(Did you mean a fanzine reproduction method?)
Ditto, founded in 1988, is a small, friendly, fanzine-fan convention held irregularly in the fall.
The con ditto is named for the best-known brand of spirit duplicator. Thus, maintains Dick Smith, who once worked in a building that had housed that company, when not beginning a sentence, the name of the con ought to be spelled in lowercase, matching the duplicator's expired trademark.
Ditto moves around to different locations as chosen by The Ditto Masters, an informal cadre of past conchairs that controls the convention; Hope Leibowitz, the only fan to have attended all of the cons, is also a member.
Website (archived).
| Convention |
Date |
Location |
Organized by |
Notes
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| Ditto 1 |
1988 |
Toronto |
Bob Webber, Taral, Mike Glicksohn, Alan Rosenthal, Catherine Crockett, et al. |
Boyd Raeburn named goh, but didn’t attend.
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| Ditto 2 |
October 13–15, 1989 |
San Francisco |
Patty Peters & Gary Mattingly |
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| Ditto 3 |
October 5–7, 1990 |
Northbrook, IL |
Dick & Leah Zeldes Smith |
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| Ditto 4 |
October 18–20, 1991 |
Virginia Beach |
Cathy Doyle & Kip Williams |
Ned Brooks “randomly” chosen as goh.
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| Ditto V |
October 23–24, 1992 |
Cincinnati |
Bill Bowers, Pat & Roger Sims and the Cincinnati Fantasy Group |
in conjunction with Octocon 29
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| Ditto 6 |
November 19–21, 1993 |
Cambridge, MA |
Bob Webber & Sarah Prince |
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| Ditto 7 |
1994 |
Ann Arbor |
Leslie Smith & Ken Josenhans |
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| Ditto 8 |
November 3–5, 1995 |
Seattle |
Alan Rosenthal & Janice Murray |
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| Ditto 9 |
1996 |
El Paso, TX |
Richard Brandt & Michelle Lyons |
Smallest ever.
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| Ditto 10 |
October 24–26, 1997 |
Cincinnati |
Pat & Roger Sims, Bill Bowers, and Bill Cavin and the Cincinnati Fantasy Group |
in conjunction with Octocon 34
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| Ditto 11 |
November 6–8, 1998 |
Newport, RI |
Priscilla Olson, Mark Olson, Bob Webber and George Flynn |
GoH: Ed Meskys.
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| Ditto 12 |
October 29–31, 1999 |
Minneapolis |
Karen Cooper, Jeff Schalles, Martin Schafer, Dean Gahlon, David Emerson, Sharon Kahn |
in conjuction with Minn-stf Fallcon
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| Ditto 13 |
September 22–24, 2000 |
Addison, Texas |
Cris & Neil Kaden |
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| Ditto 14 |
October 12–14, 2001 |
Bloomington, IL |
Dick & Leah Zeldes Smith, Bob & Fern Tucker, Henry & Letha Welch |
Held jointly with FanHistoriCon 11. Jack Speer, keynote speaker.
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| Ditto 15 |
October 18–20, 2002 |
Toronto |
Murray Moore, Colin Hinz, Catherine Crockett Lloyd & Yvonne Penney, Mike Glicksohn, Taral, Jim Caughran |
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| Ditto 16 |
October 10–13, 2003 |
Eugene, Oregon |
Alan Rosenthal, Loren MacGregor and Janice Murray |
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| Ditto 17 |
October 8–10, 2004 |
Orlando, Florida |
Pat & Roger Sims |
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| Ditto 18 |
October 14–16, 2005 |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Henry & Letha Welch, Trinlay Khadro, Henry Osier, Greg Rihn, Georgie Schnobrich and Dick & Leah Zeldes Smith |
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| Ditto 19 |
October 25–27, 2007 |
Gualala, California |
Alan Rosenthal |
AKA ArtCon
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