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Pretty Good Convention
| Convention | |
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| Name: | Pretty Good Convention |
| Dates: | 1987, 1988, 1989 (perhaps more) |
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| Location: | Lansing, Michigan |
| Type: | fan-run fan con |
| Focus: | media |
| Organization: | |
| Founder: | |
| Founding Date: | 1987 |
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Pretty Good Convention was a media con held at the Lansing Sheraton in Lansing, Michigan.
There were at least three of them.
"Pretty Good Con. You're the Guest of Honor."
1987
September 4-7, 1987.
From an ad in Pop Stand Express #16: "September 4-7, 1987, Sheraton Inn—Lansing, Michigan. A Pretty Good Con gives you a chance to come and have four days of fun with friends that you haven't seen all summer long. [1] We're not a World Con or NASFiC. We're a media oriented convention. MediaWest*Con is getting pretty crowded, so we're holding a second convention in Lansing...with the Carleton's assistance. We're also a non-profit organization. By law, all membership profits must be used for the convention. Which makes for a really good convention for you. We've got Pretty Good Features: A real movie theatre (where we will be showing all three films in the Star Wars trilogy, 50 dealers room tables, art show run by four-time MW*C veteran Karen River, Costume Competition and Masquerade Ball, Discussion Panels, zine reading room, Function rooms available for member receptions and parties. Memberships: $17.50 before 3/31/87, $19.50 from 4/1 to 6/30/87, $21.50 from 7/1 to 9/1/87. Contact: PRETTY GOOD CONVENTIONS, P.O. BOX 602, OKEMOS, MICHIGAN 48864. Staff includes: Keven Lewis, Paula Smith and Karen River. Be sure to include a SASE if requesting information or flyer."
1988
Pretty Good Convention, Too was held September 2-5, 1988 in Michigan.
a flyer, art by Gordon Carleton
1989
September 1-4, 1989
1990
Chicago, IL September 1-3, 1990.
References
- ^ Probably a reference to MediaWest*Con which is held on Memorial Day.