Albuquerque Journal reporter Jennifer Huard was introduced to fandom by Francis Hamit. That’s how she discovered the particular charms of Bubonicon 41:

“There’s zombie face painting,” suggested the alien maiden in the crowd after overhearing me explain to Francis Hamit, my fellow geek and host for the day, that I felt under-dressed in my jeans and white cotton shirt amid the Imperial Storm Troopers, slime maidens and zombies….

[Thanks to Francis Hamit for the story.]