Dragon Con is over. Long live Dragon Con. The 2018 con is in the books. 80,000+ attendees, over a thousand panels and events, and exactly one Ewok/Thanos cosplay mashup (that I saw). For those of you who don’t know, Dragon Con is a pop culture convention that combines artists, makers, and fandom from just about every conceivable media and gaming iteration in history. Four days across multiple massive buildings and several city blocks that dominates a fair chunk of downtown Atlanta and utterly baffles the random unaffiliated drivers who find themselves stuck behind colorful human traffic … [Read more...]
Paying Attention at Dragon Con
Short post today. I have to finish my work early this week to make some extra life space for the return of Dragon Con, which will consume my Friday, Saturday, and Sunday over Labor Day Weekend. I have a media badge this year and will be writing two or three short Star Wars-related pieces for Outer Rim News, so it's not all wandering and random entertainment this time; I actually have to pay attention. A few random thoughts on the coming weekend's craziness: 1) As predicted, I once again failed to take a stab at real cosplay. I will not be traveling through the looking-glass. I will be … [Read more...]