Project: A-Kon 9 - Brunch and Spray Paint - May 31, 1998


For an additional ticket price, A-Kon fans got to share a Sunday brunch with the featured convention artists and say hello to Mari Hazlewood, organizer of the event.

What the group might not have expected was that the artists would be called upon to sign the "great wall," the stage set that was used in A-Kon's convocation hall. Steve Bennett led off...

...and produced this portrait, to the right of the autograph of voice actor Amy Howard.

Mio Odagi and Reijiro Kato then joined in with their spray cans.

Odagi's painting is the black "Do-Do" next to the yellow and green script signed by Ippongi Bang. Off to the right is the signature of Newton Ewell.

Kato's work is the pair of green pictograms above the jumping yellow...well, take a close look and you can figure out what it is.

Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons amazed the crowd when she took two cans of green paint and started simultaneously drawing with both hands, producing a green cat, meowing "Nya!" in Japanese.

Martial arts action director Michi Yamato showed he could draw a bit. He pumped out a quick Kamen Rider on the A-Kon 9 wall.

Pat Duke and Elin Winkler of Radio Comix took the basic graffiti approach to their panel of the wall.

And, after most of the brunch crowd had left, Tiffany Grant grabbed a couple of paint cans and added her signature.
Announced at the brunch were the A-Kon 9 fan awards:
Best anime series - Ranma 1/2
Best anime OVA - Tenchi-Muyo
Best anime movie -Ghost in the Shell
Best new TV series - Vampire Princess Miyu
Best new OVA series - Magic Knights Rayearth
Best new movie - End of Evangelion
Best female character - Lina Inverse
Best male character - Lupin III
Best non-human character - Ryo-ohki
Best mecha design - Neon Genesis Evangelion