The second annual Dragon*Con Academic Mini Conference, in collaboration with the Institute for Comics Studies, presented three panels featuring scholarly studies of comics and pop culture. On Sunday, a panel of three graduate students discussed their work. Sabrina Starnaman (University of California-San Diego) examined Jonathan Hickman’s The Nightly News for his commentary on the struggle for autonomy in an insidiously… Read more →
Edward James Olmos is the distinguished and celebrated actor currently starring as Admiral William Adama in the SciFi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica. He’s won Emmy and Golden Globe awards for his work in Miami Vice, been nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Jaime Escalante in the 1988 film Stand and Deliver, and a Tony award for his role in… Read more →
Saturday night, the Costume Track held the “Dragon-After-Dark Contest,” co-emceed by Brian Holloway and Jerry Doyle. Congratulations to the following winners: 1st Place: Joshua – Prince of Persia 2nd Place: Mike Ziemer – Death Squadron, Star Wars 3rd Place: Abby – Rope Corset Honorable Mention: Daty Moore – Night Elf
1st Place: Belle Chere, #27 2nd Place: Nadia Heller, #24 3rd Place: Jennifer O’Funne, #58 Best Theatrical Presentation: Alia & Athena Sanchez, #40 Best Armor: Gayle Karr, #48 Most Original: Jennifer Newman, #30 Best Adaptation: Tiffany Antrim, #15
Congratulations to Bob Petolillo for winning the Saturday Settlers of Catan tournament!
Over in the Space Track, Forsythe (Hil), NASA scientist Trina Ray spoke about the latest and greatest discoveries from the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn. The Cassini Spacecraft launched on October 15th, 1997, and took seven years to reach Saturn. The four-year prime mission called for 75 orbits of Saturn, 45 targeted flybys of Titan, eight targeted icy satellite flybys, as… Read more →
In its first year as a host hotel, the Sheraton met the warm embrace of Dragon*Con attendees and their sweet, sweet parties. The Sheraton became party central Saturday night as music from three parties echoed through the hotel’s halls. Its distance from the other host hotels did nothing to deter any partiers who flooded the streets as they trekked to… Read more →
Slash fiction has held its own in the Harry Potter canon of slash fiction for years, but it’s not a place actors go very often. Matthew Lewis, who plays Neville Longbottom in the HP movie adaptations, didn’t see it until a fan handed him a stack of stories.
