MOBICON has a wide variety of events happening throughout the convention.  Be sure to check the Gaming page for game and tournament schedules.

 

Some things happing this year at MOBICON XII are...

·          Discussion Panels

·          Charity Auction - Please see below!

·          Slave Auction

·          Art Show

·          Auction

·          Costume Contest

·          Anime Screening

·          7-Minute Costume Contest

·          Saturday Night Dance

·         Psychic Readings

And the best things you can find at MOBICON are friends and fun!

 

CHARITY AUCTION ITEMS

Click here to see the slideshow!

 

Detailed descriptions are listed at the bottom of this page.



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FRIDAY

 

 

 

TIME

ROOM

ROOM

ROOM

 

JASMINE 2

JASMINE 3

MAGNOLIA

12 PM to 12:30

 

Sci Fi Double Feature

 

12:30 to 1 PM

MOBICON SQUARES

 

 

1 to 1:30 PM

hosted by the FGoHs

Teenagers from Outer Space

Mobicon Opening Ceremonies

1:30 to 2 PM

Nathan & Sebastian

& Battle of the Worlds

Hosted by Don & Wayne

2 to 2:30 PM

 

Round Table Discussion on

How to Hook Your Reader

2:30 to 3 PM

D & D Panel Discussion

The Future of Fandom &

All Authors

3 to 3:30 PM

1,2,3,3.5,4, GO! With Keri & AJ

Conventions

FAN Fiction Part 1

 

Claire Williams

3:30 to 4 PM

DOLLFIES

 

Connie Turner

Your voice sounds soooo familiar!

Tiffany Grant & George Lowe

4 to 4:30 PM

Meet the Authors

Sharon Green

4:30 to 5 PM

FINDING THE MUSE

Ghost Hunting 101

Davey Beauchamp

5 to 5:30 PM

Teresa Mather & Larry Elmore

with Robert Cerio

Aruda Hanno Wilson

5:30 to 6 PM

ANIME TRACTOR PULL

All About the FGoHs

Ron Polizzi

6 to 6:30 PM

Marc Yu, Anime Alabama

with Billy & Melissa

(the parents)

The Wandering Men

6:30 to 7 PM

 

 

M.B. Weston

7 to 7:30 PM

MEET THE GUESTS!

 

7:30 to 8 PM

Meet and greet with cake and punch.

 

8 to 8:30 PM

 

 

SPEED DATING FOR GEEKS

& FREAKS

8:30 to 9 PM

Making Make Believe Believeable

Hosted by Davey Beauchamp

9 to 9:30 PM

All Authors

FAN Fiction Part 2 - Adult

9:30 to 10 PM

SUBGENIUS PANEL

with Claire Williams

10 to 10:30 PM

with Chris Turner

Aunt Lola Show

10:30 to 11 PM

REPO - THE GENETIC OPERA

with Smitty & Porkchop

11 to 11:30 PM

Hosted by the Jin & Darryl

Convention Ettiquette Class

11:30 to 12 AM

 

 

Taught by Flaming Fenn

12 to 12:30 AM

 

 

 

 

 

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Special Event

 

 

Tea Party with Those Damn Pixies & the Fan Guests of Honor

Courtyard 1pm to 2pm

 

 

SATURDAY

ROOM

 

 

TIME

JASMINE 2

JASMINE 3

MAGNOLIA

10 AM to 10:30

Collaborations & Anthologies

(Working with others)

Pimp your Fan Group and/or  Event!

INDIE Film Making  Panel

10:30 AM to 11

The Wandering Men, M.B. Weston

& Davey Beauchamp

 

The cast & crew of The Night Shift

11 AM to 11:30

ART CONTEST

GEORGE LOWE

So You Want To Be In The Movies?

11:30 AM

to 12 PM

Judged by Theresa Mather

Space Ghost Con to Con

Charlotte Laihonen

12 to 12:30 PM

Horror Panel Discussion

See You Next Wednesday!

