Narbonicon! featuring Shaenon K. Garrity	When 2-3 August, 2003 Where Bloomington, MN Why Because it‘s good to Worship Evil Genius Who's Responsible Event Overlord: Kellie Hultgren Crash Space and Gerbil Wrangling: Sarah Keuper Suggested Donation $15.00 US Guests of Honour Shaenon K. Garrity Jason Furness Dirk I. Tiede

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Ladies and Gentlemen of the List, Mad Scientists, Henchmen, Interns, Gerbils, and minor characters of all sorts!

I am most deeply honored to stand before you today and announce NarboniCon, an entire weekend of festivities in celebration of the webcomic Narbonic and of its creator, Ms. Shaenon K. Garrity, who has graciously agreed to join us.

These days of revelry, merriment, and mass destruction will take place on August 2-3, 2003, marking the strip's third birthday. It will be hosted in the unsuspecting city of Bloomington, MN, at the home of one Kellie Hultgren, shameless fan and aspiring mad scientist.

Proposed activities include, but are not limited to, signings, cartoonist worship, a visit to the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, Food^*, films, consumption of evil libations with the cartoonist, invasion of the Mall of America and/or other consumer/comic/anime outlets (Uncle Sven's Comic Shoppe! I kid you not!), MST3K stuff, brunch in Hell's Kitchen (a restaurant dedicated to the work of Ralph Steadman), and whatever evil plots can be concocted on the spot.

The cost of attending this inaugural convention will be a donation toward the cost of Cartoonist Import, the suggested amount of which is $15.00. However, in order to save the cost of (and to) hotels, the friendly and welcoming^** fans of the Twin Cities area have kindly offered to house out-of-town visitors.

Since you're going to attend (you are going to attend, aren't you? I mean, you don't want a million mutant gerbils to descend upon your home en masse, do you?), please fill out a Registration Form, either on-line or by mail. You can also use this form to request crash space.

So mark your calendars now, my friends! Join us at NarboniCon, or prepare to face destruction in our wake!

Kellie Hultgren
Overlord and Goddess of Sharp Pointy Things
Evil Genius in Training

^* It is impractible to maintain secure lab conditions at this site, and the Management assumes no responsibility for food found to contain high levels of radiation or substances leading to temporary or permanent changes in gender, species, or life signs. Whether you take this as a warning or a challenge is up to you.

^** Honored guests are requested to avoid investigation of any labs, files, hidden chambers, or other private areas of their hosts' homes. The Management assumes no responsibility for guests eaten, dissolved, charred, or otherwise harmed or killed by personal security systems. The Management reserves the right to a 10% share in any proceeds resulting from successfully stolen information, including ransoms, embezzlement proceeds, and national or world dictatorship.

^*** Remember, no plan survives first contact with the enemy. It is therefore prudent to vaporize potential challengers before you begin.

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