Cleveland ConCoction 2025 welcomes this year's Artist Guest of Honor - Lar DeSouza!!!!!

Lar deSouza, beard advocate, noted hat enthusiast and Internet Uncle, is really good at sitting. He sits like a champ. And when he sits, he draws.  Like, a LOT. For the past 17 years, Lar has been pulling double duty as the cartoonist for the 2008 Shuster Award winning online comic “Looking For Group” (LFG.co) and the comic “Least I Could Do” (LICD.com). Lar has also been the recipient of the Prix Aurora Award for Artistic Achievement in Canadian Science Fiction (2008, 2006) and numerous other awards for caricature and cartooning. 

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​For his full bio >>Click here!

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Only want to shop at the convention? Sunday ONLY you can purchase a Shopping Membership for $5 and gain access to the Exhibit Hall, Artists Alley, and Authors Alley and shop til you drop. Available SUNDAY ONLY!

If you missed tonight's Art with Lar DeSouza, never fear - you can still see it online on our Facebook Page. 

Link:  Drawing with Lar! 


Lar created the downloadable coloring page above to share with us and beyond for our enjoyment. 

We'd love to see your coloring creations and share them with Lar too!

We have created an album in our Facebook Group that anyone in the group can add their finished works to share with us and with Lar. 

Facebook Group:  
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ClevelandConCoction/

Online Album: 
Album in ConCoction Facebook Group 

If you can't add to the album, but want us to, send in email to [email protected] 


Thank you again to Lar for sharing his creativity with us, and for giving us a way to show him ours! 



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Greetings from the Volunteers and Friends here at Cleveland ConCoction 2020! 

We are pleased to announce that the 2020 Convention Schedule is now available on our website. 

The Online Schedule is where you can find all the information you need for: 

• Gaming 
• Kids Programming 
• Musical Performances 
• Author Panels 
• Workshops 
• ....and so much more! 

In addition to a schedule copy being in the Program Book which will be available onsite, featuring cover art created by Guest Artist Lar DeSouza, the online KonOpas Program will have any updated information that has been changed, added or removed since the time of printing. 

We are looking for another great year with the Cleveland ConCoction Community! 



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The Volunteers and Friends here at Cleveland ConCoction 2020 are pleased to welcome Guest Artist Lar DeSouza. 

Well known for his work with Blind Ferret webcomics with ongoing projects like 2008 Shuster Award winner "Looking for Group" and "Least I Could Do", Lar is always drawing.
​Lar has also been the recipient of the Prix Aurora Award for Artistic Achievement in Canadian Science Fiction among other awards for his work in caricature and cartoon artwork. 

To learn more about Lar DeSouza, his work and projects, visit his page on our site and come see him in in our Art Show at ConCoction 7. 


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Stephen Hickman is an American artist, illustrator, sculptor and author. He is best known for his work in science fiction and fantasy, with over 350 book and magazine covers to his credit.
His works illustrated the stories of Robert A. Heinlein, H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R.Tolkien and next Cleveland ConCoction.

He will be our artist guest of honor for our momentous 6th year! 

Learn more about Guest Artist Stephen Hickman!  

Marcus V. Calvert is a native of Detroit who grew up with an addiction to sci-fi that just wouldn't go away.
His goal’s to tell unique, twisted stories that people will be reading long after he’s gone.  For him, the name and the fame aren’t important.  Only the stories matter.
You can find his books on Amazon.  Also, you can follow him on Facebook and/or Patreon.

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Greetings, ConCoctioneers!

I know a lot of you have been to a convention that has a silent auction before, but just in case, I want to give you a quick note about how it works in our Art Room:

All silent auction bids are BINDING!
Be prepared to pay for ALL silent auctions won.

Never bid on a bunch of art and assume that someone will outbid you on some of them, unless you are ready and willing to pay for every single piece. We keep the bid increments in whole dollar amounts (no bid increases of a penny, nickel, dime, etc.).You can up the bid as much as you want ($1-$10 or more), but again, you WILL be expected to pay for all the silent auction items you win.

If a piece has a listed “Quick Sale” price and no one has bid on it, you can buy it outright at that price, but once the bidding starts, that price is null and void. If there are any pieces left on Sunday that have no bids, you can still purchase them at that Quick Sale price.

We accept cash, check AND credit/debit card. You will be expected to come to the Art Show room and pay for your art by the close of the room on Sunday (2:30). Those are the basics!

​The full rules will be listed in your con Program Book, and the art room will always have someone at the staff table ready and willing to answer any questions you might have that aren’t covered. We’re here to help you and make your con experience fun! I hope to see all your smiling faces in our Art Room this year!

Vanessa Hall
Art Room Department Lead

Have you checked out the Art Show updates on our website? 

There will be a lot of fantastic artists both attending as well as mailing into the show this year such as Theresa Mather, Joseph Freistuhler, Betsy Mott and Travis Perkins... just to name a few! 

Check out the Art Show Page on our website to see more of the artists onsite this year and be sure to keep checking back for Artist updates. 

Interested in being in our Art Show - Contact our Art Show Director