It's Thursday you know what that means — another exciting guest announcement! We are adding another phenomenal comic creator to our 2023 lineup! He’s a Harvey Award-winning and NYT Best-Selling writer and artist of comics and graphic novels whose work has been...
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Make Way for The Queen of Hell: Ruth Connell!
Our next guest is a Scottish actress with a career that spans film, television, and theatre. Best known for her six-season run on Supernatural as everyone's favourite witch and Queen of Hell, Rowena MacLeod, she will next be seen in the upcoming HBO Max/DC series Dead...
Canadian Actor Tanner Zipchen is Back for Another Year!
Our next guest is a Canadian actor, writer, and host. Airing to millions of in-theatre movie fans, he became a household name as host of Canada's most-watched entertainment show. While he does continue to host on occasion, his focus continues to be acting, and he’s...
Join the Dark Side with Author Timothy Zahn!
Our next guest is an author who has published sixty-four novels, over a hundred short stories and novelettes, and five collections of short fiction. Best known for his sixteen Star Wars books, he is also the author of the Quadrail series, the Cobra series, the Icarus...
Hal-Con rolled a Nat 20 with this guest: Multi-talented creator Sam Maggs joins us for 2023!
While we’re considering our next guest to be a Comic Creator, the reality is she has definitely multi-classed! She’s a comics writer for much-loved titles like Marvel Action: Captain Marvel, Critical Role, and Transformers. She’s Narrative Lead for Wizards of...
Beam me up, Scotty! Hal-Con announces it’s first guest of 2023: Oded Fehr
We’re finally ready to start revealing our Guest List! Our (not so) secret plan is to announce a guest a week between now and October, so make sure to keep an eye on our web page and social media so that you're in the know! Also, speaking of worst kept...
Don’t Forget to Love Each Other and Yourselves!
The weekend I'm sure you all have been waiting for is finally here! With our first full-scale Hal-Con kicking off since 2019, our Board and Committee want to once more take a moment to remind all volunteers (ourselves included), guests, sponsors, vendors, Nelson, and...
A Reminder Before the Con
Greetings everyone! With Hal-Con 2022 approaching quickly, we just want to take a moment to remind all volunteers, guests, sponsors, vendors, Nelson, Board and Committee members, and our awesome attendees to take care of yourselves during the Convention. Please...
Eisner nominated comic book artist/writer Troy Little returns to Hal-Con!
TROY LITTLE originated in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He left for a while, but then went back. He has three kids, two cats and the best wife in the world. Troy spent years working in animation before shifting his focus full time to comics. He’s written and...
Hal-Con welcomes comic artist and writer, Brenda Hickey back to Halifax!
BRENDA HICKEY is a comic artist and writer from Prince Edward Island, Canada. She’s illustrated comics for “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” (IDW Publishing), collaborated with Bobby Curnow on original graphic novel “Ward’s Valley” (Top Shelf), and most recently...