Octocon Presents on Culture Night – How Do You Spell Fairy?

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…

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…

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…