LibertyCon 38

I've been a Science Fiction fan since I learned to read. I had read everything in the "juvenile" science fiction / fantasy section of our library by the time I was 10 and had to get my mother to check out the "real" books in the adult section for me.  Yes, I am old enough to remember... Read More →

Reading her way through the children's section of the local Public Library, 10-year-old Ann found Ray Bradbury's R is For Rocket and S is For Space in the back corner. Thank you, Mr. Bradbury, for sparking a lifelong love of the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. Both parents (Mom the traditional artist, Dad the photographer) ignited an interest in and appreciation of art, so it is no surprise that Ann has what she thinks is... Read More →

John Kovalic is an award-winning cartoonist, game designer and writer. His works appeared everywhere from the NEW YORK TIMES to ROLLING STONE and DRAGON MAGAZINE. His world of geeky goodies includes DORK TOWER – one of the very first webcomics, debuting online in 1996.

John was a co-founder of Out of the Box Games, and helped in the creation of the revolutionary party game, APPLES TO APPLES. John is also responsible for the look of the fan-favorite perennial best-seller MUNCHKIN card game. He’s drawn more than 7,000 cards for the game... Read More →

Brandy Bolgeo Hendren is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of LibertyCon and the daughter of the founder of LibertyCon, Richard T. "Uncle Timmy" Bolgeo. Brandys first convention was Chattacon 2 in 1976 and since that time she has been actively involved in the fandom community... Read More →

Steve Jackson, founder and editor-in-chief of Steve Jackson Games, is a longtime SF fan, and gets away to cons when he can. He has been playing games for over 50 years, and designing them since 1976. He graduated from Rice University, where a lot of his time went to wargames and the... Read More →

Dr. Mark Paulk is a retired member of the faculty at the University of Texas at Dallas, teaching software engineering. Before UTD, he was with Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for 25 years, researching and teaching on best practices for software engineering and service management... Read More →