Based on the sheer volume of Deadpools every year, it can be assumed that Dragon Con attendees love their antiheroes. But what makes an effective antihero? Authors David B. Coe, R.E. Carr, A.J. Hartley, Michael Williams, and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro discussed the key characteristics with moderator John Hartness Saturday at 2PM on the Fan Tracks channel. One resounding trait is… Read more →
At 4PM on Saturday, the BritTrack celebrated the 42nd anniversary of the original radio broadcast of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (HGttG) on the track’s YouTube channel. The panel was moderated by Rob from the BritTrack. Panelists included podcasters Rob Levy, Mike Gordon, Brian Doob, and Rox of Spazhouse, as well as fan and frequent BritTrack panelist Matthew Brewer…. Read more →
Authors A. J. Hartley, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Michael Martinez, Tamsin Silver, Tony Ballard Smoot, and Jean Marie Ward tried to stump contestants, including me, in silentio, with plausible historical scenarios at Dragon Con’s Alternate & Historical Fiction Track (ALT) Saturday at 2:30PM on the ALT YouTube channel. Liz Wang Carpenter moderated and Alison Helfferich and Brett Gordan acted as additional… Read more →
Witcher fans Seth Lockhart (moderator), Rachel Carr, Rebecca Fant, and J.F. Lewis discussed their takes on the first season of Netflix’s The Witcher during the panel “Dragon Con High Fantasy Track presents The Witcher Season One” at 7PM Friday on the Dragon Con High Fantasy YouTube channel. The panelists came to the franchise from different adaptations. Lockhart, Carr, and Lewis… Read more →
On Saturday at 8AM, fan track Apocalypse Rising hosted public health expert Dorothy Lowry, food scientist George Cavender, and geophysicist Mika McKinnon to talk about the coronavirus pandemic and general disaster preparedness since 2020 has turned, seemingly, into one big cluster that has robbed us of everything normal and joyful. (Case in point: no in-person Dragon Con.) And, as moderator… Read more →
The multi-award novelist and 2020 Literary Guest of Honor John Scalzi was on the Main Events channel Saturday at 1PM. He was sitting in his office in Ohio, while the moderator, Brian, was in Oregon. Even apart, we are together during Dragon Con. Overall, Scalzi’s days have not really changed since the quarantine. Being an introvert, he tends to stay… Read more →
Friday at 8PM, the Star Wars Track welcomed Bryan Young (moderator), Amy Richau, Marie C Gould, Hoai-Tran Bui, and Kai Charles for a panel focusing on the films that have influenced Star Wars directors and creators, from George Lucas to Jon Favreau, via their Facebook Group Page and their YouTube channel. At the forefront, and dominating the conversation is the… Read more →
Friday morning at 11AM on the Fan Tracks channel, a panel of female creatives assembled to discuss publishing, writing, editing, comics, and art from a woman’s viewpoint. Moderator Sheena Wiley, Georgia McBride, Chantelle Aimée Osman, and Christine Taylor-Butler talked about everything from their start as authors to how others see women as writers in Writers’ Panel: A Woman’s Perspective. To… Read more →
