Apparently

UMG have blocked the content of the VillainCon trailer. Boo! Hiss!

So much for the remix culture :-)

Opening the gates

Well folks, we're now taking payment for VillainCon.

If you'd like to pay by direct deposit, you can!

Pay to:

BSB: 484 799

Account Number: 451533495

Please make sure you put YOUR name in the details. I'd really appreciate it if you could also e-mail me if you pay via this as it goes directly into a WASFF held account.

Remember that there are only 75 places for VillainCon, so get in early!

Oh and PayPal will be coming shortly and if you want to pay by other methods, feel free to e-mail me at the above adress

Aurealis Awards

I have been a bit slack here...

Justin (Our local GoH) has won the prestigious Australian Aurealis award recently.

Congratulations Justin!

(The Aurealis Awards homepage is here, but hasn't been updated with this years winners yet)

Things! Stuff!

Sorry for the delay in getting stuff up here. Been meaning to but post con stuff keeps getting in the way. Anyway, have a REALLY EARLY "draft" programme. This is more ideas than actual panels.

• Before I kill you Mr Bond
• How to destroy the world (with examples)
• Future hazards
• The role of minions
• Great villains in... (this I see as a series of panels of half an hour each)
• Is it all about the wardrobe?
• Build your own atomic bomb
• How to kill your hero
• If I REALLY ruled the world... (or how to deal with strong jawed defenders of justice)
• When the heroes go bad
• When the villains go good
• The boomerang factor - risen from the dead
• The OTHER Phoenix effect: when your hero becomes a Deus Ex Machina.
• The chainmail bikini and villainess costume.
• Evil laughs 101

Apologies for the wonky logo

It's fixed now...

Introducing our State Guest of Honor

VillainCon is proud to announce Justin Randall is our State Guest of Honor.

Justin Randall is a design lecturer for Curtin University, a commercial illustrator and a graphic novelist.

He has worked on many projects including Magazines, Advertisements and Graphic Novels.

Notably he has recently published a new Graphic Novel, Changing Ways, with a sequel due soon.

Welcome aboard Justin. Release the Ill Tempered Sea Bass.

Introducing our National Guest of Honor

VillainCon is proud to announce Grant Watson is our National Guest of Honor.

Grant Watson is a playwright, actor, director, critic and fan, but not necessarily in that order. He is a two-time winner of the William Atheling Jr Award for SF Criticism and Review and a multiple recipient of the Ditmar and Tin Duck awards. In 2010 his political thriller Cry Havoc was awarded Best New Play at the Perth Theatre Trust Guild Equity Awards. His other plays include Degree Absolute, Serpentine and adaptations of Richard III, King Lear and Frankenstein. He can currently be found talking about film at The Angriest blog, Eiga: Asian Cinema, and on his shamefully irregular Bad Film Diaries podcast. In 2011 he celebrates his 20th anniversary in organised science fiction fandom.

Welcome aboard Grant. Release the Flying Monkeys!