Friday at 4PM, Dragon Con Main Programming welcomed Pat and Sherry Henry, Dave Cody, Robert Dennis, and John Brunnell to the Hyatt Centennial I for a “look back” at the history of the phenomenon that is Dragon Con. Moderator Greg Euston led off the hour by asking if anyone imagined making it to forty. Cody pointed out that originally the… Read more →
The Art Show Programming welcomed Lisa Jacobs to Hyatt Regency V on Friday 2:30PM for a discussion on Liminal Spaces. Part of a larger series, Jacobs gave members an overview of the concept of liminal space and key manifestations of it across art, architecture and media. Liminal space refers to areas of transition. It is, according to Jacobs, “a time… Read more →
40th Anniversary Special Series – Part 3 The Dragon Con parade kicks off (for the 25th time including the 2020 Virtual Parade) at 10 am Saturday, September 5, 2026. Stretching just over a mile in length, it will begin at the intersection of Peachtree and Linden and conclude in front of the Marriott Marquis hotel. The parade has become a… Read more →
The American Sci-Fi Classics track launched Dragon Con 2026 on Thursday night at 7PM in Marriott M103-M105, with a panel celebrating the fortieth anniversary of James Cameron’s Aliens. Moderator Michael Falkner guided Keith R.A. DeCandido, Andrew Gaska, John Hudgens, and Shawn Rosado through a fascinating look back at the blockbuster movie from the summer of 1986. Falkner began by asking… Read more →
40th Anniversary Special Series – Part 2 The story has been told more than once. According to the Dragon Con compendium, by 2000 Pat and Sherry Henry were feeling the strain. They had a small but vibrant comic store business, and they were managing a growing convention which began as a “hobby” but was now much more. In his interview… Read more →
40th Anniversary Special Series – Part 1 American popular culture in the 1980s was filled with landmark works that have defined many of Dragon Con’s fandoms. The original Star Wars trilogy concluded, Star Trek was well into its era of major motion pictures and Next Generation launched, Aliens made its way onto the big screen, and Doctor Who was in… Read more →
The High Fantasy track closed out its Dragon Con 2025 schedule with an examination of the final chapter in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. “The Scouring of the Shire” panel brought together Kacy Lyn Ezell, Alicia Fox Lenz, Kristin Cairns, and Constance Wagner to Marriott L401-403 on Monday at 11:30AM to discuss the place, purpose, and ultimate meaning… Read more →
Astromechs, R2D2s, K-Nines, and Wall-E units invaded the Marriott A601-602 Sunday afternoon 4PM for the Star Wars Track session “Droid Builders.” The panel, composed of veteran droid builders from across the country including Andrew Schwartz, Cricket Lee, Rob Emery, and Tim Hebel, offered their advice along the way as moderator Mike Cummins took the audience through the process of creating… Read more →
