Celebrating 40 Years of Dragon Con Part 4 So, there was this thing that happened a few years back, don’t know if you remember it. Global Pandemic? Country-wide lock down? It was a bizarre time to be alive. This past decade of Dragon Con had a pretty noticeable middle point to it that we all had to adapt to, and… Read more →
40th Anniversary Special Series – Part 5 What began in 1987 as a three-day convention taking up two floors of the Pierremont Plaza Hotel with 1,400 attendees has become a cultural and economic phenomenon that, in 2025, drew more than 80,000 people from across the country and around the world to Atlanta. Dragon Con has had an impact on the… Read more →
40th Anniversary Special Series – Part 4 In a 2013 interview, conducted by Ann Hoevel and Emanuella Grinberg for CNN, Dragon Con co-founder and then Chairman Pat Henry pointed out that in 2009 he was keenly interested in finding ways to enhance the national profile of the convention. That opportunity presented itself when a last-minute guest booking brought William Shatner… Read more →
Celebrating 40 Years of Dragon Con Part 3 It’s happened. It’s finally happened. Geeks are cool. Robert Downey, Jr. looked into the camera and said, “I am Iron Man,” and audiences responded with a resounding “please sir, may I have some more?” Ned Stark lost his head and the Rains of Castamere fell on a Red Wedding as fans of… Read more →
Dragon Con is known for its fantastic panels and events. It is also known for shopping. Opening day was at the AmericasMart Friday at 10AM. Before the time arrived, there was the usual serpentine line of fans waiting to go in to buy their items. This year, Dragon Con found a new way to have fans enter. About 15 minutes… Read more →
“It starts feeling like it’s coming in July I guess, when it’s real hot. Like…it’s an end of summer thing. But it doesn’t really hit until the banners go up. Then it feels exciting.” – Local Atlanta Barista. For many of us, Atlanta has become something of a home away from home. We descend yearly on this city, we overflow… 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 →
Celebrating 40 Years of Dragon Con Part 2 The first ten years of Dragon Con are in the rearview mirror. They had some ups, they had some downs (but mostly they were ups), and now everyone is looking towards the future and wondering, “What comes next?” The late 90s and early 2000s were big years for geek culture as it… Read more →