Sci Fi Sock Puppet Theater

12:30 to 1 PM

USA Horror Club & Dr Guzy

with Robert Neagle

with Area 504

1 to 1:30 PM

I Love Hello Kitty

& Frank Schiavo

Dynamic Ghostology 2: Composite Entities

1:30 to 2 PM

Tiffany Grant

ZURI MIDDLE EASTERN DANCE TROUPE

Debbora Wiles

2 to 2:30 PM

 

ART AS A CAREER

GROWING UP FEN

2:30 to 3 PM

CHARITY AUCTION

Theresa Mather & Larry Elmore

FGoHs Nathan & Sebastian

3 to 3:30 PM

with Davey Beauchamp

ZURI MIDDLE EASTERN DANCE TROUPE

Fan Subs, Bootlegging & Piracy

3:30 to 4 PM

& The Bay Area Food Bank

The Pirates of the Caribbean

w/ Tiffany Grant

4 to 4:30 PM

 

Interactive Event

Deal or No Deal - Anime Giveaways

4:30 to 5 PM

Short Story Writing Competition

Hosted by:

Marc Yu of Alabama Anime

5 to 5:30 PM

Aruda Hanna-Wilson & M. B. Weston

& Sharon Green

The Crewe of The Black Pearl

Dynamic Ghostology 3: Angels & Demons

5:30 to 6 PM

Birth & Death of a Character

 

Debbora Wiles

6 to 6:30 PM

The Wandering Men & Ron Polizzi

Showing of

Intro to the LARP

6:30 to 7 PM

 

THE NIGHT SHIFT

 

7 to 7:30 PM

COSTUME CONTEST -  MCed Davey Beauchamp

 

7:30 to 8 PM

7 MINUTE COSTUME CONTEST

Hosted by Those Damn Pixies

 

8 to 8:30 PM

 

8:30 to 9 PM

 

 

FAMILY BUSINESS

9 to 9:30 PM

MOBICON SLAVE AUCTION

Hosted by Joe Bob

Aruda Hanna-Wilson & Aurelia Sands

9:30 to 10 PM

Live Mediumship Readings

10 to 10:30 PM

Debbora Wiles

10:30 to 11 PM

 

11:30 to MIDNIGHT

 

 

 

12 AM to

12:30 AM

SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE

Sponsored by Coast Con

DJ Sara Dubaz

 

12:30 AM to 1

 

1 AM to 1:30

 

1:30 AM to 2

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY

ROOM

ROOM

ROOM

TIME

JASMINE 2

JASMINE 3

MAGNOLIA

10 AM to 10:30

 

The Pirates of the Caribbean

Dead Man's Chest

Interactive Show

Hosted by:

Crewe of the Black Pearl

Feminism in Sci Fi

10:30 AM to 11

GAME DEVELOPMENT with

Cathy Chandler

11 AM to 11:30

Larry Elmore, The Wandering Men, & Todd Rowland

How to Manifest Money Workshop

11:30 AM to 12

Batman VS Superman

Debbora Wiles

12 PM to 12:30

FGoHs Nathan & Sebastian

The Amalgamation

12:30 to 1 PM

 

Sunday Morning Hangover

 Bad Con Experiences

 

1 to 1:30 PM

ART AUCTION

MCed by

Courtney McKeand

Hosted by All Surviving Guests

Wandering Inspires Creativity

1:30 to 2 PM

Script Writing and Adapting for Anime

The Wandering Men

2 to 2:30 PM

Tiffany Grant

DEBUNKING TAPS

2:30 to 3 PM

Show Me With Words

 Setting the Scene

Robert Cerio

3 to 3:30 PM

 

Aruda Hanno Wilson & Ron Polizzi

Everything Old Is New Again

3:30 to 4 PM

 

 

Wayne Hergenroder

4 to 4:30 PM

 

 

MOBICON CLOSING

4:30 to 5 PM

 

 

CEREMONIES

 

 



Charity Auction Item Descriptions

 

Item - Chapbook, Thin Them Out
Description - The dead are getting up. Walking around. Acting…Strangely. …and killing. But sometimes, in this terrifying new world, it’s the living you have to worry about. Kim Paffenroth, author of the Dying to Live series and the Bram Stoker Award-winning Gospel of the Living Dead has collaborated with emerging authors R.J. and Julia Sevin to bring you a harrowing glimpse into aharsh world where the living are little more than ticking time bombs charged with paranoia and hostility. and the dead have begun to stage bizarre endevors of their own. Item donated by Creeping Hemlock Press.


