The High Fantasy Track welcomed Constance G.J. Wagner, Tolkien scholar and long-time participant in the track, and Laura Grabowski of middleearthnews.com to discuss the roots of the conflict between the two great Maiar on Friday at 10AM in the Marriott L401-403. Moderated by Jim Wert, the session engaged a standing-room only crowd in a consideration of these characters, their development,… Read more →
Want to be creative but don’t know how to sew? No problem. This Friday workshop on making fabric flowers without sewing, in the AmericasMart2 203D, was a prepaid workshop for Con participants. Using various fabrics and hot glue, participants were able to make flowers that could be used for cosplay, decoration, or any kind on embellishment. One of the side… Read more →
Much like lines for the velociraptors on Isla Nublar, the line for the “Jurassic Park is a Terrible Zoo” panel wrapped around the Hilton Crystal Ballroom (and beyond) on Friday at 4:30PM. Paleontologists Will Harris and David Moscato along with Lucas Hernandez, animal educator at the South Carolina Aquarium, discussed all the reasons why, as a zoo, Jurassic Park is… Read more →
Fans of The Expanse enjoyed an hour with Wes Chatham, Chad Coleman, and Steven Strait on “The Expanse Guests: Uneasy Alliances,” moderated by Brian Richardson on Friday at 4PM, Centennial II-IV, Hyatt. Chatham, who played Amos Burton and is an Atlanta native, was happy to be here at Dragon Con. He only wished it had been around when he was… Read more →
What makes a book or a movie dark fantasy as opposed to some other kind of horror? At 8:30PM Thursday in Westin Peachtree 1 & 2, the Horror track sponsored the “What the %#?! Is Dark Fantasy?” panel to address that question. Panelists included David Boop, Jonathan Maberry, R.R. Virdi, Jessica Ann York, Garon Whited, and moderator Tony Sarrecchia. Noting… Read more →
The first big room panel of the Trek Track kicked off with three guests from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on Friday at 10AM in the Hyatt Centennial II–IV ballroom. Jess Bush, Anson Mount, and Ethan Peck joined Trek Track director and moderator Garrett Wang to talk all things strange and new. While the audience was sorting itself out, Wang… Read more →
Dragon Con attendees gave a warm welcome to three cast members from Netflix’s Locke & Key. Jesse Camacho (Doug Brazelle), Hallea Jones (Eden Jones), and Jackson Robert Scott (Bode Locke) answered questions about the series and their experiences during the “Locke & Key” panel, moderated by Little Red Dot, on Friday at 2:30PM in Centennial II–IV, Hyatt. The obvious question… Read more →
Many Dragon Con attendees recognize Nancy Knight as the Director of the Writers’ Track, but she has played many other roles in the creative community for a long time. In addition to being a founding member of Georgia Romance Writers, house manager and events coordinator for Stone Mountain’s ART Station, and creative director of Pandora’s Legacy LLC, she is a… Read more →
