by ICG Press | Feb 28, 2026 | ICG Press Publications
← Select to preview 🎧 Preview audiobook Description In 1877, author Jules Verne organized a costumed masquerade ball in his home town of Amiens, France, and sent out over 700 invitations. This affair was unlike anything before because hundreds of attendees came...
by ICG Press | Feb 24, 2025 | ICG Press Publications
← Select to preview Description The Masquerade Handbook was developed in 1991 to help those wonderful people who volunteer to run science fiction and fantasy masquerade competitions. The art of competitive costuming had blossomed over the previous decade, and the...
by ICG Press | Jan 7, 2025 | ICG Press Publications
← Select to preview Description In 1939, two fans of sci-fi literature from California, Forrest J Ackerman and Myrtle R Douglas, attended the first World Science Fiction Convention, in New York City. They attracted a lot of attention because they were the only...
by ICG Press | Jan 7, 2025 | ICG Press Publications
← Select to preview Description The ICG Masquerade Guidelines provide invaluable assistance to costume Masquerade Directors at conventions and other events in writing and implementing rules to ensure fair competition, and they serve as a resource for ensuring...
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