Tag: Dragon Con
What we saw at Dragon Con 2023
Dragon Con 2023 was a Barbiepalooza, and some changes had to be made to accommodate the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Here are the trends and new additions we noticed while attending this year's convention.
Our favorite costumes from Dragon Con 2022
Looking for photos from Dragon Con 2022? Here's a gallery of our favorite cosplay photos from the annual Atlanta convention.
What we saw at Dragon Con 2022: Hellfire, hotel drama, and a return to form
Dragon Con 2022 was a return to form after last year's reduced crowd. Here are the trends, events, and new additions we noticed while attending this year's convention.
Atlanta Casting Call: What happens when we put famous Atlantans in our favorite nerdy franchises?
If Stacey Abrams can guest star on Star Trek, which other famous Atlantans could fit into our favorite nerdy franchises?
How four Atlanta cosplayers prepared for this year’s Dragon Con
After a year of brainstorming, planning, and sweating over every stitch of their costumes, this Labor Day weekend, cosplayers from across the nation will descend upon downtown for Dragon Con. We spoke to four cosplayers attending this year’s convention about their outfits, creative process, and the community they’ve found through cosplay.
Our favorite costumes from Dragon Con 2021
Looking for photos from Dragon Con 2021? Here's a gallery of our favorite cosplay photos from the annual Atlanta convention.
What we saw at Dragon Con 2021: Smaller crowds and so many Loki variants
Dragon Con 2021 was smaller and masked-up, but still the same celebration of all things geek that we know and love. Here are the trends, events, and new additions we noticed while attending this year's convention.
Dragon Con announces its 2021 Covid-19 guidelines: Vaccine or negative test and masks required, no public parade spectators
Dragon Con announced it will require all guests of the Labor Day weekend to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or show a negative test result. It is also requiring masks in all indoor spaces and will reduce attendance to half of 2019's turnout.
Atlanta’s latest coronavirus updates: Sunday, July 12
The city of Atlanta announces a mask order, the mayor announces a COVID-19 diagnosis, and schools plan for re-opening. Here's what you need to know this week.
YA author L.L. McKinney re-imagines Alice in Wonderland—in Atlanta
L. L. McKinney's A Blade So Black, released last fall, built a devoted following for its mashup of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Buffy the Vampire Slayer—“with a healthy dose of #BlackGirlMagic,” McKinney says. The sequel, A Dream So Dark, launches September 24.