All the Multiverses What’s the craic with multiverses? From Everything Everywhere All at Once to the Marvellous multiverses of Doctor Strange heralding the newly announced Multiverse Saga of the MCU, what are the functions, uses and effects of a multiverse – or a multiplicity of multiverses – upon a story you love? Join our panel…
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Octocon is delighted to announce our next in-person guest – Llaura McGee
Joining us in Croke Park is Llaura McGee, who together with our guest Eve Golden-Woods, is a co-director and co-writer at Dreamfeel game studio. Bio: Llaura McGee is an Irish artist, writer and game maker known for creating experimental video games, installations and performances through ‘Dreamfeel’, a video game studio she founded in Dublin. In…
Octocon is delighted to announce our next in-person guest – Eve Golden-Woods
Joining us in Croke Park from Co. Clare is Eve Golden-Woods, who together with our guest Llaura McGee, is a co-director and co-writer at Dreamfeel game studio. Bio: Eve Golden-Woods is a writer and artist from Co. Clare. She works as a writer and producer for independent game studio Dreamfeel, where she was the co-writer…
Meet Programme Participant – Octo!
One of our programme participants has kindly allowed us to publish their programme registration form answers. Name Octo What are your pronouns? (optional) They/Them What demographic groups do you fall into? (optional) Cephalopod Is there anything you want to BRIEFLY tell us about yourself, your interests, and things that you’re happy to talk about at…
Octocon is delighted to announce our next online guest – Aliette de Bodard
Joining us online from Paris is multiple award winning author Aliette de Bodard, whose latest book, Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances, just came out on June 28th. She is currently shortlisted for 2022 Hugo Awards in Best Novella category for Fireheart Tiger. Bio: Aliette de Bodard lives and works in Paris. She has won three…
Meet Faranae (neutral pronouns) – our chaotic goose and Head of Virtual Operations for 2022!
More Committee Introductions for our 2022 Team – this is Faranae, Head of Virtual Operations and Virtual Volunteer Manager! Pronouns: E/Eir (and other neutral pronouns) Bio: Faranae’s natural environments are either behind a computer bank or ranging out in the wild, and e tends to avoid making public appearances. This doesn’t make em any less…
Octocon is delighted to announce our next in-person guest – Mary Watson
Joining us in person from Ireland’s west coast is Caine Prize and Philida Award winning author Mary Watson. Bio: Mary Watson is from Cape Town and now lives on the west coast of Ireland. She’s worked as an art museum guide, library assistant, theatre duty manager, and an actor in children’s musicals. She has a…
Octocon is delighted to announce our next in-person guest – Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
Joining us at Croke Park is Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, a writer and game designer based in Cork. Guest Bio Gareth Hanrahan’s three-month break from computer programming to concentrate on writing has now lasted nearly 20 years. He’s written more gaming books than he can readily recall, by virtue of the alchemical transmutation of tea and guilt…
Meet Coral “The Magnificent” Mallow (she/her) – our Super Sponsorship Officer!
Next up on our 2022 Committee Introductions is Coral “The Magnificent” Mallow – our Super Sponsorship Officer! Pronouns: She/Her Bio: Coral is a glorious experience masquerading as a human! She was born into one of the first comic book stores in America and believes the blank spaces in between the words and images of a story…
Octocon Presents – July 2022: The ABCs of IrishComics.ie
Arts grants, a Birthday, and Comics. A year into IrishComics.ie, we join the founding members to discuss the Irish comics community and the site’s hunt of monsters and for arts grants funding. The team discuss their roles on the site, the creation of a webcomics hub, and their individual processes for writing, drawing and publishing…