Item - Sci-Fi Times TV Coffee Mug
Description - Coffee mug from Sci-Fi Times TV with picture of Bo Savino and previous MOBICON guest Glenda Finkelstein. Item donated by Don Schermerhorn.

 

Item - Signed Galley of - Storm From the Shadows by David Weber

 

Item - Signed Galley of - Claws that Catch by John Ringo

 

Item - Signed Galley of - A Deeper Blue by John Ringo

 

Item - Signed Book, British Edition, of Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

 

Item - Signed copy of Writers for Relief vol. 2 By Davey Beauchamp

 

Item - A mage’s familiar – fuzzy green singing frog
Description - A lovable familiar that provides hours of entertainment and it sings on command. Donated by the F.A.C.

 

Item - Power Play! Book
Description - An electronic game book that features five games of all of your favorite Marvel characters for ages 6 & up. Donated by the F.A.C.

 

Item - Dove Sensitive Skin Bar Soap
Description - When you want to get rid of that funk from the game room or from running around in that hot costume all day.  A case of sample packs of soap – that means everyone can use it. Donated by the F.A.C.

 

Item - Book – Midnight’s Daughter
Description - “Dorina Basarab is a dhampir-half human, half vampire.  Subject to uncontrollable rages, most dhampirs live very short, very violent lives.  So far Dory has managed to maintain her sanity by unleashing her anger on those demons and vampires who deserve killing.” One of Karen Chance’s new paperback novels.  Karen Chance is confirmed as a MOBICON the 13th guest and this book has been autographed.

 

Item - Book – Embrace
Description - “Recently named the worlds chief clairvoyant, Cassandra Palmer still has a thorn in her side.  As long as Cassie and a certain master vampire – the sizzling-hot Mircea – are magically boynd to each other, her life will never be her own.” One of Karen Chance’s new paperback novels.  Karen Chance is confirmed as a MOBICON the 13th guest and this book has been autographed.

 

Item - Book Canticle
Description - R A Salvatore’s new paperback novel Canticle, book 1 of The Cleric Quintet. A Young Priest of an obscure god has come to the Edificant Library, high in the Snowflake Mountains, and though he’s only come to study in peace, an ancient curse haunts it’s halls, and threatens to consume the young cleric’s very soul.

 

Item - Book The Stowaway
Description - R A Salvatore’s new hardback novel The Stowaway, book 1 of The Stone of Tymora. Twelve years old and already guarding a secret that could jeopardize his young life.  Maimun is marked for death.  With a demon called Asbeel tracking his every move through Baldur’s Gate, the orphaned boy flees out to sea, stowing away on the pirate hunting ship, Sea Sprite, where he comes across a most unlikely ally: the dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden.  As the ship careens through the Sea of Swords, fighting pirates and agents of Asbeel, Maimun must come to terms with the secret he carries and find out what family really means.

 

Item - Zathura Game
DESCRIPTON - Zathura the board game from Fairview Entertainment. A game for 2-4 players, ages 7 & up.  Donated by Bob McKeand.  Has been opened and played.  Some of us had to test it and it is a fun game.  The set-up even includes console like in the movie that popped out the next thing that either happened to the player or the player was to do.

