Open Gaming w/Guardian Games

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Board Games, Card Games, Dice Games Galore! If gaming is your thing, come by the EOD Center and play some of the best Lovecraftian board games in town! (We're sort of hoping some of you combine your Devil Reef card decks and form a mega-game!)

The Haunted Paintbrush

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Artists discuss the sources and styles that influence their work, whether it be representation or scenes from HPL stories, or just inspired by cosmic horror. Moyer (M), Carlucci, Dubisch, Denham, Rainey-Smith, Stout, Walls.

 

Art shown here is by Mike Dubisch "The Cthulhuanoid." ©Mike Dubisch, all rights reserved.

Adapting Lovecraft to Film - Spotlight on the films of Stuart Gordon

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Based on the works of Stuart Gordon: Of all the feature films based on Lovecraft’s work, few match the films of Stuart Gordon. Liberties are taken with the original stories, but Gordon adapts Lovecraft’s work with a surprising faithfulness, before adding in a few bits of his own. This panel will discuss how Gordon followed the basic outlines of The Re-Animator stories, From Beyond and Dreams in the Witch House to keep his adaptations true to the original work, while updating them for (or to assault) modern sensibilities.

The Efflorescence of Weird Poetry

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H. P. Lovecraft considered himself a poet first and foremost: on the 1930 census form, he listed his occupation as “poet.” Yet, weird poetry is largely overlooked by Lovecraft fans in favor of prose. Poets in the weird poetry movement posit that poetry (particularly formal metred poetry) is the most Lovecraftian medium of all, and the best for expressing spectral moods and effects—for conveying the vastness of cosmic horror. Joshi (M), Bolivar, Dioses, Brock, Myers, Opperman

 

Illustration is "HP Lovecraft" by Virgil Finlay, 1937

Pickman's Apprentice - Round 1

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Challengers John Donald Carlucci, Nick Gucker, Shelby Denham, Liv Rainey-Smith, and defending champion Mike Dubisch compete in a race against the clock to create a masterpiece based on the audience’s suggestion! The audience chooses a finalist. Original pieces are silent auctioned to benefit AnimalAid PDX.

 

Last year's entry: "Deep Ones at a Science Fair," by John Donald Carlucci

Pickman's Apprentice - Round 2

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Challengers Heather Hudson, Lee Moyer, William Stout, and Frank Walls compete in this second round of iron artists! The audience chooses a finalist. Original pieces are silent auctioned to benefit AnimalAid PDX.

 

Photo montage of the 2013 PIckman's Apprentice competition. Photos courtesy of Todd Gardiner.

Pickman's Apprentice - Final Showdown

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The two finalists go head to head to see who will be crowned Pickman’s Apprentice! The audience chooses the winner. Original pieces are silent auctioned to benefit AnimalAid PDX.

 

"Deep Ones at a Science Fair" by Heather Hudson, from the 2015 Pickman's Apprentice Competiton.

Portrait of an Artist at the Mountains of Madness

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Artist and production designer, William Stout will give a presentation on how Antarctica, his career, and H.P. Lovecraft all fit together in a fascinating package.

Music of the Abyss

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Panelists with musical backgrounds discuss what goes into music for people like us- whether it be accompaniment for a radio play or film, or for just plain rocking out to! Shirley (M), Clark, Louve, Jordan, Nies

 

"Deep Ones" illustration by Mike Dubisch © all rights reserved.

Weird Tales: Beyond H.P. Lovecraft

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Lovecraft was published in Weird Tales magazine a multitude of times. What about the other numerous authors who contributed to Weird fiction - like William Hope Hodgson, Ambrose Bearce, Lord Dunsany, Clark Ashton Smith, and Arthur Machen? Panelists discuss influences on contemporary Weird. Lockhart (M), Griffin, Martin, Morris, Nicolay, Wagner

 

Cover of Weird Tales, October 1937, by Margaret Brundage

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