. . . 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 →
Members of the cast of the New Zealand-based show, The Tribe, have come to Dragon*Con for the Second Annual North American Tribal Gathering. This year’s guests are Danny James, Matt Robinson and Victoria Spence, all of who are members of the cast of The Tribe. Produced by Cloud 9 and now in its fifth season, it is the story of… Read more →
I had a chance to catch The Tribe’s Danny James today between autograph signings and track sessions and we talked for a few moments about his career, his experiences at Dragon*Con and the Tribe fandom here in the United States. Danny is best known by fans of The Tribe as the deceased leader of the Locos named “Zoot,” whose appearances… Read more →
I managed to just slip in the door for the Q&A session for Matt Robinson, best known for his role as the slightly disreputable “Slade” on the television show, The Tribe. Thankfully, Matt had just begun his session, and I didn’t draw down the wrath of the director. Robinson, a native of London, England, is a relatively new addition to… Read more →
