Hal-Con News

Our next guest is a Toronto-based illustrator and ASMR video creator on youtube. Through her ever growing platform she explores lifestyle, vintage fashion and pop culture. She recently starred in Reese: The Movie, and also writes and stars in original video content...

Unfortunately, due to filming commitments, Wallace Shawn will be unable to attend Hal-Con 2019.  Our guest team is already hard at work looking for a new actor to add to our guest line up.  Keep watching our social media for updates!

Our next guest has built a career entertaining audiences and impressing critics with his work in numerous films and television series’ delivering standout performances time and again with his tremendous range of characters.  On television, he has made a lasting...

Do you love attending all of the amazing programming we have to offer? Do you excel at keeping things running smoothly and on time? Good news! There are still a few spots available to volunteer with  Hal-Con 2019!  We're looking for a few good people to act as Panel...

Local Heroes are individuals that have gone out of their way to make a difference in both the geek community and the community at large - through creative pursuits, through volunteering and advocacy and by just being great people. We wish it was possible to feature...

Our next guest is a Twitch streamer based out of Saskatchewan. She grew up playing video games from Pokemon Red to Uncharted to RPGs like Kingdom Hearts. With a love of performing, streaming has allowed her to bring her two passions together. She’s a member of the...

Our next guest recently collaborated with novelist Margaret Atwood to adapt her classic dystopian work, The Handmaid's Tale, into a bestselling graphic novel. A Canadian artist and writer, she is known for her vivid watercolour dreamscapes, where folklore and pop...

We're back with another announcement - this time for our Gaming fans!   Our next guest has worked in the Tabletop Industry for almost 20 years, the first 14 of them with industry leader Games Workshop, building their sales business across North America. Now back home...

Our next guest is a #1 New York Times best-selling graphic novelist, known for co-creating the series Angel Catbird with novelist Margaret Atwood. He has also recently adapted the screenplay to Alien 3 into a critically acclaimed graphic novel, and created the graphic...

You may know our next guest as the cartoonist behind the popular comic Savage Chickens but he is also the creator of Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy, a series of graphic novels for all ages. He was born in rural Ontario where he claims to have been raised by a pack of wild...