In this panel we were to have two guest speakers: Adam Baldwin and Nathan Fillion. Sadly, Adam couldn’t make it, and sent his regrets. Nathan played “Caleb,” “the creepy priest” who put out Xander’s eye, and fought Buffy; he had a short-lived roll in the show. He also starred in Firefly, Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place, and… Read more →
So, it’s my first day on the job at the Daily Dragon. My director tells me to go out and interview various attendees and see how they’re enjoying the nighttime scene at D*C. As it’s my first time really getting to experience such things, I’ve tried to have a little fun and learn about this event’s subcultures. It’s been an… Read more →
The last few years have seen a revolution in the world of audio and video, much like the revolution in publishing that occurred in the early 90s. Then it was called “desktop publishing,” and now it is “desktop video.” Yes, this is “great” for Aunt Morpha, who can now show “thrilling” videos of her vacations to Normal, Illinois, instead of… Read more →
. . . the very dreams that blister sleep . . .” Tracy Hickman and Laura Curtis Hickman awed a packed Writers’ Track session Friday afternoon with their “Mythics Fundamentals Workshop.” The Hickmans compressed a week-long seminar into an energetic two and a half hours. The workshop covered story mechanics and world-building in the context of myth as defined by… Read more →
The Dragon*Con Independent Film Track brings you a double feature showing of Ju-On and Ju-On 2. Ju-On premiered in 2000 as a straight-to-video feature. Its astonishing success provided the financial backing to create Ju-On 2 for the big screen with improved EFX. A must-see for horror fans and fans of Asian cinema. Neither film has been released in any form… Read more →
At the “witching hour” Saturday night, panelists including a Wiccan/Egyptian witch, an Odinist priestess and an Episcopalian described how their religious and spiritual practices suffused their writing. Suddenly, an eerie wail broke through the back wall of the Greenbriar room. After a second of stunned surprise, the panelists and audience broke into gales of laughter. The screams continued throughout the… Read more →
Sybil Danning has graced us at Dragon*Con for a Saturday panel on Women In Film. Sybil will be in the Regency VII along with Margo Kidder in a Question and Answer forum. Sybil will be bring to the forum what she has learned in the industry as far as the limits that she has encountered and how she has handled… Read more →
OK, so, what do Catholic schoolgirls and hell-spawn have in common? Well, besides plaid skirts? Why, Thursday night at Dragon*Con, of course! Where else in the world (or beyond it) could you listen to classic Van Halen wail from the Catholic schoolgirl-dressed guitarist of the band McFly, and then walk a few dozen yards to catch the band Helltrash pound… Read more →
