The Buffy the Vampire Slayer track at Dragon*Con will boast quite a turnout of celebrity guests this year. Welcoming back Andrew Hallett (“Lorne”), Dragon*Con is very pleased to add James Marsters (“Spike”), James Leary (“Clem”), Iyari Limon (“Kennedy”), and Danny Strong (“Jonathan”) to our convention line-up. Enough to satisfy most ravening Buffy fans at Dragon*Con, doncha think? But wait, there’s… Read more →
Twice my con buddy, Anthony Fuller, invited me to attend a radio drama. For two years, I missed it. But that ended this year when I had the honor of witnessing the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company perform “The Island of Dr. Moreau” by H.G. Wells. Having never attended a radio drama before, I was surprised to see so many people… Read more →
Dragon*Con has its signature events: the parade, the Masquerade, the waiting in line to get down the Hyatt escalator, and-of course-the Dawn Look-Alike competition. In case you’ve not run into the character Dawn before, she is the redheaded goddess staring in the comic series by the same name from Joseph Michael Linsner. Women and the occasional man from around the… Read more →
Best in Show: Netherspawn Best in Show-Masters:Where the Wild Things Are Best in Show-Children: Quincy Newkirk Children-2nd Place: Liana Stadelman Children-3rd Place: Elizabeth Pullen Honorable Mention (children): Kelly Beavers, Nathan Ledfero, Austyn Anderson, Zane Bertolf, Derek Doty, Zoe Harrison, Ellen Justus, Nick Parsons, Alysia Davis, Kyle Lowan, Corrine Stemmer Audience Favorite: Lord of the Box Office Best Skit: Cartoon Court
Where can you find blade-bearing, buxom babes in chainmail bikinis frolicking with frightening monsters from the pit? Well, Dragon*Con, obviously. But I’m talking about the artwork of Steve Fastner and Rich Larson. Creating fantastical and titillating images of art the old fashioned way–before computer magic and digital image manipulation–they craft their amazing masterpieces out of nothing but their imaginations and… Read more →
Patrick Roberts, Dragon*Con Art Show Director, said artists participating in the Art Show (Artist Alley) are up to 230-plus from 185 in 2002. For the first time, a panel or “jury” selected artists for the show. Roberts is pleased with the process and the results. “Couldn’t have been better,” Roberts said. “We’re working with artists who were declined to get… Read more →
I am far from being a music critic, but I know what I like. I spent most of my life immersed in a rainbow of sounds and rhythms. Some I loved, some I’d rather not experience again, thank you. After a whirlwind of four Dragon Concerts (Julie Caitlin Brown, Bill Mumy, Voltaire and Green Goblin) on Friday night, I quickly… Read more →
Oh, to be Todd McCaffrey! His mother, renowned author Anne McCaffrey, is letting him play in Pern. But this hasn’t been as easy for him as it might seem. “If I go play with my mother’s characters, she’ll kill me,” he joked, adding that they decided he needed to come up with his own characters and then tell their stories…. Read more →
