Ever wonder what it takes to grab a coveted position on a bestselling list? Kevin J. Anderson, Christopher Golden, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Katherine Kurtz, and Harry Turtledove sat down with Nancy Knight in the Hyatt Regency VI-VII on Friday to talk about the good, the blocked, and the ugly parts of being an author. With the all of the gloriousness that… Read more →
Friday night—technically Saturday morning—was Voltaire’s gothic concert, which he performed clad in his signature matte black top hat. The crowd was captivated right away by a song from Voltaire’s newest album, Raised by Bats. Also on stage was a drum kit, which sat unused above Voltaire’s head as he played his electric acoustic guitar. Soon after, the artist proclaimed that… Read more →
The “From Page to Stage Comic Book Pageant” announced its winners Saturday. The contest was presented by comic book writers Peter David and George Perez. The judges were Georges Jeanty, Comfort Love, and Adam Withers. Yes, We do Want to Kill Batman Award: Kelsey McCarter as Harley Quinn Biggest Little Award: Keelia Gaffey as Supergirl Prettiest Rodent Award: Lauren Napoli… Read more →
Four members of the Battlestar Galactica cast were on the panel, “BSG: A Visit to the Fleet,” on Friday at 4PM (Marriott). Kate Vernon (Ellen Tigh aka “The Betrayer” and the Fifth of “the Final Five”), Tricia Helfer (Six aka “The Cylon Betrayer”), Michael Hogan (Colonel Saul Tigh), and Richard Hatch (Tom Zarek, and also Apollo from the original series)… Read more →
On Saturday evening, one of the most anticipated panels of this year’s Dragon Con was so chock full of super-awesome-yumminess that this reporter wrote faster than a mouse skating on a frozen pond in a cat harem. James Gunn, writer and director of Guardians of the Galaxy, and his brother Sean Gunn, who was the stand-in on set for the… Read more →
The “Magical Tactics” panel (Fantasy Literature, Fri 4PM, Hyatt Embassy C) examined two different aspects of magic in stories. Track director and moderator Catherine Moore and authors Jaym Gates, Kacey Ezell, David Farland, and Elizabeth Moon looked at the ways authors incorporate magic in stories and make them believable. The moderator began by asking the panelists to introduce themselves. Gates,… Read more →
Both the “Guests of Middle Earth” panel (Friday 11:30AM in the Marriott) and the “Tolkein Guests” panel (Saturday 11:30AM in the Marriott) started with the trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies, featuring Billy Boyd’s song “Home is Behind” from The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. The audience cheered as the trailer ended and moderator… Read more →
You know it’s Dragon Con Parade day (Sat, 10AM) when you see dragons of all types, stormtroopers of various eras, pastafarians, robots on segways, zombies, LARPers, and cardboard-box superheroes all dancing, lurching, fighting, and weaving down the streets of the city. The crowds were thick again this year and seemed to particularly enjoy the Colonial Fleet from Battlestar Galactica, the… Read more →
