As the con wound down on Sunday, attendees gathered at the Hyatt to measure their badge beards. Dragon Con’s badge beards are long chains of badge ribbons affixed to the bottom of badges. There is no set length for a badge beard, and they can be as short as just one ribbon. Beards range from modest to gargantuan, with some… Read more →
The Black Geeks of Dragon Con held its 8th annual photo shoot on Sunday at 2:30PM on the back steps of the Hilton. Channing Sherman started the group after his family and friends commented about the lack of African-American interest in science fiction and associated multi-genre conventions. He began by taking photos of “Black Geeks” he met during Dragon Con,… Read more →
Sunday afternoon the Fantasy Literature track welcomed Nicoli Gonnella, JC Kang, Bryce O’Connor, Davis Ashura, and T.J. Reynolds to the Hyatt Embassy to discuss the convergence of magic and weapons in fantasy. Jay Boyce, moderator of the session, after acknowledging the prevalence magic as part of combat in Fantasy literature, began by asking the panelists to reflect upon the relationship… Read more →
Pros and aspiring puppeteers gathered for “So You Want to Be a Puppeteer…” in the Puppetry track in the Marriott, Thursday at 7PM. Raymond Daniel Carr served as moderator for the remaining panelists Sarah Frechettist, Kurt Hunter, and Kat Pleviak, with track director Beau Brown also joining. Frechettist said that she played with dolls until high school and attended the… Read more →
The Sci-Fi Literature track at Dragon Con convened a panel Sunday afternoon at 4PM in their track room (Hyatt Embassy AB) to grapple with the issue of “classics” in Science Fiction. Jean Marie Ward moderated the panel which brought Storm Humbert, Gray Rinehart, Robert J. Sawyer, Alison Tracy, and Ben Yalow together for a passionate hour of discussion and debate…. Read more →
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), the High Fantasy track at Dragon Con welcomed Michael Chatfield, Matt Dinniman, Brianna Marie, and Jay Boyce to the Marriott track room (L401-403) Sunday at 5:30PM to examine the impact of D&D upon a generation of fantasy authors who grew up with it. John G. Hartness moderated the panel which… Read more →
Jody Lynn Nye continued her tradition of giving Writers’ Workshop alumni the privilege of returning each year to hear guest speakers for further education in the mysteries of writing. On Thursday afternoon in Hyatt Kennesaw, as a former student of Nye, I enjoyed this perk and attended presentations by the irrepressible Courtney Sarnow Lytle, Atlanta intellectual property attorney, and by… Read more →
Sunday morning at 11:30AM in the Marriott Atrium Ballroom, the Star Wars track at Dragon Con welcomed Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Giancarlo Esposito, Manny Jacinto, and Ming-Na Wen for an hour-long Q&A. Moderated by Tony Gowell, the panel began with the sharing of Dragon Con love. Esposito proudly roared that he “loved” Atlanta, and as is often the case with first… Read more →
