Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Huckleberries Online

Getting their geek on

Jessica Vowels, left, Ammie Hague, center, and Jennifer Baker display their cyberpunk, fairy and steampunk looks at SpoCon 2011.
Jessica Vowels, left, Ammie Hague, center, and Jennifer Baker display their cyberpunk, fairy and steampunk looks at SpoCon 2011.

Jessica Vowels, left, Ammie Hague, center, and Jennifer Baker display their cyberpunk, fairy and steampunk looks at SpoCon 2011.

They’re geeks and nerds and proud of it.

Fans of science fiction, fantasy and horror movies, literature, art and gaming checked out of the real world this weekend and into SpoCon, Spokane’s own sci-fi convention, where they were able to indulge in their favorite fantasies and exercise their imaginations.

The convention is a place where “geeks can learn to be better geeks,” said convention Chair Chris “Big C” Snell. Chelsea Bannach, SR  Full story.

Are you a sci-fi or fantasy fan? Does that make you a geek?



Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.