iCON 2024 SCHEDULE

  • Doors Open!

    11:00am

    The Exhibition Hall opens up in “The Underground” at 248 Cabot Street, Beverly MA.

  • Designing for Narrative

    12:00pm - 1:00pm

    Illustrator, Animator, and UI/UX artist Devon George will share with iCON the tools and techniques for designing bgs, props, and characters and how it all comes back to narrative.


  • GTP Plushie Making

    12:00pm - 2:00pm

    The Games, Toys, and Play students open up their class space to the public to share the act of making toys.

  • New Game Demos

    2:00pm - 5:00pm

    The Games, Toys, and Play students at Montserrat will demo their new games, and you can play! See what fantastic games are in the making at GTP.


  • Magical Girls and Fighting Dreamers: Queer Representation in Manga and Anime

    2:30pm
    H101 - Hardie Building, Montserrat College of Art

    Magical Girls and Fighting Dreamers: Queer Representation in Manga and Anime

    Join fellow anime-enthusiast and MML Youth Services Librarian Dina Delic to learn about the history of queer representation in manga and anime! This program will give an overview of queer representation throughout various series, from The Rose of Versailles to Yuri on Ice, and will answer your most pressing questions: What is shipping? What is the difference between yaoi and yuri? Why are the greatest love stories in anime always platonic?

  • I Made a Comic. Now What?

    3:00pm - 4:00pm Paper Asylum

    Jay Hoffman from our very own Paper Asylum comic store is giving a crash course in marketing yourself and the stuff you're selling, so you can make your art WORK!


  • Event Closes

    5:00pm - Show Ends

    That’s it folks! The Exhibition Hall closes and another wonderful iCON event draws to a close.