The Icon 2009 Geek Festival! [NF56K]

[The Grim Squeaker]

A few selected photos from the 2009 Icon festival ("Cities of the Future") - Israel's biggest week long geek-con.
Guests of honour this year included Bill Willingham of Fables, and Patrick J. Gyger of the Swiss Maison D'Ailleurs. Photographing the convention, was, me!

More sets are on my facebook page (about a thousand pictures in total, out of the 2041), and there's an expanded set of the Flickr photos on my Picasa page, here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ddofer/Icon ... directlink

Now, pics!
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Patrick J.Gyger, directeur-conservateur of the Maison D'Ailleurs:
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best graphitti of the year

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From the Rocky Horror Picture Show at convention's end:
He proposed. She accepted. :D
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Being a suit of much awesomeness:
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Roleplaying event in a local pub: "Pubcon - Murder in Venice"
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Bill Willingham:
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Special event: A small orchestra playing various themes from musics. Including the Raider's March, and the Imperial march. (The conductor did the last in a Palpatine robe).
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Someone in an elf suit:
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Commissar!:
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a quickr pickr post

[LadyTevar]

I see a lot of pics of your friends, but very few of what's going on.

[The Grim Squeaker]

I see a lot of pics of your friends, but very few of what's going on.

Most of the people in the shots aren't my friends, and were what was going on. (C'mon, a MAster chief suit? That's awesome :D)
Pictures of panels and lecturers are boring things :D.

(Tev, the FB albums have more pictures of the events, these are the pics that I considered to be better on their own merit)

[Ace Pace]

I see a lot of pics of your friends, but very few of what's going on.

While Doof went abit over the top, he has the right mood. Israeli cons, unlike american ones, are very small and do not have many large activities. In prior years there was a small arena but for multiple reasons it didn't show up this year. The highlight of the con is, for many people, the odd people that show up and the general atmosphere.

Though he could have included more shots of the little chamber orchestra and other events.

[The Grim Squeaker]

I see a lot of pics of your friends, but very few of what's going on.

While Doof went abit over the top,

No such thing :D

Though he could have included more shots of the little chamber orchestra and other events.

I have a bunch of closeups, but none of great interest. The conductor dressed up as Palpatine wasn't very photogenic, and I doubt photos of lecturers would mean much to the people here. Not even those of Bill Willingham (who's using my picture of him for his Twitter page :))