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Just popped in to see if there is a Shed:Con this year and if so is there a raffle?

If there is I should be able to get some prizes so if someone mails me and lets me know I'll see what I can dig up.

I'm sure there is, I just can't recall who was organising it.

BAH! blasted weddings, mean that I can attend this year, and unless Dreddcon is moved to mid September (but not the EXACT weekend where my brother is getting married) next year, then I won't be able to attend then either :-(

iirc it was David Brunt.

I've got some fabulous prizes... not stuff I can't shift on ebay at all oh no...

God no I've no intention of organising it but I have got some prizes if anyone else wants to provide some as well then that's a goer. Help us YT, you're our only hope...

So what are the details about Shed:Con? Specifically, where is it taking place, and at what time? And since I doubt that there's be anyone there I've met before, how will I know when I've arrived at the right place?

Cheers,
Mike C

In the absence of a plan to the contrary ShedCon is in the Three Goats Heads (next to the DreddCon venue) in the upstairs bar. If the first arrivals head for the two tables furthest from the road then hopefully the whole of that area will end up with ShedConners.

I don't mind bringing two decks of Dredd cards to use as raffle tickets.

Cheers,

Wake

>So what are the details about Shed:Con?

Go to pub (3 Goats heads - next to dreddcon venue) on friday from late afternoon, early evening onwards.

Bring comics related stuff for raffle.

Look for people sat around table who are comics fans (comics on table may give you a clue which they are... otherwise general largeness might be a hint)

Engage in conversation with comic fans

Buy beer, drink beer, repeat for rest of night.

I was a bit concerned about this last year, being my first Shed, but believe me, a group of comic fans is very easy to spot, really!

Damn work, can I have a raffle ticket anyway? Please?

I dont mind doing the raffle if no one else wants to take it on?

If anyone is bringing prizes if they could give me an idea of what they are it'll give me an idea of what to bring from the office.

Excellent... We'll be there, and we'll bring some comics-related thingies (if I remember).

Cheers,
Mike

Pah...who wants to go to bloomin Shedcon and Dreddcon anyway!  I'm much happier spending time with the family or working...oh yes I am...no really...
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SOB....SNIFFF....SOB...

I'll be bringing a mint prog2- complete with biotronic stickers*












*will I fuck- but I'll try to dig out something worth having...

;)

I'll chuck something in, either an annual or graphic novel.

OK, thought I'd get a year off for good behaviour but I'll sort out some raffle tickets and get bring some prizes to add to whatever anyone else brings.

As usual first out of the Dredd beanie gets to pick and so on until its only the crap prize that nobody wants is left.

If someone has the Shed:Con artwork can they e-mail it to me and I'll knock of a couple of A3 sized Shed:Con posters to stick at the end of the bar.

[YT-2]

Dunno if thsi would be a raffle item, but I have a couple of novels by Mark Frost, co-creator of Twin Peaks, to give away to whoever wants them.

They're set during the Victorian era and star Arthur Conan Doyle, and would probably be of particular interest to any Necronauts fans out there.

I've a page of Jock artwork that I can pass over as a contribution, if that would be appropriate.

er.... no byron, i think you'll be saving that for brighton, or my christmas present, thankyou very much.

saffn raffin dredd-shed-shite giving away art work bloody hell whatever next, progs one & two? oh no fates already did that & i didnt win them either. ya bastards.

I said a while back I'd post some comics if people wanted them Solar Winds etc.  Can someone who is going send me an address?

Oops, this parcel is going to cost ?20 to post for next day delivery, anyone got any suggestions for other ways to get a parcel somewhere for Friday?

How about we offer the comics as prizes and then get an adress from whoever claims them and post them direct to them later. It'll be cheaper that way, and we could print the covers out as tokens for the day.

Sounds like a good idea, if PVS can let me know what he has in his prize bag I'll print off tokens to be claimed later.

If people definately know what they are putting in the raffle let me know so I can see what I need to bring.

That'll be a page of Jock artwork from me then (for definite).

Top prize, good man.

Irvings Frankenstein,
Rebellions Day of the Droids.
Titans Day the law died, Cursed Earth, Rogue Trooper.
Possibly some others but those for certain.

I'm tempted to send what I can first class tomorrow and hope for the best.  I'd send it next day, but it's one of those awkward end of the month, up to the edge of overdraft affairs.

Blame the car.

What I can do is send a list in advance to YT2 in case it doesn't turn up.  How does that sound?

Sounds ok.

I'm planning on bringing the originals to Rogue Trooper to be raffled off.

Are you doing sketches this year?

Yes. Yes I am. Many sketches. Involving the words 'taste my daystick, punk' and 'my old cucumber' and 'the durdee poison is deadly, gotta suck it out'.

All in your notebook that you left on the table while you queued at the bar.

I've got some shit mid-90's comics and a shit dvd that are interesting in a "how not to do it" kind of way to throw in the pot. If you're unfortunate enough to win them you can probably offload them to some sucker on E-Bay.

is this for charity? Should I mail some Phantom comics over for it?

