PhoenixCon

Convention
Name:	PhoenixCon
Dates:	August 24 - 26, 1984
Frequency:
Location:	Annapolis, Maryland
Type:	fan run with actor guests
Focus:	The Phoenix
Organization:
Founder:	Gemini Press
Founding Date:
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PhoenixCon was a fan fun convention held August 24 - 26, 1984 in Annapolis, Maryland.

front cover of the program book, Georgia Barnes

back cover of the program book, J.R. Janoski

From their flyer: "PHOENIXCON '84 located at the Holiday Inn, Annapolis, MD. GOH: Judson Scott. Guest Artist: Victoria Poyser. Membership: $18."

Other Phoenixcon guests included Angelique Pettijohn, who had starred on Star Trek: TOS, Richard Lynch, who played the "heavy" on the "Phoenix", and we could not forget "Fang" Guest of Honor, Marty Gear.

Its program book included one-page bios of Judson Scott and Richard Lynch, as well as an art portfolio, short stories and poetry in honor of the show.

The Program Book

The program book contains 54 pages.

Contributors included Cheryl Allen, Vicki Holden, Beverly Dixon, Ursula, Don Lewis, and many others. "This book is dedicated to Judson Scott, who brought Bennu alive, and for all those that saw "The Phoenix". This is a record of a Convention, as well as a portfolio of art, poetry and short stories."

• Acknowledgments, Names of the Organizers and Helpers
• Golden Phoenix, poem by Linda Brooks (1)
• Committee Pages Cartoons by Cheryl Allen (2)
• The Phoenix Myth, article by H. Kim Wilson (6)
• Phoenix Con's Special People (bios of the actors, plus a small child who is a fan, and Boogie Knights)
  • cover cartoon by Cheryl Allen (9)
  • Judson Scott by Vicki Holden (10)
  • Richard Lynch by John Flynn (11)
  • Victoria Poyser by J.R. Janoski (12)
  • Marty Gear by Marty Gear (13)
  • Angelique Pettyjohn by J.R. Janoski (14)
  • Jason Holsinger by Rita Holsinger and J.R. Janoski (15)
  • Boogey Knights by David Keefer (16)
• The Portfolio (poems, fiction, and art) (17)
  • I Will Cry, poem by Vicki Holden
  • Indian Surprise, fiction by Beverly Dixon
  • Awareness, poem by Mary Harrist
  • Interlude, poem by Teresa Sarick
  • The Bargain, fiction by Pat Hailey
  • Golden Vampire by Ellen Vartanoff
  • Petition, poem by Alyne Lawchilde
  • Nature's Wonders, vignette by Jacqueline Burke
  • Starry Sky, poem by Jo Wenck
  • The Babysitter, fiction by Mary Harrist
  • The Meeting, poem by Carol Eidelberg
  • Mirage, fiction by Merle Dawson
  • Moon-Shine, fiction by Pat Hailey
  • Reverie, poem by Alyne Lawchilde
• Phoenixcon Advertisements (40)
• Phoenixcon Restaurant Guide, cartoon by Kenneth Morris, by B.J. Hiscott (50)

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  J.R. Janoski

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  Cheryl Allen

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  Kenneth Morris

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  Rose Koscica

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  Ellen Vartanoff

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  Don Lewis

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  J.R. Janoski

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  Ellen Vartanoff

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  Stephanie Stoddard

Con Reports

From a convention report:

That little convention was a real hoot. Sometimes the smaller ones like that make up for in spirit what they lack in everything else. That year's little event was just such an event. The costume contest (or Masquerade as it's called) was a high point of the weekend. I got done up in full kit greasepaint and had at it.

Of course I couldn't put on my greasepaint as well as Willy did. But then, Willy had to do his own face every performance and he was a pro. I was but a mere amateur at this and it showed.

However, it was also a lot of fun!

I made quite the splash in my uniform and camouflage facepaint. Even if I did walk the wrong way off the stage.

The Masquerade was very diverse. Among the other contestants were a Bushy Barbarian, (Chuck Coates), two deadly Female Assassins hell bent on vampire slayings (much to the dismay of Mr. Gear, who was himself dressed like a VAMPIRE!) (Cindy Lewis and myself), and a very small boy dressed as Richard Lynch in his vampire persona. Lynch himself got up and made much of the young chap: it was very cute.