Over the past four years, Dragon Con and LifeSouth have collected more than 25,000 units of blood (25,301 to be precise). During that same time period, more than 10,000 of you have donated blood. We’ve had a good increase in general over the past four years: 2009: 2,012 donors and 5,030 units of blood. 2010: 2,424 donors and 6,060 units of blood. 2011:… Read more →
Jim Butcher, bestselling author of the The Dresden Files and The Codex Alera, is back for Dragon Con 2013. Butcher is continuing the urban fantasy escapades of wizard P.I. extraordinaire Harry Dresden and embarking on a new steampunk series. He has also found the time to pen a collection of Dresden short stories titled Side Jobs, seven Dresden graphic novels,… Read more →
Truly amazing, the practical guidance one can pick up at Dragon Con! For instance, consider the helpful hint potential from “The Fae: Friend or Foe?” panel on Monday 1PM, International BC (W), featuring Jim Butcher, Leanna Renee Hieber, Alethea Kontis, Ted Naifeh, Jana Oliver, and Kalayna Price. Not to be unprepared in case disguised fae attend the panel as well… Read more →
Multi-genre author Andrew Hartley has a background as varied as his books. He is the Russell Robinson Distinguished Professor of Shakespeare in the theater department of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He’s also affiliated with the English department in addition to serving as editor of Shakespeare Bulletin and Resident Dramaturg of the Georgia Shakespeare Festival. Daily Dragon (DD): … Read more →
All the Daily Dragon tweets for 08-29-2013:
One of this reporter’s favorite Dragon Con moments is the feeling that I am coming home, even though I live outside the US. This homecoming begins in the departure lounge at the airport as I scope out my fellow passengers. Which ones are Dragon Con bound? I check for T-shirts or backpacks decorated with comic heroes, spacefaring adventurers, or rotting… Read more →
Hailed by C. C. Finlay “as a leader of the new American Revolution in historical fantasy,” D. B. Jackson combines his own unique brand of adventure and literary license into a marvel of genre-bending finesse. The Daily Dragon caught Jackson after his book tour for his latest novel in the Thieftaker Chronicles, Thieves’ Quarry (TOR July, 2013), to preview his… Read more →
Dragon Con has had a rich and illustrious history of supporting charities. This year, we have three primary charities, and for the first time, Dragon Con fans were able to choose which charities the convention would be supporting. As always, the fans stepped up wonderfully and cast nearly 40,000 votes over two weeks, choosing from a list of five charities…. Read more →
