Portland, Oregon model Victoria Lovecraft has been exploring her fascination with Japanese-style rope bondage ever since she saw her first shibari performance in 2017. Her dynamic rope suspension performances with shibari artist Noble Manqué display the beauty of the authentic deep connection that is possible between trusting tying partners.

His anime credits include Franky in One Piece, Endeavor in My Hero Academia, North No. 2 in Pluto, DIO in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Grimmer in Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, Jiren in Dragon Ball Super, Gamagoori in Kill la Kill, Thor in Marvel Future Avengers, Riz in Beastars, Kunikida in Bungo Stray Dogs, Takeda in My Senpai is Annoying, Thorkell in Vinland Saga, Dobu in OddTaxi, Inugami in Kemono Jihen, JP in Redline, Isshin Kurosaki and Kenpachi (2.0) in Bleach, and Dante in Black Clover.

On the gaming side of the equation, you can hear Patrick as Dark Cacao in Cookie Run: Kingdom, Handler Walter in Armored Core VI, Ragna the Bloodedge in BlazBlue, Garrosh Hellscream and Arthas Menethil in World of Warcraft, Artanis in StarCraft, Hector in Fire Emblem Heroes and Fire Emblem Engage, Olberic in Octopath Traveler, Warm Male Voice in The Sims 4, Texas in Them’s Fighting Herds, and Zephyr in Tales of Arise, just to name a few.

Patrick’s pre-lay animation credits include Tygra and Mumm-Ra in ThunderCats Roar, Sandy in Lego Monkie Kid, Scorpion in Mortal Kombat Legends, and various incidentals in the likes of Inside Out, Monsters University, and Storks.

Patrick has directed for many games, including Fire Emblem Awakening, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Fire Emblem Engage, Rune Factory IV, State of Decay, and Scarlet Nexus.  His anime adapting/directing credits include Pluto, Your Lie in April, Anohana, and Aggretsuko.  He’s also adapted the likes of Summer Wars, Wolf Children, Steins;Gate, Romeo x Juliet, Sengoku Basara, and Hellsing: Ultimate, and directed Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, among others.

On the rare occasions Patrick isn’t experiencing what feels like a several-months-long, work-induced fever dream, he can be found napping, reading books, enjoying an espresso tonic, and visiting cat cafés.

Covering the unique intersection between cosplay and disability, she showcases ways to create costumes through adaptive designs and mobility aid decorations. In addition to making cosplays, Colleen also has performance experience through skits and lip-syncs where she explores adaptive dance techniques. Colleen has won awards for cosplay craftsmanship and performance.

Fan Art Categories include:

• Digital Art
• Traditional Art
• Experimental Media
• Judge's Challenge "Kintsugi"— how will you add gold to what is broken?

Show off your skills and let your art shine!

Please be sure your entry adheres to the contest's rules before submitting your art. All entries, either online or in-person, must be received by 11:00pm on Friday, November 13.

Hard copies will be accepted at the convention at the Programming Office (C125-126). The best care will be taken of your art, but Kumoricon is not responsible if damage or loss happens while judging.

Please make sure your entry adheres to the contest's rules before applying.

Entries will close at 11:59pm PT on September 27. We can't wait to see everyone's amazing costumes!

She has published numerous articles for academic and general interest publications, literary translations, and guides to publishing and professionalization skills. She is the Faculty Fellow of a University of Oregon residence hall and has received a national award for her mentorship work. Alisa enjoys presenting at public events like cultural festivals, anime cons, reading groups, and TEDx.

As usual for our online meetings, the meeting will be streamed in real time on Kumoricon's Twitch channel. Additional participation is available on our public Discord server.

If you have news to report during the "Good of the Order" portion of the meeting, you can email goto@kumoricon.org OR open.mic@kumoricon.org OR good.of.the.order@kumoricon.org. You can email Good of the Order at any time during the year, and your email will be reviewed during the next regular meeting.

"Good of the Order" is a great place to share new anime you've been watching, bring up exciting activities you recommend people try, ask questions, or share news you think would be relevant to the staff and attendees of Kumoricon.

If you are an organization member (voting staff) of Kumoricon, you may officially participate in this meeting, including counting toward quorum and the ability to vote, using the procedures listed on the Meetings page.

The Meetings page will always show the most up-to-date schedule for dates, times, and locations for meetings of the membership.

See you there!