Discussion (13) ¬

1. 
   calvsie

   April 2, 2015 at 12:56 am | # | Reply

   but Milwaukee doesn’t want a con!
2. 
   Moose

   April 2, 2015 at 9:56 am | # | Reply

   Welcome to the heck we have over in Virginia.
3. 
   Bryan E

   April 2, 2015 at 2:57 pm | # | Reply

   Shots fired.
4. 
   Xheralt

   April 2, 2015 at 4:29 pm | # | Reply

   Milwaukee’s various fandoms are so fragmented, scattered and disconnected, it’s possible that a new startup con could legitimately think it was alone out there. And I can say this as a part of the “old-school” cons that faded out decades ago (X-Con, First Contact and Brew-Con). A whole generation was absent from congoing here; I’m the youngest of the old guard, and I’m 50! But now, there is Midwinter Gaming Festival in January (heavy LARP focus, but expanded to other realms of gaming), Concinnity, and of course Anime Milwaukee (AMKE).

   • 
     Trae Dorn

     April 2, 2015 at 4:49 pm | # | Reply

     Finally, someone besides me who remembers the long dead Milwaukee con scene! 😛

     Also, for current cons, you forgot Nezumi Con, Midwest Gaming Classic, the upcoming Nexus Game Fair and Mighty Con Milwaukee.

     …and I know I’m forgetting a few whose names I just can’t remember. 😛

     • 
       Chiaroscuro

       April 5, 2015 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

       Fur Squared! http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Fur_Squared

       Okay. not *technically* Milwaukee…

       • 
         Kay Shapero

         April 5, 2015 at 2:05 am | # | Reply

         Thanks for mentioning that – I keep a list of dates of furry cons I know of, and I hadn’t heard of this one. It has now been added…

         • 
           Chiaroscuro

           April 12, 2015 at 10:41 am | #

           I just hit up Wikifur. They’re good for that.
     • 
       xheralt

       April 14, 2015 at 4:46 pm | # | Reply

       I’d discounted MGC because it’s Waukesha, not Milwaukee 😉 Besides, I’m so far out of the gaming loop these days it’s not funny. Only reason I knew about Midwinter is that the folks who run it ran their main LARP out of my favorite coffee shop for a long time. Comic cons seem to be one of two extremes, either glorified swap meets, or big-budget extravaganzas like SDCC, and ain’t my scene in either case.
5. 
   Langland

   April 2, 2015 at 6:47 pm | # | Reply

   I thought it was a reference that many people from Milwaukee don’t there is anything more to Wisconsin passed well Milwaukee and Madison. That’s how I interpreted the joke.

   • 
     Ray Dannelly

     April 2, 2015 at 8:51 pm | # | Reply

     It’s a multi-level joke…
6. 
   Nick Schneider

   April 3, 2015 at 3:39 am | # | Reply

   Kinda like how no one from Omaha or Lincoln thinks there is anything else in Nebraska.

   I’m pleased that the Lincoln and Omaha con scenes are returning. Omaha’s been getting a redic amount of cons sprouting up.
7. 
   Bernhard

   April 3, 2015 at 6:47 am | # | Reply

   Thank goodness he’s offering the flyer to Megan rather than Lynn. It might not end up getting shoved somewhere uncomfortable.