Hal-Con News

Marguerite Sauvage has had to cancel her appearance at Hal-Con due to a family emergency.  Our apologies for any inconvenience this has caused.

Hal-Con is less than a week away! We're sure by now you're starting to plan your days, and you might be wondering where you're going to eat. We've got some suggestions for you! Our sponsor Boston Pizza will be selling slices right on the convention floor, at booth...

Our next guest might not have been the best-kept secret - especially if you looked at our schedule when it was first promoted!. So this might not be a surprise but we are still thrilled to have her back with us for 2017! Please welcome Canadian Comic book artist,...

Our next artist and character designer is likely best known for her Daily Paintings - she creates one painting a day and posts it on her site. She's been doing this since 2012 and her topics range from incredibly adorable animals, mythological creatures, some pop...

Mitch Pileggi will only be appearing on Saturday and Sunday due to his current shooting schedule. He's filming late into the day on Thursday so as a result, he will have to take a Friday flight. If you purchased Friday autograph or photograph sessions with him,...

Unfortunately, Samuel Anderson has had to cancel due to filming commitments. He's very sorry he won't be able to make it and has sent his regrets via video. Prepurchased autographs and photographs will be refunded this evening. The guest team is hard at work looking...

Our guest team has truly outdone themselves with our next guest. They've had a busy couple of weeks working hard to get things finalized so that we could share the details with you and this news is hot off the presses- the contract was just signed yesterday afternoon!...

While guests are certainly a fun part of Hal-Con, we also are extremely proud of the programming that we put together! We wouldn't be able to do this without the help of some talented and amazing people! So, if I might direct you to the guest page, you'll now see...

Our guest team has been able to bring us an amazing author lineup this year, and we're excited to be able to announce another fantastic addition! This next Canadian novelist is perhaps best known for the 10 volume fantasy series Malazan Book of the Fallen. Please...

Unfortunately, due to filming commitments, James Marsters will be unable to appear at Hal-Con 2017. We recognize that you all will be incredibly disappointed, we are as well - our team worked for two years to bring him to our event. The Guest Team is hard at work...