Anomaly Con 2014 - Scotty's Recap

As Anomaly Con has come and gone in Denver once again, I am left in awe.  Being pitched as one of the largest Steampunk cons in Denver may leave several people from wanting to attend but they pull it off for fans of Science Fiction as well.  With panels galore, Anomaly Con does not disappoint with all different types of topics that can tickle anyone’s fancy. 

The dealer room was something else with everything that was put on display.  From a great collection of Sci-Fi and Steampunk literature, several titles that I have been lucky enough to read to some fantastic creations that have come from the mind of the mad scientist Gary Alan Weston who had just put the finishing touches on his new R2-D2 unit that houses an ice bucket.  With anything and everything that the heart could desire being put in front of you, it is next to impossible to leave the vendor room without something in your hands.

I managed to work my way over the Artist and Author valley and that is for some reason where I always end up spending most of my time and money at any con these days.  I had a fun discussion with author Mark Everett Stone about how the con was treating him and how some of the topics in the panel rooms can go a completely different direction than intended left a smile on our faces.  Moving over to one of my favorite artists, Robert Elrod, I ended up purchasing one of the pieces I have been pining over for the past couple of months.

With everything else that was going on, the largest pull of the day had to be the costume contest.  When anyone puts their mind to it, they can come up with some of the most amazing get ups imaginable.  This contest should go down as one of the finest that I have seen in recent history.  Plenty of originality and shorter catwalk times made this very enjoyable and fun to watch.  As night started to move in and the valley started to clear out, the guests of started to move over into the more interesting panels and keep their nights going. 

A very enjoyable con, this being the first year I have attended Anomaly Con and not being disappointed as I am slowly starting to learn about the Steampunk culture and find the highs that go along with it.  Everyone was in high spirits and seemed to be enjoying themselves and everything was running like clockwork.  This was a con that had in attendance some of the nicest people that were willing to educate you on what you might have missed from the genre and not make you feel like an outsider while doing so.

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