Join us ONLINE for Culture Night, Friday 22nd September at 6 PM on our YouTube channel! For such a small island, Ireland’s folklore certainly has a vast variety of Fair Folk, many of whom have influenced the various types of fairies, pixies, sprites and elves across many fictional realms and worlds. ‘Fairy’ is often the…
Category: Octocon Presents
Octocon at Dublin Comic Con – Summer Edition
Octocon is delighted to announce that we’ll be at Dublin Comic Con this month, with a fantable and a panel! Join us for a lively discussion on Sunday at 11am in the Geek Ireland room (subject to change by DCC) as we explore the topic of No Space for You (So Make Your Own): Disability,…
Octocon Presents: Telling Queer Stories
30th June 2023 @ 20:00 UTC+1 Explicitly queer stories haven’t always been readily available for readers and viewers, particularly not those from small communities or oppressive cultures. Our panel of storytellers take up the mantle of queer heroes for the next generation, to tell the stories they couldn’t hear when they were growing up. Where…
Octocon Presents: How to Get Started Writing Comic Scripts
To help celebrate Free Comic Day 2023 our Chair Paul Carroll has put together a workshop on writing short comics. In this 30 minute workshop, Paul Carroll provides an insight into the craft of writing for comics, drawing on his experiences in the Irish independent comics scene and the production of Limit Break Comics’ myth…
#OctosDayOut at Dublin Comic Con – Spring Edition
On the 11th of March 2023, Octo arrived at Dublin Comic Con on board the USS Cuchulain Octo and their bridge crew set up shop in the Fan Village on the Liffey Level, beside the Artist Alley, and began to make magic… With the magic rollator all magicked up, other team-mates began to arrive, and…
Octocon is going to Dublin Comic Con – Spring Edition
On the weekend of 11-12 March, a group from the Octocon Team will be attending Dublin Comic Con. We’ll have a table in the fan village on the Liffey Level, beside the Artist Alley. Our Chair will also be tabling with his comic collective. We’re excited to get to talk to people about the plans…
Octocon Presents: Fireside Fan Chat
In case you missed it, our first Octocon Presents of 2023 will be live from Wednesday, the 8th of February @ 8pm IST. Shortly before Christmas – and before a few power outages for our Chaotic Goose/Virtual Manager Faranae – members of our team sat down for a ‘fireside fanchat’ to reflect on their favourite…