermont Monster Guide (2), Salimba (6), Adventures Into the Unknown (1), Prince of Stories: The Many Wolrds of Neil Gaiman (2) book, Teen Angels and New Mutants (1) book, Showcase Presents Ambush Bug (1). Must be present to win at the time of drawing. Item will be mailed to you free of charge.
Check out this Writing Contest!:
NaNoWriMo Short Story Contest November 15 @ 12:00 am - 11:59 pm
Always wanted to be a writer? Working through writer’s block? In celebration of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) JDL invites you to write/submit your short story on this year’s ConCon theme, Reanimation.
Submission Guidelines:
This contest is open to anyone ages 18+. Stories must be no more than 5,000 words in length, with themes of reanimation or reinvention (whatever that means to you!). Submission period is November 1-15 and winners will be announced Nov. 29. Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 stories.
Entries should be submitted via email to community@myjdl.com with your name, phone number and pen name (if applicable).
Need inspiration to get started (or finally finish that story you’ve been working on)? Check out these NaNoWriMo resources.
NaNoWriMo Short Story Contest November 15 @ 12:00 am - 11:59 pm
Always wanted to be a writer? Working through writer’s block? In celebration of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) JDL invites you to write/submit your short story on this year’s ConCon theme, Reanimation.
Submission Guidelines:
This contest is open to anyone ages 18+. Stories must be no more than 5,000 words in length, with themes of reanimation or reinvention (whatever that means to you!). Submission period is November 1-15 and winners will be announced Nov. 29. Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 stories.
Entries should be submitted via email to community@myjdl.com with your name, phone number and pen name (if applicable).
Need inspiration to get started (or finally finish that story you’ve been working on)? Check out these NaNoWriMo resources.
Check out this great series on the events page. CON CON presents a 9 episode series in conjunction with Nostalgia Ink and Jackson District Library! Starts October 13 and continues on until February 23rd. Absolutely free! Comics Goes to College Lecture Series by JC Graphic Design Intern Hannah Sims. Thanks Hannah!
Speaker Details:
Stephen R. Bissette, a pioneer graduate of the Joe Kubert School, was an instructor at the Center for Cartoon Studies from 2005-2020. He is renowned for his work on Swamp Thing, Taboo (launching From Hell and Lost Girls), '1963,' S.R. Bissette’s Tyrant®, co-creating John Constantine, and creating the world's second '24-Hour Comic' (invented by Scott McCloud for Bissette). Comics creator (recently in Spongebob Comics, Paleo, Awesome ‘Possum), illustrator (Vermont Ghost Guide, Vermont Monster Guide), author (Teen Angels & New Mutants, short fiction in Hellboy: Odd Jobs, The New Dead, Mister October), co-author (Comic Book Rebels, Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman, The Monster Book: Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Bissette’s latest includes Cryptid Cinema™, the ‘Midnight Movie Monograph’ David Cronenberg’s The Brood, the sketchbooks Thoughtful Creatures and Brooding Creatures, and co-authoring Studio of Screams.
Stephen R. Bissette, a pioneer graduate of the Joe Kubert School, was an instructor at the Center for Cartoon Studies from 2005-2020. He is renowned for his work on Swamp Thing, Taboo (launching From Hell and Lost Girls), '1963,' S.R. Bissette’s Tyrant®, co-creating John Constantine, and creating the world's second '24-Hour Comic' (invented by Scott McCloud for Bissette). Comics creator (recently in Spongebob Comics, Paleo, Awesome ‘Possum), illustrator (Vermont Ghost Guide, Vermont Monster Guide), author (Teen Angels & New Mutants, short fiction in Hellboy: Odd Jobs, The New Dead, Mister October), co-author (Comic Book Rebels, Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman, The Monster Book: Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Bissette’s latest includes Cryptid Cinema™, the ‘Midnight Movie Monograph’ David Cronenberg’s The Brood, the sketchbooks Thoughtful Creatures and Brooding Creatures, and co-authoring Studio of Screams.
Con Con Shirts are in and available for free at the outdoor Young Frankenstein showing!
Thursday July 29th at Potter Center lawn Jackson College at 9 pm
Hey Con Conners,
This Thursday July 29 at 9 pm join us for the outdoor showing of Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein(nee Steen). Free event and there will be concessions and popcorn from the Michigan Theatre of Jackson. Please enter from Brown's Lake Road and the show is on the West lawn of the Potter Center. Bring chairs and blankets and bug dope. Please space appropriately and be considerate of your fellow attendees! A celebration of Reanimation brought to you by Jackson District Library and Jackson College! Rain date July 30.
This Thursday July 29 at 9 pm join us for the outdoor showing of Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein(nee Steen). Free event and there will be concessions and popcorn from the Michigan Theatre of Jackson. Please enter from Brown's Lake Road and the show is on the West lawn of the Potter Center. Bring chairs and blankets and bug dope. Please space appropriately and be considerate of your fellow attendees! A celebration of Reanimation brought to you by Jackson District Library and Jackson College! Rain date July 30.
Thanks to all of our supporters and participants this year. Your involvement made this one of the most impactful years of CON CON yet. We will have some events coming up soon but until then thanks! - Professors Albee-Scott and Tuckey and Coordinator Jon Hart
Devon Camel Reanimated Kaiju!
4.14.21 -Jackson Local artist Devon Camel dazzled attendees with his drawing process and completed and inked drawing in our 1 and a half hour session. This drawing is up for auction on our facebook. The auction benefits the Harriet Meyer fund for students in need! Win the auction and get this awesome original drawing! Auctions ends 4.19.21.
New Content 3 14 21 - Dungy Endowed Chair Steve Albee-Scott talks parasitic zombie control with Professor Curt Blankespoor. See how parasites make other including us zombies HERE
The Professors and Coordinator lay out this year's theme and the ideas behind reanimation in this WELCOME VIDEO.
Welcome to Concatenation Convention, a Science Fiction and Fact Convention.
The pandemic can't stop CON CON! Instead we tackle COVID head on with this year's theme of Reanimation!
Through ZOOM, Kanopy, and other platforms, CON CON invites you to explore the theme of reanimation through an examination of the reanimated tissue, galactic life-cycles, the science of real-life zombies, and even zombie fungi.
These events are free and open to the public.
Mark your calendar to attend Jackson's Con Con!
Check our events page for upcoming community events!
The pandemic can't stop CON CON! Instead we tackle COVID head on with this year's theme of Reanimation!
Through ZOOM, Kanopy, and other platforms, CON CON invites you to explore the theme of reanimation through an examination of the reanimated tissue, galactic life-cycles, the science of real-life zombies, and even zombie fungi.
These events are free and open to the public.
Mark your calendar to attend Jackson's Con Con!
Check our events page for upcoming community events!