 

ITEM – Autographed Book – Empire From The Ashes by David Weber
DESCRIPTON - The first trade paperback publication of the complete trilogy of Mutineers’ Moon, The Armageddon Inheritance, and Heirs of the Empire. Autographed to MOBICON –Good Luck David Webber 3-22-09. Autographed for us at CoastCon XXXII. Donated by Frank Schiavo

 

Item - Book - The Star Trek The Next Generation Companion
Description - The Star Trek The Next Generation Companion by Larry Nemecek. A Complete show-by-show guide to the smash television series with over 150 photos. Paperback. Donated by Don Schermerhorn

 

Item - Blow Up Bopper – Umaga, the Somoan Bulldozer
Description - A vinyl inflatable with a screen-print of Umaga, the Somoan Bulldozer wrestling star from the WWE .  Blow it up and knock it around until all of your frustrations are relieved (anyone who staffs a convention should bid on this one) or you pop him.  If the latter should happen, he comes with a repair patch. Donated by Don Schermerhorn

 

Item - Anime Alabama Passes
Description - A pair of passes to Anime Alabama being held at Renaissance Riverview Hotel Plaza in Mobile, AL from June 5-7, 2009. Donated by Anime Alabama

 

Item - Cassette Tape – Revisit your Past Lives
Description - This tape is by Allan Forster and distributed by bodywell Press. Still on shrink wrap. Donated by Don Schermerhorn

 

Item - Cassette Tape – Dr Richard Schulze Answers YOUR Questions
Description - This tape is volume 1  and has information for natural healing and natural health.

 

Item - Cassette Tape – Get Well, How to Create Powerful Health
Description - By Dr Richard Schultz, his 20 steps to a new healthy life. Distributed by Natural Healing Publications. Donated by Don Schermerhorn

 

Item - CD – The Psychic Da Vinci Code
Decription - Slideshow and research presented by Debbora Wiles

 

Item - Book – Departure by Alana Abbott
Description - This paperback is book two of The Redemption Trilogy and was donated by Don Schermerhorn

 

Item - Print – At The Window
Description - This art print is by Daniel Cortopassi and comes with a certificate of authenticity. Donated by the artist.

 

Item - Game – Madden 99
Description - A Cartridge for Nintendo 64

 

Item - Photo of Davey Beauchamp, Eugie Foster, and Chase Masterson
Description - Photograph taken at MOBICON X autographed by all three guests. Donated by Davey Beauchamp

 

Item - MOBICON X Program Book
Description - Autographed by all of the guests: Chase Masterson, James Kerwin, Jeff Breslauer, Eugie Foster, Davey Beauchamp, Chris Jackson, Sharon Green, Debbora Wiles, Lindsey Archer, Bryan King, White Silver Publishin, and Aj Brockway

 

Item - MOBICON VI Program Book
Description - Autographed by all of the guests: Virginia Hey, Greyson Wolf, Jackson Bostwick, Sandy Lynn, Lee Seed, Albrecht, Sharon Green, Debbora Wiles, Bret M Funk, Andrew Greenburg, J Alan Tripp, and David Wade

 

Item - Set of Michael Whalen Prints #1
Description - Spectrum: The Exhibition, Tarrant’s Realm, and Emperor of the Wastelands. Donated by the artist

 

Item - Set of Michael Whalen Prints #2
Description - Spectrum: The Exhibition and The Crimson King. Donated by the artist

 

Item - Set of Michael Whalen Prints #3
Description - Peekaboo Fuzzies and Weyrworld. Donated by the artist

 

Item - Set of Michael Whalen Prints #4
Description - Peekaboo Fuzzies, Tarrant's Realm and Weyrworld. Donated by the artist

 

Item - Twist Hat
Description - Black, gauzy hat that would be good for gardening or costuming that twists into a small disk and fits in a zippered pouch (included) for storage

 

Item - CoastCon Memberships
Description - Two memberships to CoastCon XXXIII in Biloxi, MS. March 5-7, 2010.  Guests include: David Drake, Author Guest of Honor, Darlene Bolesny, Author Guest , Tom Smith, Musical Guest, and Matthew Tessier, Fan Guest of Honor. Donated by CoastCon, Inc.

