The Dragon*Con Independent Short Film Festival presented awards for first place in each of 12 categories: Animated Comedy, Animated Horror, Animated Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Documentary, Fantasy, Horror, Horror Comedy, Parody, Science Fiction, Thriller. Best Animated Short was chosen from the 1st place winners in the three animated categories. Best Short Film was chosen from the 1st place winners in the… Read more →
Saturday night around 1AM finds many people here footsore, inebriated, and a bit weary of the crowds. The Dork of the Rings screening provided a needed break and some side-splitting laughter…the sort of laughter tinged with a “this is so wrong” feeling that marks a quality satire. Bobo Buggins pawns the Ring to Randolf, who in turn foists it on… Read more →
Battlestar Galactica is set to get a lot darker when the show returns to the Sci-Fi Channel this October. “As for the upcoming season, the two words you are going to hear a lot is dark and intense, so you really don’t want any spoilers,” technical advisor Kevin R. Grazier told a crowd of fans at “Sitrep: The State of… Read more →
Continuing my quest to learn a bit about the Cartoon Network, I visited the second “Adult Swim” panel on Saturday. Following a montage taken from several series including Aqua Teen Hunger Force, 12 oz. Mouse, The Venture Bros., and Harvey Birdman, creators and crew members from Adult Swim answered fans’ questions about their favorite shows. The team behind Aqua Teen… Read more →
Friday in the International Ballroom, this reporter attended a Q&A panel with the production team of The Venture Brothers, including co-creators Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer, as well as producer Ken Palme. First, the team announced that there will be a new episode premiered at their film festival Saturday at 10PM. Although they’ve done this festival for three years, this… Read more →
If you’ve visited any of the main programming events, you may have seen short television spots including one with Samuel L. Jackson, tired of Tribbles on a Ship, and the Logan’s Run living community catering to people under thirty. These and many others have entertained Dragon*Con attendees for several years and are the creations of DCTV, run by Brian Richardson…. Read more →
PART I: As I watched the endless streams of brightly- (and darkly-) colored costumes swirl through the lobby of the Hyatt, I was reminded of a very different, but strangely similar, spectacle many years ago: hordes of lanky, sweaty, dusty festival-goers as they trudged from camping places to blankets in front of the stage. These modern festival-goers put their forebears… Read more →
Black Sky Training is sponsoring a suborbital flight simulator. As part of the Orbital Commerce Project, the program offers a preview of the effort to bring space flight beyond NASA’s efforts. Get a taste of the greatest thrill known to man (landing). Fly, (or crash yourself) for a few minutes in the cockpit, and get some Bawls mints. If you… Read more →
