Hey folks, the crazy No Brand Heroes are at it again, and are invading another convention for a good old fashioned OAAH! Room party.

At the end of the month/beginning of March we’ll be showing up at MarsCon, in Bloomington, MN. Our party is on the Saturday night of the convention (March 1st), so look out for us. Our parties tend to be quite a bit of fun, so stop on by our room on the 13th floor, say hello, and have a great time.

Or don’t. It’s really up to you.

That same weekend, February 29th-March 2nd, some of our staffers will also be walking around Anime Milwaukee at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. While we won’t be running a room party there, we will be coming to have a great time.

If any of you No Brand Heroes are attending these conventions, and you have No Brand Con T-shirts, you should make sure you wear them – so we can find you and say hello!

We’re proud to announce that all space in the No Brand Con 007 vendor room has been filled! That’s the fastest we’ve ever filled up the space. We’ll have a list of confirmed vendors up as soon as we can.

We’ve also uploaded information on our Artist’s Alley — which you can find online here.

So, while our website is still in flux (and not everything is up yet), we’ve added quite a bit of handy information this weekend for your enjoyment.

Make sure you poke around, but if you visit the attendee and vendor pages you’ll find some new information that wasn’t there before, along with printable, mail-in versions of our registration forms (which we know some of you were patiently waiting for). On the Attendee page you’ll also find a link to the documentation on Sponsoring No Brand Con (PDF).

Look out for more information and updates soon!

We’re pleased to announce that both attendee and vendor registration is open for No Brand Con 2008, our seventh convention. Preregistering has many benefits, including saving a little cash ($30 for a weekend pass instead of $35, along with a discounted T-Shirt Cost) and the option to sign up for our annual Sunday Brunch with the Guests.

And vendors, remember that our Vendor room space can run out, so be sure to register as soon as possible!

Attendee Registration Page
Vendor Registration Page

Sorry for the short term issues with the site. You can see our news section has been restored, and forums have returned to their normal home.

We’re taking steps to ensure that this does not happen again. Thank you for your patience.

NoBrandCon 2007 wrapped up yesterday evening, closing what may be the best NoBrandCon yet! We’re sure a bunch of you are coming to the site for the first time – so why not check out our forums while you’re here? It will give you a chance to talk to your fellow congoers and talk about your favorite parts of this year’s con!

We reached a record attendance again (905 attendees at last count), making 2007 our biggest year to date, and we hope you all join us next year for NoBrandCon 7 in 2008!

For some reason, someone tried to hide this video from us, as it’s a couple of weeks old. In an attempt to show you how much work you’d never expect goes into NoBrandCon, we thought we’d let you into one of our more obscure committees. So, check out the infamous NoBrandCon Science Committee!

No Brand Con is only a few days away.

Are you excited? I’m excited.

To make your experience easier, we’re releasing a simple schedule so you can plan your No Brand Experience. Of course, our official program guide (which you’ll receive at the convention) will have more information than this, but we figured this would get you started.

See you in a few days!

Hey folks – those of you who visited NoBrandCon’s website this week may have noticed a few glitches. You know, things like the site being down.

(That’s still a glitch, right?)

These were caused by problems with our hosting company, and we apologize severely for this ill-timed problem. But our webmonkeys went straight to work, fought through lines of code and data, and have been restoring the website! The forums are back up, as is this news section (obviously), and so much more. Thank you for bearing with us in this technically irritating moment, and we hope to see you all in person in a week!

That’s right, NoBrandCon is only a week away! Please feel free to dance around in joy.

Are you excited yet?

You guys rock — we had a record-breaking pre-registration period, ending with over 300 people signed up for the con! To put that into perspective, that’s twice the pre-regs and half the total attendance for 2006. 2007 will be nothing short of amazing.

We start sending out confirmation letters this week, so keep an eye on your mailbox. If for some reason you don’t get yours before you leave for the con, just make sure you have a photo ID handy — we have everyone in our system, so either way it won’t take you long to get in the doors.

Thanks again everyone for making this another record-breaking year. We look forward to seeing you later this month!