 

Item - X-Men Origins:Wolverine Standee
Description - Heavy grade cardboard standees used in video displays featuring Wolverine. Donated by Bob McKeand.  We have 2 of these to auction.
 

Item - Penguin Golden Age figurine
Description - Donated by Flea Market Comics, the Penguin Golden Age figurine by Dave Grossman Creations is replicated down to the smallest detail, standing 6 ¼” tall on a sleek black base emblazoned with a gold "The Penguin" emblem.

 

Item - Samurai Executioner Vol 6 Shinko the Kappa
Description - The stoic bushido world of Samurai Executioner is one full of flying disembodied heads and odd happenings, and this volume is no exception.  A mysterious woman, with  a turtle-like demon tattooed on her back and the ability to swim like a fish, is stealing weapons of men around Edo. Donated by Flea Market Comics.

 

Item - Samurai Executioner Vol 7 The Bamboo Splitter
Description - Crime is certainly nothing new to Yamada Asaemon.  As the shogun’s decapitator, punishing those accused of the most heinous crimes is just his job, which is why he’s always lived with the nickname “head-chopper”. Donated by Flea Market Comics.

 

Item - Samurai Executioner Vol 8 The Death Sign of Spring
Description - Spring is a season of rebirth, or new life springing forth, a time of cherished blooming and delightful scents.  But for Kubikira Asa, there is no spring delight. Donated by Flea Market Comics.

 

Item - Samurai Executioner Vol 9 Facing Life and Death
Description - As the shogun’s sword tester and executioner, Asa stands upon the precipice of life and death, his hand holding the final moment of humanity.  Such a position is not to be taken lightly and Asa certainly does not. Donated by Flea Market Comics.

 

Item - V Episode 1- Script
Description - A script from the television show by Renee and Harry Longstreet, this episode aired April 27, 1983. Donated by Flea Market Comics

 

Item - Star Trek: TNG Script Episode 11001001
Description - A script from the television show written by Maurice Hurley and Robert Lewin, this episode aired January 30, 1988. Donated by Flea Market Comics

 

Item - Star Trek: TNG Script Episode Symbiosis
Description - A script from the television show written by Maurice Hurley and Robert Lewin, this episode aired January 30, 1988. Donated by Flea Market Comics.

 

Item - BSG:Original Series Script Episode Fire in Space
Description - A script from the television show written by Jim Carlson & Terrence McDonnell, this episode aired December 17, 1978. Donated by Flea Market Comics.

 

Item - BSG:Original Series Script Episode Experiment in Terra
Description - A script from the television show written by Donald Bellisario & David J O’Connell, this episode aired March 18, 1979.

 

Item - BSG:Original Series Script Episode Celestra
Description - A script from the television show written by Donald Bellisario & David J O’Connell, this episode aired April 1, 1979. Donated by Flea Market Comics

 

Item - BSG:Original Series Script Episode The Lost Warrior
Description - A script from the television show written by Don Bellisario, this episode aired October 8, 1978. Donated by Flea Market Comics.

 

Item - V Script Episode 20 The Attack
Description - A script from the television show written by David Braff & Paul F Edwards, this episode never aired. Donated by Flea Market Comics.

 

Item - Script from Star Trek II – The Savage Syndrome
Description - This script never aired and was written by Margaret Armen & Alfred Harris December 27, 1977. Donated by Flea Market Comics.

 

Item - Script from Star Trek II –Kitumba Part One
Description - This script never aired and was submitted to Paramount Pictures Corporation as a writer’s work draft January 27, 1978.

