Want to get into No Brand Con for free? Volunteer 10 hours of your time over the weekend to do just that! Below is a link to the volunteer form.In the link below, you will find the volunteer form for this year. Once you see the form, go to File, and click Download. That will let you have your very own version of the form. Please fill it out as completely as possible, and either e-mail it to volunteering@nobrandcon.org or snail mail to the address down below.

Volunteer form

No Brand Con
PO Box 1892
Eau Claire, WI 54702
These forms are due by Saturday, April 28th.

If you have questions about any of the jobs you might be working, check out the Volunteer manual.

And if you’re not planning on volunteering but still want to save money, preregistration closes at the end of this week! Save yourself some money and register now!

No Brand Con is happy to announce indie film director Christopher Mihm as a fan guest for No Brand Con 2012! Director of such movies as “The Monster of Phantom Lake” and “It Came From Another World!”. He’ll be putting on a showing of “Attack of the Moon Zombies” at No Brand Con this year! Come watch!

For more info on Christopher Mihm, go look at our guest page.

Mega Ran (also known under the alias “Random”) and K-Murdock will be performing at No Brand Con 2012! The hip hop artist makes homage to old school gaming through his music, as seen in his albums Mega Ran (music about Mega Man), Forever Famicom (a homage to the NES and SNES), and Black Materia (a hip hop retelling of the story in Final Fantasy VII). Random’s performed at numerous music festivals such SXSW and Nerdapalooza, as well at San Diego Comic-con 2011.

Come hear them perform some of their old school gaming hip hop hits on Friday night at No Brand Con! For more information on Random and K-Murdock, check them out on our Guest Page.

No Brand Con is happy to announce Quinton Flynn as a guest for for our 2012 convention. He’s voiced iconic animated characters such as Spiderman, Speed Racer and Johnny Quest. His video game roles include Raiden in the Metal Gear Solid games, and Axel in Kingdom Hearts II.

Check the full description on our Guest Page

No Brand Con is happy to announce Chris Cason as a guest for for our 2012 convention. His most prominent voice acting roles include Mr. Popo and Tien in Dragonball Z, Jack the Ripper in Soul Eater, and Gluttony in Full Metal Alchemist. He’s also done ADR directing for Funimation, and has also had a number of videogame voice acting roles.

Check the full description on our Guest Page

The Gardening Ninja has written the No Brand Heroes a letter, as he’s a bit tired right now…

If you’d like to apply to become a No Brand Hero, you can find out more information right here!

No Brand Con is pleased to welcome back voice actor Kyle Hebert for another great year! Best known for his work as the Narrator in Dragon Ball Z, Kyle has also provided voice work for dozens of other anime series, as well as video games, and advertisements.

We’re also happy to have DJ Jinrei with us for his first visit to No Brand Con. Jinrei has been providing live mixes for clubs and parties in California and Las Vegas for years and now will be bringing his unique skills and exciting beats to bear at the No Brand Con dance!

For more information on our first two guests, click on the Guests link in the navigation bar above.

Finally, we would like to announce that all space in the Artists’ Alley has been filled! We look forward to seeing all the original art and crafts for sale during the con.

Every year you see No Brand Con’s intrepid mascots go on crazy adventures, but it looks like this year they’ll be one hero short. We’re going all out to find a replacement, so that they can get back to battling space mummies and businessrobots.

To find out how you can show the world what a great No Brand Hero you can be, check out the rules here. No only will you impress us with your superhuman powers, but one entrant will even get $30 dollars worth of swag or free admission to No Brand Con 2012!

You can now download our Artist Alley application, fill it out, and mail it in to us:

Sorry, Artist Alley Registration is now closed.

Tables are reserved on a first come, first serve basis and the Artist Alley tends to fill up very quickly, so don’t wait too long in filling it out and mailing it in to us. Also, remember the following requirements if you haven’t done so already from our update from last week. Being preregistered for the convention is a requirement in order to reserve a table, so make sure you do so before we receive your application in the mail!

Today is also the last day you’ll have to get in on our $25 early-bird preregistartion rate! You can preregister after today as well, but the rate will move up to $30 starting Sunday, October 2nd! Be sure to take advantage of the cheaper rate if you can!

Grandfather Vendor packets will also be mailed out this weekend. Once you’ve received yours, you can begin reserving your tables online!

And as always, you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter for convention updates.

Just a reminder you only have two more days to take advantage of our $25 early-bird preregistration rate! Your mail-in registration form must be post-marked by Saturday, October 1 or you must have registered online by midnight on Sunday, October 2nd to get in on this discounted rate! Starting Sunday, October 2 preregistration will move up to our standard $30 rate which will run until April 6, 2012 when preregistration for No Brand Con XI closes, so be sure to take advantage of this while you can!

Also, just a reminder that the application form for Artist Alley will go up tomorrow on Saturday, October 1st! Once the form is up, you can download it, fill it out, and send it in to us! Be sure you check the previous update below this one for details as there are a couple of specific requirements that need to be met before your reservation becomes final. Our Artist Alley tends to fill up very quickly, so don’t wait too long to fill out and mail your application in.

And as always, you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter for convention updates.