While the DCI Film Festival’s screenings are dominated by the many excellent short films submitted for competition, they do make room for a limited number of feature-length independent films. This year, the DCI Film Festival will be screening two of the hottest Asian films: The Japanese horror picture, Marebito (Stranger From Afar), and the South Korean supernatural thriller Spider Forest as part of ASIAN CINEMA NIGHT.

Each year many talented artists are selected to display their work at the Dragon*Con Art Show. The themes are science fiction, fantasy, horror, media, and astronomical, created in styles and media so diverse and unique that the works on display will impress viewers in a multitude of ways.

Meet the legendary Darrell K Sweet, probably best known for his cover art for Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time book series. Influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien, Darrell Sweet has produced some of the greatest fantasy work of the 20th century.

KongIsKing.net, sister site to TheOneRing.net, presented a detailed analysis of the King Kong movie trailer released to coincide with this summers’ War of the Worlds.  Scheduled for release December 14th, 2005, this film is the iconic story of a …

We’re only a few days away from the debut of Dragon*Con’s newest tradition, the ART CRAWL!

The ART CRAWL is an independent show of artists and their wares at Dragon*Con. We have everything from fine art to fan art. We have 2D and 3D. We even have a gypsy tarot reader Saturday night!

Saturday, the ART CRAWL will be in the Yukon-Rio-McKenzie rooms on the lobby level of the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Saturday 8-10 pm the mighty …

An unnerving thing happened to me on the way to the Dragon*Con Parade. No wait for the elevator should have alerted me, but I may have still let Harry Potter’s Snape be my guide.

Snape, admittedly, did not know the gathering point’s location either, but exited the elevator striding, taking a left and then another left out of the Hyatt Regency, following the directions from some superheroes who seemed to disappear.

Along this left-turning path, I quickly …

The panel started a little late due to the fact many attendees wanted to see what Adult Swim had to offer, so the Dragon*Con organizers decided to move it to the larger Centennial ballroom.

Starting with a compilation DVD, attendees were happy to see clips from upcoming episodes of Robot Chicken …

Tru won’t be responding to any more pleas from dead bodies in the morgue. Fans who gathered Friday to commemorate and mourn the demise of Tru Calling agreed they have little hope of a resurrection, even if Tru could turn back the clock again.

“We’re small, but we’re loyal. There are …

If you wandered into Regency Hall at 7PM Friday, you may have wondered if you’d wandered too far due to the wrestling ring in the center of the room.  The zombies and samurai were reassurance that you were still in Dragon*Con territory.  Though wrestling isn’t …

Though Dragon*Con does not officially start until Friday those who came on Thursday still had entertainment. To begin the night’s performance Venus Falling, tech-op’s own Chris Camillo, kicked things off in the Hyatt’s Centennial Ballroom. He was a last minute replacement of C.O.G. who could not buy the gas to make it to Dragon*Con due to Hurricane Katrina. Belljar, a “progressive, alternative rock” band took the stage in the Regency Ballroom. Audience members …

The Dragon*Con Parade (Sat 10AM) promises to double in size this year.

Last year, 460 participants marched through Atlanta streets. This year, 850 people of all ages have signed up and more continue to join the ranks. Expect to see characters from Firefly, Lord of the Rings, Cobra, Colonel Marines, Netherworld, Star Trek, and Star Wars. Every Dragon*Con programming track will be represented in this mobile masquerade.

Parade registration is open until Fri 6PM at the …