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Location:
Best Western Chicago-Hillside.
4400 Frontage Road, Hillside, Illinois -- a near western suburb of Chicago. The room rate is $89 plus taxes. Mention the “Mucker Dum-Dum" when registering.

Hotel phone: 708-544-9300.

The hotel offers free shuttle service to and from O’Hare Airport for its guests. Ask the hotel for more information.

Convention Cost: $120
Includes four days packed with activities ... a dealers’ room, Mucker Jeopardy, a panel discussion hosted by J. Allen St. John expert Stephen Korshak, a reception at the site of the planned new ERB museum in Oak Park, a tour of homes where ERB lived and wrote some of his most thrilling adventures, a banquet on Saturday night, and many hours of banter with fans. A new hardcover edition of The Mucker, too.

Spouse/Guest ticket: $50
Includes banquet ticket and other events. But we’re also planning pay-as-you-go activities around Chicago for spouses.

Free admission to dealer room, panel, Mucker Jeopardy, auction.

Fans of Tarzan, John Carter, and all the other heroes of Edgar Rice Burroughs gather

Your convention package will feature the Muckers’ special hardcover edition of “The Mucker” and “The Return of the Mucker,” featuring 40 illustrations contributed by 17 major genre artists and fans. The dust jacket features a full-color illustration by Artist Guest of Honor Tom Floyd.

Guests of Honor

George McWhorter, curator of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Memorial Collection at the Ekstrom Library of the University of Louisville.

Thomas Floyd, creator, artist, and writer of the online comic strip Captain Spectre.

Stephen D. Korshak, author of ``Grand Master of Fantasy: The Paintings of J. Allen St. John’’ and ``From the Pen of Paul: The Fantastic Images of Frank R. Paul.’’

A cover of The Mucker Magazine by member Greg Phillips

SCHEDULE

Thursday, Aug. 19 Dealers' room open all day, Mucker Jeopardy, a presentation by author / editor Stephen D. Korshak  on the art of J. Allen St. John, and evening barbeque at Mucker Jerry Spannraft’s home. Some of the people coming are bringing guitars and other instruments for a little blues and jazz session at Jerry’s. More musicians welcome to join the jam.

Friday, Aug. 20 Dealers' room open in morning, bus tour of Oak Park ERB homes, a visit to the future home of the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest’s Edgar Rice Burroughs Museum, and reception at society’s current site, Pleasant Home. Some of us will be hitting some blues clubs after that, all welcome to join.

Saturday, Aug. 21 Dealers' room open in the morning, the annual Burroughs Bibliophile auction in the afternoon, and the banquet / award presentation in the evening

Sunday, Aug. 22 Farewell breakfast on your own at the hotel restaurant; garden party at Mucker Jim Hadac’s nearby home in the afternoon

In addition to The Mucker book, your convention package will contain a special convention shirt, pin back, program book, souvenir banquet ticket, restaurant guide, book store locations, maps, attractions information, and whatever else we can get contributed by the local Chamber of Commerce.

For early attendees, join The Muckers at a nearby Safari Land restaurant Wednesday night for pizza, games, bowling, and other activities. $12 at the door.

The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest is moving to a new location that will feature a permanent display dedicated to one of Oak Park’s most famous residents, Edgar Rice Burroughs. The 2010 Dum Dum will tour this location, and have a reception at the society’s current location. Built in 1898 at the corner of Lake Street and Lombard Avenue, it is the oldest public building in Oak Park. Pics of the society’s current ERB exhibit HERE.

Frank Frazetta, 2-9-28 to 5-10-10.

J. Allen St. John’s “Mucker”

Visit www.panthanpress.com/muckers for the Muckers / Dum Dum message board. Please register and join the discussion of our plans.

Questions? E-mail Elmo at panthanpress@yahoo.com

Make checks payable to Jeff Long and mail to:

Jeff Long

4896 N. Ashland Ave., 2E

Chicago, IL 60640

Include the name you want on your badge, your phone number and e-mail address. Indicate golf shirt size (S, M, L, XL, XXL) and if you want a dealers’ table, which is included in the full $120 registration price -- first come, first served, as available. One spouse/guest ticket ($50) available for each full-price ticket purchased. (Does not include convention package with The Mucker book.)  E-mail me about Paypal option. For people who just want to check out the dealers’ room, admission is free.

Tarzan and The Mucker Empire

By Elmo, with help from Frazetta

We who had taken the uniform of the Kash Guard discarded them for our own garb, as we had no mind to go abroad in the hated livery of our oppressors. That very night we saddled their horses with the fifty saddles that were there and fifty men rode the balance of the horses bareback. That made one hundred mounted men and the others were to follow on foot to Chicago. "On to Chicago!" was our slogan.
Julian 9th, The Moon Men. By Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Aug. 7, 1914 Chicago Daily Tribune front page HERE

Convention Committee: Joan Bledig, Mike Conran, Dave Gorecki, Jim Hadac, Ray Le Beau, Jeff Long, Ken Manson, Greg Phillips, Bill Ross, Jerry Spannraft.

Bruce Wood

1947-2009

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