While Phil, Kaja, and the Experiments are touristing in Australia prior to the start of Worldcon, this weekend is Au Contraire, the New Zealand National SF Convention, scheduled for the convenience of people who might want to include a NZ stopover on their way to Aussiecon 4. Last night (Saturday in NZ) was the convention masquerade, which included ( Read more... )

(I see radegund_lj beat me to the punch, but I'll go ahead and post this longer version announcement.)

Congratulations to Phil & Kaja, for Girl Genius Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones, as serialized on the web site, has been nominated for the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story! As I've mentioned here before, first publication online ( Read more... )

The deadline for nominating for this year's Hugo Awards is at 23:59 Pacific Time tonight, February 28. If you were a member of Denvention Three (2008 Worldcon) or Anticipation (2009 Worldcon) by the end of January 2009, you're eligible to nominate. Girl Genius Volume 8 is eligible* in the Best Graphic Story category. I hope people will ( Read more... )

The Hugo Award is one of the highest honors one can receive in the field of science fiction and fantasy literature. Phil Foglio has won Hugos twice for his fan art, and has been nominated as a professional artist. This year is the first real opportunity for his (and Kaja's) sequential art storytelling to be honored as well ( Read more... )