We just barely made it to Necro this year, moored the boat in Vero Beach and rented a care to drive over.  A lot of work to make a convention that only boasts about 1000 attendees, guests and vendors included, but it was well worth it.  Necronomicon offers something that many of the larger conventions, and none of the huge trade shows do, and that’s a special feeling of camaraderie that I’ve only seen once or twice.  Mobicon, in Mobile, AL has a feeling like that, but on top of this Necro offers a great array of guests, panels and events that many others lack.  They have real scientists doing the science panels (NASA specialists doing the hard science, and MD’s and PhD biologists and geneticists doing the “squishy” science panels), They have a great array of writers doing panels on everything you can think of that is writing related, right down to just how screwed up writers generally are, and how we use that to our advantage… yeah, that was a fun one!  They have professional game designers doing panels on gaming, costume designers doing panels and demos on getting your favorite fan face on, and tech guys doing panels on getting your geek on.  This is not to mention the usual costume contest, dance, game rooms, etc…
How do they get all this in one small con?

Easy:  They’re good people.

Thank you Ann for all the great work, and all the great memories.