WLPL Lib-Con 2021
Welcome to WLPL's Library Comic Con (Lib-Con)!
Find everything you need to know about our FIRST Lib-Con right here - from our online contest winners to info on our Beanstack Badge-a-Palooza. Lib-Con is a mix of live and recorded virtual programs, in addition to our awesome Cosplay Takeover night! We had a blast making Lib-Con happen!
Events:
- Booknook Giveaway!
- Online Contests
- Beanstack Badge-a-Palooza Trivia Event
- Polling Brackets
- Panel Discussion - "When Good Fandoms Go Bad: How to Deal and Find Your People in a Fandom with Toxic Aspects"
- Library Cosplay Takeover!
Booknook Giveaway
Using the Library's new Glowforge laser engraver and cutter, we made these amazing booknooks - little worlds that fit right on your bookshelf! We've raffled them off so five lucky patrons will be taking them home!
Online Contests
We had a great turn out for our online contests including cosplay, fanart, fanfic and photography! Contestants brought their A-game and the votes were close! Check out these awesome entries!
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"How it Should Have Ended" Fanfic! (and of course a SPOILER WARNING is in effect!)
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
| The Hunger Games Mockingjay |
| Avengers Endgame |
Badge-a-Palooza on Beanstack
Our Beanstack trivia challenge was indeed a challenge! Participants could earn badges by answering questions about their favorite fandoms and be entered to win prizes for earning five or more badges! And in case you were stumped, here some of the bits of trivia we think you deserve to know!
- In Star Wars, Grand Admiral Thrawn's full birth name is Kivu'raw'nuru
- When Nichelle Nichols (Lieutenant Uhura) was thinking about leaving Star Trek to do musical theater, Martin Luther King Jr. convinced her to stay!
- In the Silmarillion, before Sauron was known as Sauron, his name was Mairon and he was a servant of Morgoth aka Melkor
- The bit of broken tech that is the reason the Doctor's TARDIS is stuck as a police box is called the Chameleon Circuit
Polling Brackets
We asked you to choose the winners of a superhero showdown and a best anime adaptation of a manga and the votes are in!
Best Manga to Anime Adaptation Bracket here
Panel Discussion - "When Good Fandoms Go Bad: How to Deal and Find Your People in a Fandom with Toxic Aspects"
We pulled in community members as our friends from the Living Room LGBTQ+ group to chat about the hot topic of toxic fandoms! They had an awesome discussion and could easily revisit this subject for a part two, but for now, be sure to catch the recorded panel when we post it to our Youtube!
Library Cosplay Takeover!
The cosplayers showed up in force for our Library Takeover night! Thanks to all the awesome participants who came to take pictures against our green screens, spin the prize wheel and go on the hunt for hidden booknooks! You all made the night a fun one to remember!
