Your favorite Event-Con has probably gone virtual, and ISU is no different.
After the success of the first ever ReggieCon in 2020-21, ReggieCon continues!
Illinois State University is bringing the “Con” tradition to Normal, with ReggieCon!
ReggieCon focuses on the depictions of race, gender, and ethnicity in comics, graphics novels, movies, and other popular media.
In celebration of the Hispanic Heritage Month:
UNDER THE COTTONWOOD TREE
Assigned Reading: Under the Cottonwood Tree
THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 23 – 7 PM
ReggieCon Panelists
Dr. Scott Jordan
Chair and Professor, ISU Department of Psychology.
Mr. Victor Dandridge
Founder, Vantage InHouse Productions.
Dr. Theresa Rojas
Professor of English and Director of the Latinx Comic Arts Festival, Modesto Junior College.
Dr. Eric Wesselmann
Associate Professor, ISU Department of Psychology.
Guest Panelists
Paul Meyer
Carlos Meyer
Margaret Hardy
Tentative ReggieCon Schedule 2021-2022
October 28, 2021
LGBT History Month
My Favorite Thing is Monsters
November 11 2021
Native American Heritage Month
Ghost River
December 2, 2021
Seasonal Depression Awareness Month
A Charlie Brown Christmas
February 24, 2022
Black History Month
Blackjack meets Black Panther
March 24, 2022
Women’s History Month
Jessica Jones Alias
April 14, 2022
Arab American Heritage Month
New Marvel Character, Amulet
May 5, 2022
Asian Pacific Heritage Month
My Neighbor Totoro
Visit the ReggieCon Merchandise Shop!
A portion of the proceeds from each order placed here will go to the Red and White Scholarship Fund, which provides support to Redbird students with demonstrated need and/or high academic achievement. All orders will be shipped once the store is closed on September 27.
PREVIOUS EVENTS
May 2021
In Celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month
April 2021
In Celebration of Diversity Month
March 2021
In Celebration of Women’s History Month
February 2021
In Celebration of Black History Month
October 2020
Recognizing LGBT History Month
September 2020
Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month