FutureCon Presents: Damn You Behemoth!

1:00pm – 2:00pm – Yorkland ballroom

Want to sample what Futurecon is like?

Come to our one-hour “Test-drive” panel, featuring our “Damn You Behemoth” activity, free cupcakes and candy kabobs, and much more fun!

What’s “Damn You Behemoth?”

It’s a great way to vent stress by telling a story of stuff that’s gone wrong for you lately, then taking out your frustrations on Futurecon’s mascot with a foam sword!

*This event will be raising non perishable food donations and monetary donations for Second Harvest

     Liana Kerzner [aka Canada's Top Fangirl] will be at Dotcon 2010!! Check her page for more info.

Alexandra Gerlach is an International Master Cosplayer and the “Queen” of Queen of Hearts Costumes in Waterloo, ON.

She specializes in easy-to-follow, step-by-step panels and tutorials that allow any level of costumer to learn advanced techniques. She loves helping, teaching, and passing the tricks of the trade on to anyone who wants to learn. This attitude anchors her approach to panels and her store, where anyone can visit and find great products and great advice.

For over 14 years, Alex’s passions have been rooted in costuming and fandom. She has an unhealthy obsession with fabric, loves to play with theatrical make-up, and Samus Aran and Iron Man are her heroes. You can find her as Miss December in this year’s FutureCon  charity calendar – “Women of Valour”, and any time at her store in Waterloo, Queen of Hearts Costumes.

Her most recognizable costumes include a Moogle Riding a Chocobo at Anime North 2005 (Best in Class Artisan), the Showgirl in a Portal Cake for Gordon Rose’s 50^th birthday at FanExpo 2009,  her commission of Bowser in 2010 (Best In Class Master) and Ivy from Soulcalibur IV in 2011 (modeled by Liana K on the cover of the “Women of Valour” calendar). She won Best In Show at Wizard World 2010 with her Apothecary (metal bustle Steampunk) costume… despite entering Out-of-Competition.

Events scheduled
12:00pm to 1:00pm  Alexandra’s Pattern manipulation
2:00pm to 2:45pm – Costume Clinic – Q&A for your cosplay!
4:00pm to 5:00pm – Alexandra’s Fabrics 101
6:00pm to 7:00pm  – Cosplay Competition (Judge)

Alexandra will also be judging the Cosplay competition scheduled for 6:00pm in the Yorkland Ballroom.

     Info for Panels is now viewable under ‘Con Info’ — so please check it out!

     The website has now been updated with info about 2011 — so please browse through the different page for all the info! If you just want a quick rundown of the con check out the info page!

     Entry info is coming soon so please hold tight and check back often! We look forward to seeing you all!

     Toronto, ON, June 1, 2011 –Cineplex Entertainment (“Cineplex”), ELEVEN ARTS and FUNimation Entertainment are bringing TRIGUN: BADLANDS RUMBLE to the big screen at participating theatres across Canada on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 7 p.m. local time. TRIGUN: BADLANDS RUMBLE was originally released April 24, 2010 in Japan.

     Set on a remote planet in the near future, TRIGUN is a popular sci-fi action anime series created by Yasuhiro Naito. It portrays the life and actions of a wanted man named Vash, an extreme pacifist by nature with the unique nickname the “Human Typhoon”.

     *: US theaters will be announced in 2 weeks.

     If you want to bring the film to your city, please demand it on http://eventful.com/performers/trigun-badlands-rumble-/P0-001-000246900-2/top-demands

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We have been looking for ways to donate to relief in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami. We started to research a few organizations. For any who wish to donate please take a look at the list (CBC). Japan is a country in many people’s heats and minds.　日本がんばれ！

Humanitarian Coalition

Phone: 1-800-464-9154

Website: www.together.ca

Canadian Red Cross

Phone: 1-800-418-1111

Website: www.redcross.ca

Doctors Without Borders

Phone: 1-800-982-7903

Website: www.msf.ca

Federal government

Canadians can also find out how to provide assistance to Japan through the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade website, where there is a list of experienced humanitarian organizations.



We will be at the Wizard World Toronto Comic Con from March 18th -20th. For those who can make it to the convention drop by and say Hello! we will have info about the convention in November and about Volunteers, Panelists and Programing. See you at Wizard World!