Dragon Con

[fringey]

I am heading down to Dragon Con in Atlanta on Labor Day Weekend and wondered how many people here were as well. Anyone who is, and is interested in meeting a new friend, let me know and we will try to find a way to connect.

Patrick
a.k.a. Fringey, The Fringe Element

[mnprogrock (deleted)]

like to..I know a guy who goes every year. The band Spock's Beard played there one year. And JK Rowling made an appearance a few years back.

In Minnesota we have CONvergence, MarsCON, and many others tho..but DragonCON is bigger than any of them. Back in the day, MiniCON was of DragonCON's level I guess..but mind you, I actually prefer them to not be too crowded if possible.

have fun..any big names appearing this year?

Kyle

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mnprogrock wrote: like to..I know a guy who goes every year. The band Spock's Beard played there one year. And JK Rowling made an appearance a few years back.

In Minnesota we have CONvergence, MarsCON, and many others tho..but DragonCON is bigger than any of them. Back in the day, MiniCON was of DragonCON's level I guess..but mind you, I actually prefer them to not be too crowded if possible.

have fun..any big names appearing this year?

Kyle

TONS! Here's the most recent guest list and they usually add a few more as it gets within the last two or three weeks:

Currently there are 259 guests & Bands confirmed for 2006, including:

Note: Recent additions are marked with a » (within 7 days) or a » (within 14 days).

Authors:

Kevin J. Anderson Stephen Antczak Robert Asprin
James Bassett Peter S. Beagle Glenda Finkelstein
Frank Fradella Esther Friesner Eric Griffin
David Harmer Sherrilyn Kenyon Caitlin Kiernan
Marianne LaCroix Rosemary Laurey » Todd McCaffrey
Rebecca Moesta Jody Lynn Nye Anne C. Petty
John D. Ringo Philip Paul Sacco John C. Snider
Wendy Webb Margaret Weis



Film & Television:

Erick Avari Adam Baldwin Charles Band
Adrienne Barbeau Tory Bellici Nicholas Brendon
Roger Bumpass Kari Byron James Callis
Dwayne Cameron James Cawley Yvonne Craig
Denise Crosby Anthony Daniels Don S. Davis
Warwick Davis Bill Dow Bill Fogarty
Mira Furlan Stephen Furst Summer Glau
Mark Goddard Erin Gray Andy Hallet
Richard Hatch Jason Hawes Tom Hern
Grant Imahara Gary Jones Christopher Judge
John Kelley Marta Kristen Marty Krofft
Stephen & Suzie Lackey James Leary Brandy Ledford
Katie Leung Matthew Lewis Traci Lords
Rachel Luttrell Peter Mayhew Lee Meriwether
Erin Moran Don Most David Prowse
Jeff Quinn Claire Rankin Matt Robinson
George A. Romero Michael Rooker Charles Root
Kiran Shah Cliff Simon Kevin Sorbo
George Takei Alan Tudyk Kate Vernon
Billy West Anson Williams Laura Wilson
Grant Wilson



Comics, Art, & Il----ration:

Timothy Bradstreet Dan Brereton Peter David
Paul Dini Al Feldstein Phil Foglio
Grant Daniel Gould Bill Holbrook Eva Hopkins
Adam Hughes Brandon Scott Jerwa » Brandon Ragnar Johnson
» Dan Jolley Joseph Michael Linsner David Mack
Marrus John Mullaney Ted Naifeh
George Perez Eric Powell John "The Gneech" Robey
Allison Sohn Chris Staros William 'Bill' Stout
» Arthur Suydam Blake Wilkie Marv Wolfman



Music, Theatrics, & Performance Art:

Heather Alexander The Consortium of Genius Crüxshadows
Distorted Reality Emerald Rose The Last Dance
Lips Down on Dixie Voltaire

[invisiblesteph]

Sux that you Americans get all the good conventions. Noone ever wants to come to Australia

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invisiblesteph wrote: Sux that you Americans get all the good conventions. Noone ever wants to come to Australia

Don't you guys have some great Doctor Who cons? I would LOVE to get to Australia for one of those. Plus, on another note, KISS did do their ONLY show with a symphony in Melbourne. I hated not being able to go to that!

Patrick
a.k.a. Fringey, The Fringe Element
"A life lived without passion is a life not lived."

[invisiblesteph]

Well im not really much of a doctor who fan...


