Zebra Con/1991

Zebra Con 10 (1991)

There were about 225 attendees listed (by full legal name and city of residence) in the program book.

Zebra Con 10 tshirt showing characters from Starsky & Hutch and The Professionals as zebras. Starsky's stripes match those on his car, the Torino. The artist is Paulie

The con skit was “Distant Snores,” a parody of the zine, Distant Shores.

In 1990, a Starsky & Hutch fan was frustrated by the popularity and focus of the con:

I sent my money in for Zcon '91 and am told I am #11 on the waiting list. 175 people are already signed up, which is the maximum, and the editor of the S&H l/z gets her money in one year and several months in advance and I'm put on a waiting list. What I wonder is...who are those 175 fans, surely not all S&H fans? So, unless the folks ahead of me die or something, the S&H l/z will not even be represented at Zcon. I am somewhat...uh, disturbed by all of this and wonder if anyone else is on a waiting list? Also, has Zcon changed for you? Or, is it still fun? Why do you go? Surely not for the S&H programming, it gets worse every year. The people? And, if it is the people, why not have our own S&H only con established (like SHareCon) and leave Zcon to the professional con promoters and vendors. [For more on this topic, see SHareCon#ZebraCon vs. SHareCon.]

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  front cover of the program guide, Paulie

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  from the program guide, art show and auction

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  from the program guide, video room

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  from the program guide, schedule

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  from the program guide, schedule

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  from the program guide

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  from the program guide, a Huggy Award ballot

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  from the program guide, floor plans

Vid Show

Playlists and vid show reviews from the 1990s and 2000s are being collected at ZebraCon/Vid Show.

Art and Fiction Awards

See Huggy Awards.

A fanartist in 1992 wrote:

This is a media con that started out as a Starsky & Hutch con (begun by PJ Alexander many years ago), and has expanded to include The Professionals and other spy/cop shows. They use to accept only related artwork, but since everybody running the con and attending is pretty much also into SF/Fantasy/Star Trek/Etc., Karen decided to throw open the art show to al types of art. This convention has a lot of content, so male/male stuff will probably sell very well. Pagan themes might also work well here, believe it or not, and even some japanimation. Emphasis on relationships and people rather than action/adventure. This con is switches with Virgule every other year - so next years list will have Virgule instead of Zebracon. Zebra Con has a small attendance (100 people), but art sales over $7,500 last year. Their membership has expanded.