Desiree Jackson is no stranger to Dragon*Con and conventions in general. She's attended and worked in various capacities at different conventions for almost 15 years. Her devotion to fandom was sealed when introduced to fan fiction (by her mom) in high school. Although she mainly volunteers as a beta reader, Desiree has been known to write a story here and there. She's an avid science fiction fan and is excited to be working with the Daily Dragon this year. She is thankful to be working with her talented and devoted (both to her and to scifi & the Daily Dragon) husband, Jason.
David Nykl, known to science fiction fans as Radek Zelenka, the foil to David Hewlett‘s Rodney McKay on Stargate Atlantis, was gracious enough to sit down with us on the next to last day of Dragon*Con 2008. Daily Dragon (DD): We know you speak fluent Czech, so do the writers tell you what they want you to say, or do… Read more →
Sunday morning was the last guest-attended panel for Torchwood during Dragon*Con 2008. Gareth David-Lloyd and Anthony Lewis appeared and regaled fans with stories from the set of the British science fiction drama.
Cliff Simon is known for his portrayal of the vile and evil villain Ba’al on Stargate SG-1. The native South African, who wanted to be a swimmer early in his life, has become a legend with the Stargate SG-1 world for playing the ultimate bad guy but was nice enough to spare some of his valuable time to sit down… Read more →
Gareth David-Lloyd is best known to science fiction fans as Ianto Jones, Torchwood‘s suit-clad alien fighter, as well as for keeping the alien-crime fighting team in coffee. Dragon*Con is Gareth’s second American appearance after visiting Comic-Con in San Diego last month. He took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to talk with the Daily Dragon.
After two revivals, a slew of audio dramas, and countless fan gatherings, Dark Shadows was represented on the Dark Fantasy track this year at Dragon*Con. Fans ran the gambit from fans that were devoted to the original soap opera in all its campy glory, to fans that’d seen some of the original but were more devoted fans of the 1991… Read more →
A delay in the arrival of the guests did not dampen the fervor with which Stargate fans greeted the actors and actresses of Stargate for their first appearance at Dragon*Con 2008. Erick Avari, Morena Baccarin, Beau Bridges, Rainbow Sun Francks, Torri Higginson, and Cliff Simon were as eager to answer fan questions as the fans were to ask them.
