OH!CON 2022

OH!CON 2022 was held at Stornoway Town Hall, Stornoway Library and An Lanntair on Saturday 29 October 2022

The Outer Hebrides' first comic con!

What a fantastic day! Superheroes, robots, mighty adventurers and strange creatures roamed through the streets of Stornoway. We saw hundreds of people through the door to enjoy talks, workshops, gaming sessions and more.

In the run up, there were cosplay workshops at the library and An Lanntair ran character design and superhero emblem workshops.  A screening of 'The Earth Dies Screaming' with a special introduction by Hereward Proops kicked off OH!CON on Thursday.

On Friday, twelve teams pitted their geekiest knowledge against each other in The Big OH!CON Quiz, held at Stornoway Library. A big nerdy well done to Quizzilatiop Over-Thruster – the first OH!CON quiz champions!

And on the day there were workshops and talks covering topics from writing and drawing comics, to creating robotics, to the business of games, and the history of the Beano.

Activities included Nerf, LEGO, VR, figurine painting, a pop-up comics library, and green-screen photography.

Gateway Nerds and Western Isles Wargamers ran gaming sessions all day, and UHI designed and provided a unique arcade machine especially for OH!CON.

And there were tons of fabulous costumes – we saw imperial stormtroopers, federation star fleet officers, superheroes, supervillains, hobbits, Daleks, and more.

Publications

• 2022 poster (pdf)
• Heroes of the Outer Hebrides  - a comic produced by Magic Torch Comics in collaboration with schools across the Outer Hebrides.

Guests

We were blessed with an extraordinary set of guests for our first OH!CON – writers, artists, game designers and more. They delivered brilliant talks, workshops, panels and interviews throughout the day.