But i am thinking of doing some overseas travel next year and would like to know what the really good cons are over in america, when they are usually on and where abouts. Maybe I could even meet some ppl from here

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invisiblesteph wrote: Well im not really much of a doctor who fan...


But i am thinking of doing some overseas travel next year and would like to know what the really good cons are over in america, when they are usually on and where abouts. Maybe I could even meet some ppl from here

I can actually give you a really great link:

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That can help you find any conventions that will be in the area you are visitng for the time frame of your visit. The biggest conventions I know of are the Comic Con in Sand Diego, CA in August which is MASSIVE with over 100 thousand people attneding, plus TONS of major guests. The other is Dragon Con in Atlanta, Gerogia every Labor Day wekeend (first Monday in October is Labor Day) and it usually has hundreds of guest and about 30 thousand attendees. Last big con of the year, really, as school has started back. But there are probably literally dozens of smaller cons all year round around the country, some of which are very specialized. Hope that helps a little.

Patrick
a.k.a. Fringey, The Fringe Element
"A life lived wihtout passion is a life not lived."

[shadownymph_PREV (deleted)]

Gen Con in Indiana is another huge convention held each year. I know more people who attend Comi-Con and Dragon*Con though.

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shadownymph wrote: Gen Con in Indiana is another huge convention held each year. I know more people who attend Comi-Con and Dragon*Con though.



I think Gen Con is mostly, or all, gaming, isn't it? DC and Comic Con draw more because they are multi media. But, for those into gaming, Gen Con is the ONE, to my understanding.

Patrick
a.k.a. Fringey, The Fringe Element
"A life lived without passion is a life not lived."

[fringey]

Just a couple of days away now. I just wanted to see if any of new folks here might be going?

Patrick
a.k.a. Fringey, The Fringe Element
"A life lived without passion is a life not lived.

[fringey]

Well, I have been back from D*C for a few days now, but had not had a chance to get back here to post. I picked up a bout of "con crud" and have been ill the last couple of days. But, I am better now.

It was an awesome con, with a huge number of people. No official count yet, but I am betting about 40K this year. I got to sit in on several panels that were very enjoyable. The guys from the Ghost Hunters were absolutley the best panels I have been to in years. Plus, they stayed in the same hotel I did, a couple of blocks from the main con hotel, so I ran into Brian, Jason and Grant a couple of times at the hotel.

I spent a ton of money, mainly on autographs. I just about doubled my number of autographs in my collection. I also picked up about half a dozen DVDs, which is far less than I normally get, but I was focuessed on autographs this year with so many fantastic guests, some of them true legends.

I also marched in the Dragon Con Parade this year, for the first time, and that was an awesome time. As I was K'Blahm, the first Jester to the Klingon Empire, I mainly messed with the Feddies and Romulans in the Star Trek group the Klingons were with. The crowd seemed to enjoy my antics a lot. The highlight of the stuff I saw before the parade started was a guy who has built his own replica of the 1966 Batmobile. Awesome job! Check it out at www.batlantacrimecruiser.com It is a perfect replica, especially since the guy did not have a Ford Futura to start out with and worked it up from an 87 Vette. I HAD to have my pic taken with that! I evidently missed a fantastic reporduction of Ecto One, though, but they are supposed to be back next year.

My experiences with the celebrities were all great this year. I loved chatting with the guys from Ghosthunters. I also really enjoyed talking to Aaron Douglas and Taimoh Penikett from BSG. I told them they were the luckiest guys in the world to get to work on such a great show AND to get to do love scenes with Grace Park!!! Gary Jones from SG-1 was also fun to chat with. It was also absolutely brilliant to get to meet a true legend like Mickey Rooney. I was in awe of him.

The highlights for me with the celebs were when I met George Romero and he loved my Klingon Jester costumes, my jewelry, etc. He told me I had a great costume and "the neatest stuff". THE BEST moment was when I was walking past Rip Taylor and he saw that costume. He thought it was hilarious and just had to have a pic taken with me. Okay, so a comedy legend thinks I am hilarious and wants a pic with me??? Yeah, we can do that!!!!

The only downsides to the whole weekend were that I did not have enough money to get all the autographs I wanted, and there were some malfunctions with my Obi Hayve costume, so I did not get to wear that, but there will be next year.

I am back in Mundania now and just counting the days till next Dragon Con!


Patrick
a.k.a. Fringey, The Fringe Element
"A life lived without passion is a life not lived.