 

Item - Book The Dark Tower – The Gunslinger Born
Description - Experience the world of Stephen King’s DARK TOWER today in these acclaimed hardcover collections:
DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER BORN PREMIERE HC (SEP072167)
(ISBN: 978-0-7851-2144-2)
Written by ROBIN FURTH & PETER DAVID
Pencils & Cover by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE
Parental Advisory…$24.99
©2008 Stephen King. All rights reserved
Donated by Flea Market Comics

 

Item - Book Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual
Description - Fully Illustrated.  Researched and compiled by Franz Joseph

 

Item - CBL Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge Vol 3
Description - The first set of Uncle Scrooge comic reprints is published as Set III of the hardbound Carl Barks Library. This book, Volume 3 Issues 35-43, was done in 1985. Carl Barks Library (CBL) is a series of 30 books with all Disney comics and covers written and/or drawn by Carl Barks. A few stories were modified, sometimes for production reasons, and sometimes due to censorship. The books are collected in 10 sets with 3 books in each, a total of about 7400 pages. It was published between 1983-1990 in the United States by Another Rainbow Publishing under license from Disney. The comics were printed (with a few exceptions) in black and white. In addition to the comics there were numerous articles with background information. Donated by Flea Market Comics.

 

Item - Book – Spock’s World by Diane Duane
Description - “I am Spock…I hold the rank of Commander in the Starfleet of the United Federation of Planets; I serve as First Officer of the Starship Enterprise… I am the son of two worlds. Of Earth, whose history is an open book…and of Vulcan, whose secrets have lain hidden beneath its burning sands…Until now…” Donated by Flea Market Comics.

 

Item - Book – Star Trek Chronology: The History of The Future
Description - by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda. At last! Here is the official illustrated timeline for Star Trek. From the founding of the Federation, to James T Kirk’s early days in Starfleet Academy, to the voyages of the Starship Enterprise under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. This book provides a comprehensive history of the incredible Star Trek universe. The Star Trek Chronology documents every important event from every Star Trek episode and film, including both stardates and Earth calendar dates. Published 1993. Donated by Flea Market Comics.

 

Item - Figures – Jafar & Esmeralda
Description - McDonald’s Happy Meal toys celebrating Walt Disney’s 100th birthday, these pieces were released in 2001, were wrapped in white packaging instead of the normal clear so it would be more randomized. This set has Jafar from Aladdin and Esmeralda from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Donated by Don Schermerhorn.

 

Item - Figures – Bashful, Pluto, & O’Malley
Description - McDonald’s Happy Meal toys celebrating Walt Disney’s 100th birthday, these pieces were released in 2001, were wrapped in white packaging instead of the normal clear so it would be more randomized. This set has Bashful from Snow White and Pluto of original Fab 5 characters, and O'Malley the Alley Cat from Aristocats. Donated by Don Schermerhorn.

 

Item - Figures – Jiminy Cricket, Thumper, Cruela DeVil
Description - McDonald’s Happy Meal toys celebrating Walt Disney’s 100th birthday, these pieces were released in 2001, were wrapped in white packaging instead of the normal clear so it would be more randomized. This set has Jiminy Cricket from Pinochio, Thumper of Bambi, and Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmations. Donated by Don Schermerhorn.

 

Item - Figures - Simba, Meeko, Tantor
Description - McDonald’s Happy Meal toys celebrating Walt Disney’s 100th birthday, these pieces were released in 2001, were wrapped in white packaging instead of the normal clear so it would be more randomized. This set has Simba from The Lion King, Meeko of Pocahontas, and Tantor from Tarzan. Donated by Don Schermerhorn.

 

Item - Figures – Snow White, Bashful, Cruella De Vil
Description - McDonald’s Happy Meal toys celebrating Walt Disney’s 100th birthday, these pieces were released in 2001, were wrapped in white packaging instead of the normal clear so it would be more randomized. This set has Snow White and Bashful from Snow White, and Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmations. Donated by Don Schermerhorn.

 

Item - Figure – Scrooge McDuck
Description - McDonald’s Happy Meal toys celebrating Walt Disney’s 100th birthday, these pieces were released in 2001, were wrapped in white packaging instead of the normal clear so it would be more randomized. This set has Scrooge McDuck who first appeared in comics in 1947. Donated by Don Schermerhorn.

 

 

 


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