2015 RodCon Photos
This collection contains photographs of the 2015 RodCon event held at the Rod Library at the University of Northern Iowa.
Go to the RodCon Photo Galleries homepage, to see all of the RodCon related photo galleries.
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13 and under Costume Contest at the 2015 RodCon Mini Comi Con
Alt Text: Ages 13 and under costume contest participants dress as their favorite comic book/anime/manga/sci-fi/movie/game/series character. Prizes awarded based on several categories.
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14 and over Costume Contest at the 2015 RodCon Mini Comi Con
Alt Text: Costume contest participants dress as their favorite comic book/anime/manga/sci-fi/movie/game/series character. Prizes awarded based on several categories.
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Artist Alley at the 2015 RodCon Mini Comi Con
Alt Text: A wide variety of artists showcase their designs, toys, and collectibles.
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Bailey Hager presents "Surviving Conventions Without Losing Your Mind: The Return" at the 2015 RodCon Mini Comi Con
Alt Text: Presenter Bailey Hager leads a panel to help attendees navigate different types of conventions.
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Belegarth Demonstration at the 2015 RodCon Mini Comi Con
Alt Text: Belegarth is the University of Northern Iowa Swordfighting Club. Attendees learn the game of medieval/fantasy-style combat using foam padded weapons.
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Brandon Dean presents "The Controversial Christian Comics of Jack T. Chick" at the 2015 RodCon Mini Comi Con
Alt Text: Presenter Brandon Dean explores the controversial worldview contained within the works of Jack T. Chick and his associates. Labeled by some critics as "hate literature," the Christian cartoon tracts of Chick take aim at Roman Catholicism, Islam, homosexuality, and a variety of other targets. Through contextualizing the tracts within a larger American Evangelical Christian history and looking at other comics with religious content that garnered controversy for very different reasons (such as Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher and Naif al-Mutawa's The 99), Dean shows the complexities of the religiously motivated offensiveness of one of the twentieth-century's most published comics creators.
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Fashion Show at the 2015 RodCon Mini Comi Con
Alt Text: A superhero inspired fashion show by University of Northern Iowa students in the Textiles and Apparels Program (TAPP).
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Kid Zone at the 2015 RodCon Mini Comi Con
Alt Text: In the Kid Zone a variety of crafts to pick from including lightsabers and superhero masks.
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Magic Tournament at the 2015 RodCon Mini Comi Con
Alt Text: A Magic tournament sponsored by the comic book store "The Core".
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Plenty of photo opportunities at the 2015 RodCon Mini Comi Con
Alt Text: Attendee has a picture taken with some favorite characters.
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Supergirls at the 2015 RodCon Mini Comi Con
Alt Text: Attendees patiently wait for the 14 and over costume contest to begin.
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Upcoming Cedar Valley artists at the 2015 RodCon Mini Comi Con
Alt Text: High school art show entries.
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Whiteboard art by Chelsea McNamee at the 2015 RodCon Mini Comi Con
Alt Text: Whiteboard design by library student assistant Chelsea McNamee.
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Zach Lowe presents "Down the Rabbit Hole" at the 2015 RodCon Mini Comi Con
Alt Text: Zach Lowe's presentation "Down the Rabbit Hole" explores how animation portrays a young woman’s journey to adulthood through the “Wonderland” movie. Starting with Disney’s 1951 film Alice in Wonderland, young female protagonists often find themselves transported to another world in order to fully reach maturity. Lowe looks at how two recent films, Laika’s Coraline and Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away continues in this tradition and the similarities of
these young girls’ quest to become women.
