Gothabilly – Johnny Cash, cranked up with vicious driving rhythms fueled by tequila, gunsmoke, grit and a line of pissed off zombies. Imagine having that shot of 150% proof raw tequila chased down with habeneros grown on the barren plains of Hell before riding out on a Texas-sized lynch mob straight from a horror-styled spaghetti western – that would be… Read more →
That’s what Women in Horror should have been called. Laurell K. Hamilton, author of the Anita Blake series and the new Meredith Gentry series (A Kiss of Shadows), and Paula Guran, editor of Horror Garage, fielded questions about writing horror and the publishing world. Unsurprisingly, especially if you’ve read any of Hamilton’s books or seen Horror Garage, the topic kept… Read more →
There are people out there who don’t know who James Doohan is, who know nothing about Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott of the starship Enterprise. Luckily, those people are not spending four days at Dragon*Con. For the rest of us, we rushed, four-hundred strong to see this star of the classic Trek series early on Friday. The good people in charge… Read more →
Last season of the TV series Angel, viewers were introduced to the green-skinned, yellow-suited, karaoke-singing, demonic Host With the Most played by Andrew Hallett. Being a huge Buffy/Angel fan, when I saw that he was coming to Dragon*Con 2001, I was there–along with hundreds of other fans. An Hour with Andrew Hallett in the Montreal room was strictly standing room… Read more →
The Dragon Wears A Square Ring Thank You Jerome Blake Star Wars: Costuming Dragon Horde Crow: The Salvation – A Review Just Call Me Dragon*Con of the Morning
Once again the flying wonders of the squared ring returned to Dragon*Con. Fred Saberhagen hosted the mixture of rocking and socking inside the roped coliseum. Stars from the historical annals of “sports entertainment,” Abdullah the Butcher, and Glacier, plied their trade in front of a standing room audience in the Main Regency Ballroom. Steve from 99X and “Mr. Monopoly” (John… Read more →
The Star Wars: Matters of the Force volunteers and staff would like to send Jerome a heartfelt thank you for his surprise appearance at the kick off of the MOTF Theater and Laser Show. Jerome decided to stop by to give the opening of the SW: The Phantom Menace a truly memorable beginning. Of course another delightful surprise concerned Mr…. Read more →
One quick glance around the mass of people and I understood excitement of Dragon*Con. Friends, familiar topics and COSTUMES. “Correction, a lot of costumes,” I thought as a buff man half-clad in leather walked by in his leather ensemble. With a smile, I glanced at my watch, grimaced as I realized I was late, and hauled tail to the SW:… Read more →
