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Elemenstorm 2005

The Conference

The first conference to be organized, planned, and sponsored by WizStorm (the ELotH PR company started by fans of the books/cartoons) who bravely picked up the mantle and resuming the Elemenstorm convention series after a six year hiatus brought about by the hail storm of lawsuits sparked by certain events that transpired at Elemenstorm '99.

Speakers

• The Retelling of How It All Began: M Holhik and J Krakins
• Art Huwel: Artist as a Storyteller
• "Buy My Book": Dan Potter

Panel Discussions

• Being the Underdogs: Eric Cummings, Monica Chaudhry, Rick Horwell, Patricia Bentor
• Imagining the World: John Lee, Allan Howe, and Art Huwel
• Settling Creative Arguments:
• Crafting a Story: Hal Robinson, Dan Potter, Lincoln Elmore

Show Floor

• 400 Booths of Elemenstor and Wizbits Merchandise
  • 26 booths caught fire (record low) due to the tight congregation of wizbits merchandise.
  • 13 fist fights broke out over rare mint-in-box collectables
• Dan Potter and Hal Robinson book signings
• The Art of John Lee
• One empty booth where Annonymous Miranda was supposed to sit and sign/sell copies of the comic. Last minute no-show.

Announcements

• Announcments about the Brotherhood Octology book series
• Confirmation of The Wizbits Season 1 DVD coming out for the holiday season of 2006, with "lots of extras"

Show Exclusive Collectables

• A limited edition die-cast Tobun keychain. Only the first 100 in the door got one.

But More Importantly...

The con was excellent, but the main things that really had people on the message boards talking were not scheduled events.

• the Mysterious Bystander appeared and suggested the Many-In-One Theory.
• Rick Horwell, wearing his signature Skip costume attempted to storm the stage to give a speech.
• the infamous After Party of 2005.
• and of course Cheese-a-thon 2005