Meet winners and judges from the Friday Night Costume Contest and get all the behind-the-scenes details from the show: Sat 1PM, 302 (Hilton). Best Novice: Devin Martin Best Journeyman: Sarah Schamback Best Professional: Vera Campbell Best Use of Technology: Emily Schmidt Best Use of Materials: Sierra Decordova Best Use of Props/Armor: Samantha Bork Audience Favorite: Sierra Decordova Best In Show:… Read more →
The Battlestar Galactica panel on Friday at 1PM (Hyatt Centennial II-III) opened on a humorous note as Richard Hatch and a man in the second row raised their thumbs to each other. Hatch announced, “You know I’m the thumb wrestling champion of the world,” as everyone laughed. He and his fellow panelists, Kandyce McClure and Alessandro Juliani all wryly confessed… Read more →
Chairman of The Jim Henson Company and award-winning director, producer, and writer Brian Henson joined reporters for a press conference on Friday to talk the Muppets, puppeteering technology, and the unique challenges of puppeteering. You’d be hard pressed to find a Dragon Con attendee who hasn’t heard of the Muppets. Henson was asked if he feels a sense of responsibility… Read more →
Charlie Cox, looking buff in a dark Henley and sporting his native British accent, charmed the crowd from the time he strode onto the stage for the Friday 10AM panel “Daredevil: The Man in the Mask” in Hyatt Centential II–III. Animated and engaging, Cox displayed a true love of both the artistic and technical aspects of filming a show as… Read more →
Have you ever thought about creating your own convention? Maybe you want to see Joss Whedon run around cleaning the toilets. Or watch someone push the button on a fish vending machine and watch a trout get stuck and just hang there while he bangs on the glass. Or maybe you just want to watch your fellow con goers be… Read more →
It was a full house for the “Firefly Guests” panel in the Sheraton Grand Ballroom on Friday morning at 11:30AM. Fans dressed as Kaylee and Zoë, along with a veritable sea of Jayne Cobb hats, filed into the room to hear Alan Tudyk and Adam Baldwin wax nostalgic about Firefly and Serenity, along with other projects they have been in…. Read more →
The OffWorld Designs tie-dyed dragon t-shirt is a crowd-pleaser at Dragon Con. I asked co-owner Barbara Van Tilburg to tell us the history of the beloved T. Daily Dragon (DD): How did OffWorld Designs get started with the tie-dyed dragon T-shirt project? Barbara Van Tilburg (BVT): In 1996, we asked for permission to produce a dragon t-shirt on a tie… Read more →
Any panel that starts out with Molly Lewis performing the theme song from the top of her show, and then forgetting the lyrics, is definitely something special. The panel, “You Wrote a Musical about WHAT?: Writing Niche Musical for a Niche Audience,” was all about her show, Thanksgiving Versus Christmas: A New Holiday Musical by Molly Lewis and how she… Read more →
