CONvergence guests of honor are chosen very carefully. Sure, we want our guests to attend panels and share knowledge in their areas of expertise with us.
In addition to that, we also want them to have fun! Guests of Honor are also highly encouraged to experience all the other activities that the convention has to offer.
Over the convention weekend, CONvergence guests of honor are highly encouraged to go to room parties, to mingle with the crowd, and to get to know us as much as we get to know them.

We're proud to announce the following Guests of Honor for 2008:

• Trace Beaulieu - Puppeteer, Writer and Actor from Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Cinematic Titanic
• Robert Meyer Burnett - Filmmaker, director of Free Enterprise, and producer of DVD extras
• Christian Colquhoun - Prop-builder and physical effects artist whose projects include Galaxy Quest, Van Helsing, and Firefly.
• Larry Dixon - Co-author of Mage Wars and Dariens Tale series, author of many short stories and game material and fantasy artist.
• Daren Dochterman - Designer and illustrator for over 35 feature films, including Star Trek: The Motion Picture Special Edition.
• Mark Evanier - Television and Comic Book Writer.
• Eric Flint - Author.
• Kenneth Hite - Role-playing game designer for GURPS, the Star Trek role playing game, and beyond.
• Dr. James Kakalios - U of M physics professor, author of The Physics of Superheroes.
• Harry Knowles - Creator of Aint-It-Cool-News.com.
• Jay Knowles - Creator of Harry Knowles (and contributor to AICN).
• John Kovalic - Cartoonist and Game designer: Dork Tower, Dr. Blink, Out of the Box Games.
• Mercedes Lackey - Author of many popular novels, including the Valdemar and Bardic Voices series and folk music lyricist.
• Bridget Landry - Engineer on the teams of the Hubble Space Telescope, the Mars Pathfinder project, the Cassini Mission to Saturn, and other space missions.
• Peter Mayhew - The actor who played the beloved Chewbacca in the original Star Wars Trilogy and in Episode III.
• Andrew Probert - Production Designer for Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and Airwolf.
• Vincent Truitner - Animation and CGI artist.
• David Weber - Author of the Honor Harrington series and other military science-fiction.
• Len Wein - Writer for comics and animation, creator of Swamp Thing, Nightcrawler & Wolverine.
• Greg Weisman - Creator of Disney’s Gargoyles and supervising producer of The Spectacular Spider-Man for 2008.
• Wally Wingert - Voice Actor
• Marv Wolfman - Writer for comics and animation, creator of Blade, Bullseye & The New Teen Titans.
• Bernie Wrightson - Comic Book Artist/Illustrator