Magnum Opus Con worked on a "membership" basis, which enabled attendees to gain admittance to the convention for the entire weekend. Along with panels, seminars, and workshops with industry professionals, MOC often featured previews of upcoming films and even a celebrity softball game. The convention featured a large floorspace for exhibitors, including collectibles merchants and comic book dealers. Most MOCs took place over three days, from Friday to Sunday. Over its 16-year run, MOC featured hundreds of celebrity guests and ran hundreds of hours of programming for fans of science fiction, fantasy, comic books, gaming, and other elements of fandom. Organized by comics retailer Roland Castle, the convention was designed to attract science fiction fans of all stripes. states of Georgia and South Carolina from 1986 to 2001. Magnum Opus Con ( MOC) was an annual multigenre convention which generally took place each spring in various cities in the U.S. Roland Castle/Middle Georgia Society for Fantasy and Science Fiction
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