convention & cosplay lore (est 2000)
Zot Con 2025 took place on March 1, 2025 at UC Irvine’s Student Center. This event took place during the public university’s homecoming festivities. For the sake of disclosure, I have ties to UC Irvine. I’m very happy to support…
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Zot Con Mini 2024 took place on the University of California, Irvine student center on Sunday, May 12, 2024. This was advertised as a one day “mini” event compared to previous Zot Con’s. We attended in 2023 as panelists. Zot…
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And they said, “Speak now.” Dearest Reader (not John)…you are invited to the Spring Quarter’s Zot Con Mini. Perhaps you are not a part of UC Irvine’s anteater obsessed community (I mean, we do have the most unique college mascot….
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Zot Con is a one day event at UC Irvine located in Orange County. The small university convention is very reminiscent of early anime conventions that used community college spaces as a place to gather in the name of fandom….
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Zot Con University took place on May 21, 2023 at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) student union building. This is your typical anime convention ran at a university by current and alumni of UCI. The one day event brought…
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