Anime Improv, pixel art, film editing, and cosplay are just a few of the many exciting activities offered at this year’s Iigurubando Con in small town Fairfield.
Iigurubando Con-5 is a one-day fundraising event in which all proceeds will be used to support Fairfield High School’s Grand Band from Eagle Land.
Featured at the Con are artists, writers, musicians, video games, tabletop games, Cosplay and everything “Geeky.”
Returning this year is are artists Shonuff! Studio, Wilde Designs, Songbird Pixel Art, Cooper Creative Art, Dusk Comics, and The Art of Eliamaria M. Crawford.
Shonuff! Studio will do a Sketch Dojo where they teach others to draw and sharpen their artistic skills.
Songbird Pixel Art will hold a panel on “How To Make Pixel Art.”
All artists will have booths set up with their creations for sale.
Also returning is Godswill Ugwa Jr. of Funimation, a featured guest from Iigurubando Con 3. He will hold a panel filled with new Anime previews and lots of trivia and prizes.
Darren “TekForce” is back again, and will teach a panel on “How To Create Beats” using samples from Anime music.
Featured guest is Lisa Umbarger, one of the founding members of the 1990’s Grunge band, the Toadies. She will hold a Q&A panel where she will talk about her life as a musician and entrepreneur.
The final panel will include all of the female guests. It will be a Q&A focusing on the obstacles they have had to overcome in their field, as a woman.
Following the final panel, there will be a closing ceremony with prize giveaways.
Iigurubando Con will be set up like a big “Con,” but with a Hometown feel. The Con will run from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 26, 2019.
Doors open at 9 a.m. and entry is $20 per person; donations are always appreciated.
There will be a video game room set up with multiple gaming consoles for free play.
New this year is a Super Smash Brothers Ultimate Tournament played on the Nintendo Switch. Come early to sign up to compete!
TekForce
Darren ‘TekForce’ Columbus has always been engrossed in nerd culture. As a child of the 80’s, he was exposed to everything from G.I. Joe to Transformers and movies like Ghostbusters and TRON.
At the same time that he developed his love of everything nerdy, he also began his love of Hip-Hop music.
He was influenced by groups like A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan and Gangstaar, and eventually, years later, started performing his own music.
He released his first album, Tek Support, to critical acclaim and has since performed at several conventions, such as Dallas Comic Con, Doc’s Comics and Games, Classic Gaming Fest, Retropalooza, and even at opening night of The National Video Game Museum in Frisco, Texas.