On Saturday at 10AM, most of the Dragon*Con attendees were outside along the parade route to see all of the spectacular costumes and floats, and this year was particularly amazing. From anime to zombies and from the playfulness of fairies to the darkness of Netherworld, there were costumes to suit every taste in fandom, including storm troopers, knights, trekkers, dragons,… Read more →
Saturday afternoon attracted another capacity crowd to the Atrium Ballroom (M) for John Barrowman’s solo panel, “John Barrowman Live!” The mood in the room was playful as Barrowman teased the crowd and they responded in kind. After taking a video of the audience so he could send it to his mom, he jumped right in to answer audience questions. Barrowman… Read more →
The Awards Committee and Advisors of the Parsec Awards for excellence in speculative fiction podcasting are pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 awards. These awards were presented at Dragon*Con on September 1st, at the annual Parsec Awards Ceremony. This year the ceremony was hosted by Veronica Belmont and Scott Sigler featuring presenters from literature, media, music, and science…. Read more →
And the winners are…
Firefly and Serenity fans know Sean Maher as Dr. Simon Tam, the most devoted brother and best-dressed surgeon in hundreds of worlds. Next week, Maher will premiere his performance of Don John in Joss Whedon’s adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. Grinning and freshly caffeinated for his second Dragon*Con, Maher sat down with the Daily Dragon to chat about siblings,… Read more →
“No, it does not mean that you strip down and while the guy is gawking at you, you kill him,” joked Jonathan Maberry, starting off the panel held on Saturday in Hanover C-E (Hy), “though that might work. It means you can pick up literally anything—you don’t need a sword or a gun. If you have any object around you,… Read more →
Saturday afternoon’s Battlestar Galactica (BSG) panel, “Welcome to the Quorum” provided the audience with a great surprise. When Katee Sackhoff wasn’t there when the panel started, we were all assured that someone was on their way. But when her name was eventually announced, the actor to walk on stage wasn’t Sackhoff at all. Instead, Aaron Douglas strutted out to a… Read more →
Mira Furlan was an acclaimed actress in her native Croatia, winning the equivalent of an Oscar, before emigrating to the United States in the early ‘90s. She is best known to American audiences, however, as Ambassador Delenn from Babylon 5 and Danielle Rousseau from LOST. She took a few minutes Saturday morning to talk with the Daily Dragon.