First 'Invincible' trade- 'Family Matters'.  I bought it in haste, never got around to reading it and then bought the big collected hardback.  In technical terms- it's brand new.  And a cracking read.

raffle is great value,will be ?30 of tickets tee hee

What's the ShedCon etiquette for the raffle?  Is it considered bad form to turn up without contributing a prize?

my contribution to the already impressive haul on offer is:

"Killing Time" GN (Hamlyn)
"The Bogie Man" (the first GN i think)
2000AD Progs 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 & 2005
Judge Dredd Megazine - complete run Vol1

see you all tomorrow

thinky

No you don't have to bring a prize. There are usually more than enough as it is.

Cheers,

Wake

The Shed:Con raffle was mostly an excuse for me to get rid of some unwanted stuff. Each year the raffle has grown and last year took ages to get through. The only etiquette is that you have to come to Shed:Con and not be a complete twat. No prizes need to be donated but a beer to the raffle organiser may ensure that you win (it won?t but you can try) during the evening everyone will be given a card to write their name on and all the names go into my Dredd beanie. As the names are drawn out the lucky Shed:Coner gets to pick a prize and this carries on till all the prizes have gone. Last year all the cards had to be returned to the beanie as there were enough prizes to give everyone at least one prize.

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what time does the raffle start?

Shed:Con normally gets going around 19:00hrs and the raffle gets going 20:30hrs - 21:00hrs. There's no hard and fast timings as I make it up as I go along.


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ok, i just don't want to be there half way through again :)

I've got a couple of GNs to bring along, 1 2K and the other not.

See ya later at the three-headed mutie goat.

   Steve

Hi Logan

If you're interested, have issues of The Losers (Diggle & Jock, not old 70s DC version) 1 thru 8 and signed (Grant*, Bircham, Osiyemi) Brodie's Law issues 1 & 2 to contribute.

Will try to arrive before 8.30 tonight.

Cheers, Ol

*Sorry not Alan's signiture, you'll have to ask him nicely yerself ;)

Got a few prizes to throw in including next weeks Prog and a correctly printed Megazine.

See you all there later.

Just looking through the thread and noticed that I wrote out a long message but only the first line came out. Dredd:Con sounds great and not as formal as other cons I've been to. Will have to try and get there next year. Look forward to the tale sof debaucery and late night acts of drunkeness.

"...and a correctly printed Megazine"

Blimey! Where'd you get that from?

>Blimey! Where'd you get that from?

Got a couple from the nerve centre to give away at the raffle.

I'm sure the boarders who attended will give a more detailed account of the evening but the raffle seemed to go down well with everyone getting at least two prizes.

[YT-2]

Just wondered who won what in the raffle just to make me even sicker after seeing some of the sketches. One year I'll make it to dreddcon and get some goodies.

i got the top prize, Jock art work. First appearance of max from the losers :D

angle fire gn.

and some probably crappy CD. the sound track of spaceship zero.

and fame with my pitch!

It's not crappy, it's amazing, and I have a box of fifty of them, so tell everyone it's great.

it's not too bad. the money inside the cd case is cool too :)

Heh, I'd forgotten about that, it's not legal tender Max.

Good to meet up with people at Shed:Con and Dredd:Con. Hope everyone liked their raffle prizes.

See you next year.

[YT-2]

well the guy at the burodechange was convinced that is was worth ?3000, who was i to tell him he was wrong?

;)

Glad the stuff arrived Logan, I more than half expected it not to.

The glowsticks went to good use...

Who's got my Z-Cars Deluxe Edition?

Fuck off Wyatt- that book's mine now!  20 missing pages notwithstanding, it was the prize of the weekend!

;)

You're just going to get spliffed out of your brain and stare at the colours, aren't you?

>Fuck off Wyatt- that book's mine now! 20 missing pages notwithstanding, it was the prize of the weekend!

I'm glad my evil was used for good...

That was *your* offering, Gary?  Original Jock art- brand new graphic novels- entire Meg collections- and you bring an old Z-Cars annual!

You make Mulcher look positively generous!

;)

Ah... fair's fair- it's a work of genius.  Even if it is for all the wrong reasons.  I'd scan my favourite bit to share with the rest of the board, but I'm having scanner difficulties at the minute.  That and the fact that I'm not sure it'd even be funny in a normal state of mind...

Ah... fair's fair- it's a work of genius. Even if it is for all the wrong reasons. I'd scan my favourite bit to share with the rest of the board, but I'm having scanner difficulties at the minute. That and the fact that I'm not sure it'd even be funny in a normal state of mind...

i'm guessing (well, hoping) that it will be the bit regarding a table and a period of non-hyperactivity from the protaganists... scan it, even though only about 5 people will think it's funny

thinky

Zen-like contemplation of that image is helped by baring in mind that in general the most interesting, exciting and dynamic points in a prose story are the ones that get illustrations.

Now see what you've made me do?!?  My quantum powered Hal 9000 Mac won't recognize my scabby old scanner unless I run it in classic mode.  Did that, still can't find it.

It's not that I'm an idiot or anything- honest.

Remember, Macs are more user freindly!

