Magic: the Gathering™ Grand Prix tournament wound up Sunday when the German Marco Blume defeated Matt Linde of Maryland in an intense, fast-paced final round. The players tied with one game apiece by the time their names were printed for the scoreboard. Linde played with a black and white deck, while Blume’s deck mixed white, blue and green. Blume controlled… Read more →
Dragon*Con’s answer to Iron Chef took place in the Con Suite on Sunday at Noon. Contestants were given a secret ingredient and one hour to use it, a toaster oven, small rice cooker, griddle, and blender, plus anything else in the Con Suite to create a winning dish. Brave participants Brian Sussman and Greg Locurto went wild with a flurry… Read more →
Emily Rigelsky’s “Gold Dragon” won top honors in the Dragon*Con Art Show’s first Dragon Egg Contest. Contest judge Anne McCaffrey said, “this one has caught my imagination.” The winning dragon egg and other eggs entered in the contest will be offered for sale at the charity auction.
The X-Track would like to announce the winners in the Design an Alien Contest: 1st Place: Austyn Anderson 2nd Place: Julie Busby 3rd Place: Ben Brown
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 else would it be natural for one lingerie-clad redhead to hold her sword up as an impromptu mirror for another winged beauty to check her make-up? Why the Dawn Look-Alike Contest, of course! Backstage was a wondrous array of beauty, grace, and camaraderie. Rose red, leaf green, deep purple, shiny black, and shimmering silver cloth adorned the back room;… Read more →
Klingon warriors growled; Federation officers grumbled, all impatient for the beauteous and fearsome Klingon lovelies to take the stage for the 2002 Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant. Something had to be done. A valiant Klingon warrior sprang to action. Harassing and terrorizing the audience, he grabbed random people and dragged them forward in order to tease and humiliate them for… Read more →
