Nauticon News

Nauticon 2012 welcomes Jan Scott-Frazier as our Industry Guest Of Awesome

February 16th, 2012 - Webmaster Brian

Jan worked in the animation (anime) industry in Japan for almost 14 years and become an expert in many different aspects of animation production, such as cel painting, animating, backgrounds, camera and directing. She helped bring computer assisted (2D) animation production system to Japan and worked as a consultant for Cambridge Animation Systems (UK) on the Animo system and Celsys (Japan) on RETAS. She has translated manga, videos and games and has written and magazine articles and created training materials for cel painting, animation and computer animation. In 2006 she produced the album Voices for Peace as a charity benefit. She currently produces albums for Voices For, a non-profit corporation and is writing her memoirs. Check out her full bio on the Guests page!

Nauticon announces special pricing for Boston Fast Ferry!

February 15th, 2012 - Webmaster Brian

Nauticon 2012 is pleased to announce that Baystate Cruise Company, operator of the Boston Fast Ferry to Provincetown will offer attendees of Nauticon a round trip ticket for $73.00! This is a $10.00 discount off the usual price of $83.00! Nauticon attendees must contact Bay State Cruise Company representatives direct @ 877-783-3779 to make a reservation. In order to receive the discount you must identify yourself as Nauticon attendees and mention code 1129.

Nauticon 2012 is pleased to announce Tom Wayland as our Featured Guest Of Awesome

February 9th, 2012 - Webmaster Brian

Tom Wayland is proud to have made a long and successful career out of his most favorite things - acting, directing, and making raucous, loud rock and roll music. Tom has produced and/or directed hundreds of anime programs such as "Now & Then, Here & There", "Revolutionary Girl Utena", "Alien Nine", "The World of Narue", "Ichi the Killer", "Mew Mew Power", "Magical Do Re Mi", "GI Joe", and currently serves as the voice director on the hit series "Pokemon". Tom is also a very busy voice actor having appeared in hundreds of titles currently airing on Cartoon Network, Fox, WB, Nickelodeon or available on DVD. For his full bio check out our Guests page!

Nauticon 2012 announces cosplayer Guest of Awesome

February 7th, 2012 - Webmaster Brian

Nauticon 2012 is proud to welcome Ginger Anne London to it's guest lineup for 2012! GingerAnne is a Director in Film and Animation. As an award winning cosplayer throughout her years, she has been featured in many magazines, films, articles and even USA Today. She is also an illustrator, animator, and fantasy/scifi writer. Check out her full biography on our Guests page!

Artist's Colony Reminder

February 7th, 2012 - Webmaster Brian

The end date for application to Artist's Colony is February 28th. Vetting will be finished by March 10, so you will know if you have been accepted into the Nauticon Artist's Colony soon. Tables are free, but you must pay for a badge (and get your own room in the P-town Inn). FYI: badge prices go up from $45 to $55 on March 15.

Nauticon 2012 Panel Applications Live!

February 3rd, 2012 - Webmaster Brian

We are now accepting proposals for panels at Nauticon! Head over to our Panels page to fill out your application!

Nauticon announces party blocks

January 26th, 2012 - Webmaster Brian

We have set aside rooms 1- 32 at the Provincetown Inn as the official party block of the hotel for our attendees. It will be the most noisy area. If you want to throw a room party, please book your rooms in that area. A map of the hotel can be found here:

Nauticon 2012 Map

Rooms 33 and up are quieter rooms. Not quiet rooms, but quieter rooms. There really won't be any place that's truly quiet. ^ _ ^

Nauticon 2012 announces Wandering Legion as our Performing Guests of Awesome

January 19th, 2012 - Webmaster Brian

Nauticon 2012 is proud to confirm that the intrepid crew of the Wandering Legion of the Thomas Tew will be attending and performing at Nauticon 2012 as featured Guests of Awesome! Who are they? Glad you asked! Their full bio can be found on our Guests page, so go check them out!

Nauticon 2012 Announces Artist Guest Of Awesome!

December 19th, 2011 - Webmaster Brian

Nauticon is pleased to announce our first Artist Guest of Awesome: Bettina M. Kurkoski, the creator/writer/artist of My Cat Loki. Bettina looks forward to joining all of us at Nauticon and her full bio can be found on our Guests page.

Nauticon 2012 Artists Colony Now Open!

December 8th, 2011 - Webmaster Brian

That's right, we are now accepting table requests for our Artists Colony. Head over to our Artists' Colony page for more information on how to sign up!