Well for the most part, it has been.  Trying to make sense of any of the classic functions has been pretty much a waste of time.  I seem to recall that was one of the reasons for sticking with PC for so long...

;)

Anyway- did it the moron's way in the end- took a photo of it instead:

Hmmm... profound.

I mean, come on!  Is that *really* a scene worth illustrating?  "they sat around and did fuck all"?

Surely the caption should read "man with exposed skull wards off evil spirits with his hat and brolly"?  

I'm intrigued by the background bloke in the green suit.  I mean, blue hair, white skin, pointy ears... though to their credit, the coppers don't seem to be batting an eyelid.  

Obviously they're really open-minded.  Or just distracted by the brolly/evil spirits deathmatch kicking off behind them.

They're probably just in the grips of caffiene-induced paralysis after downing too much super-strong expresso in tiny little cups.

You do realise that under shed-con raffle rules you have to read whatever you took cover-to-cover (or watch ... were there any DVDs this year?) or you will be afflicted by the Dread Curse of Shedcon!!! (Wyatt never watched all of Black Samuarii and look what's happened to him)

This of course means I've got wade through those two Mark Frost novels...

Um, I did finish it in the end you know... Black Samurai infiltrates a 1960s hipster party, and the bad guy has a pet vulture, which is quite cool, but other than that it's a LOT of driving around, walking about, mumbled dialoge and about two fights.

Also you now have to read two poorly written novels of pulp-hackery involving Arthur Conan Doyle ...or die!

You do realise that under shed-con raffle rules you have to read whatever you took cover-to-cover (or watch ... were there any DVDs this year?) or you will be afflicted by the
Dread Curse of Shedcon!!! (Wyatt never watched all of Black Samuarii and look what's happened to him)

on the 4th (yes 4th!) round of the shed-con raffle, i managed to get lumbered with fortunately receive another copy of "the end is nigh!" does this mean i have to read it again? ;)

thinky

bah! marginally funny post would have been slightly less shit had the html <strike> tags worked

thinky

Ppffft- html nerds...

no, it's definately still funny in a normal fram of mind (well, actually, come to think of it, how would i know that? well, i found it funny at least!)

er, nope, between that & the long gun logo design debate on the review thread... ive decided youre all barking obbsessive compulsive stoners.  bet you were all in the airfix model making clubs at school, and read books about chess.


bloody nutters.

"20 missing pages notwithstanding, it was the prize of the weekend!"

That annual did prove to be ridiculously entertaining, if only for the bright day-glo colour-seperation.

Personally my favourite illo was the two policemen sitting in their squad car for an hour. Or possibly the tap dancing policeman.

Bou - I used to make Airfix model planes (and I was pretty damn good at painting them too!), but I didn't need to read books on chess - I actually played it instead, and lived the dream!

I've only ever read the one book on chess, and that was on Bobby "nutcase" Fischer, whos actually pretty interesting in his own completely insane way.

does this mean i have to read it again?

Not neccesarily all of it. You could just limit it to the:

"...great parody of that governmental 'Preparing for Emergencies' booklet." - SFX

;)

And to think that was only filler Mike didn't even want to print in the first place.

I thought that was Binmen of the Apocalypse?

Indeed so - most of it was filler, but we'll get away with it if no-one draws any attention to the fact.
Not that I'd know anything about filling a book with nowt but filler and having the gumption to expect people to pay 2 quid for it.
50p postage.

I've been skimming parts of the Dredd screenplay and some of it is just pure genius.  For example, this particularly fantastic snippet comes after Dredd and Giant encounter Judge Death and, er, shoot him with a rocket launcher:

GIANT: GOOD GRUD, DREDD!  WHAT KIND OF MONSTER WAS THAT?

DREDD: A TOASTY ONE.

Pure fecking genius.

After the bollocking I got from Logan for being a 'lurker' at Shedcon, (described to me as the boarding equivelent of dogging....) I thought it prudent that I finally break my silence.  

A HUGE thank you to everyone for making this newbie feel so welcome her first time.  My pathetic 12-month collection of reading material got a serious shot in the arm with an impressive haul in the Sheddcon raffle (the 1st 15 Megs alone near doubled it!).

I had a whale of a time meeting so many genuine and enthusiastic people on Saturday and furthering my Dredductation (hey, did you see what I did there) with a peek at the original artwork of his first appearence was very pleasing indeed.  As was the Henry Flint page Ollie not-very-subtly got for me as an anniversary gift..... Any ideas as to unusual reading material I could (frugally) reciprocate with?  

Max's pitch really was an eye-opener!  It had seemed to make more sense through a bottle of wine, though.  

Hmmmmm, not as difficult as I thought, this posting lark.  I may even venture an opinion or two in the future........ well, one step at a time, eh?  

TwoTonneTonyXTubbs - I'm chasing up those reccommendations as we speak.

LMS - Another great big thankyou for the bed.  That last 100 miles would probably have killed us all!!!

 

Hello Mary, welcome to the world of posting!!

My pitch never made sense to me either, so that's ok :)

Hope you enjoy them Mary Squaxx. If I can find those Andersons I'll let you know.