I just went for the Friday showing -


FIRST, COSTUMES:


lots of STARS soldiers


Bruce Campbell / Army of Darkness


Firestorm


the Alien


Quidich??


Deadpool


fuzzy Captain?


C3PO


kissing R2D2 ??


Leia has a blackberry??


Boba Fett


Netherworld or something


Barbosa


Captain Jack


Rogue


D*ck in a box


welcome to DragonCon


replica props for sale


Wee Bee Cards


Sarah W


Cat & A.Sohn


Avon Oeming


Adam Hughes


Brian Pulido


i forget who this is ...


ALL in all, a 3 out of 10 experience.

There were (2) boxes of Star Wars 30 for $90 each, and Sarah W had a box by the pack. Wee Bee Cards had a Star Wars 30 by COWAN for $250. A pretty good deal, me things. Another dealer had (4) Avengers sketch cards for $125-175. EWWW. I'll show my swag later - Cat & Adam Hughes were nice to me!

Thanks for posting the pics!

Great pics. . . but why was the show a 3 of 10? I've been thinking about attending DragonCon, but it's quite the trek from Chicago -- anyone know how it compares to other shows?

Jon

Looks like people were having fun.How were you disappointed?

3 out of 10 is the giveaway jon

Well then I guess you all know where not to go from now on.Sad!
From the photos it looked alright.I guess I won't go I was thinking about it for the near future.

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Originally posted by riddickfan:
Well then I guess you all know where not to go from now on.Sad!
From the photos it looked alright.I guess I won't go I was thinking about it for the near future.

I went a few years ago and had a good time BUT... I thought it was way too crowded in the dealer areas and difficult to find things. At the time I think Dragon*Con had just expanded to 3 hotels with programming on multiple floors of each hotel. Very hard to figure out what hotel/floor things were on and how to get there.
Laura

(#1) crowded!

(#2) not really a comic con - more a Sci Fi con

(#3) almost no card dealers - only 2 I saw

(#4) But it would be a 10 out of 10 con for costume designers, etc. It all depends WHY you are there. They try to be everything to everyone, but can't be. Comic people = 3/10, costume people 10/10, autograph collectors = 9/10, Magic & Gaming people = 7/10, etc etc

By the way - if you get a hotel room in the host hotel & like to drink, people had a BLAST = 9/10.

I like card dealers-sometimes you find a bargain or something rare to you.
Only 2? no.

Did membership to the con, include a free autograph by a guest of your own item? Or does it depend on the guest if they charge or not?


Great pictures.

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Originally posted by Scorpiovamp:
Did membership to the con, include a free autograph by a guest of your own item? Or does it depend on the guest if they charge or not?


Great pictures.

The guests charge for their autographs. Fees vary by guest.
Laura

HA!In pic #1, those arent STARS officers, those are Umbrella tactical teams.

I played WAY too much Resident Evil for my own good.

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Originally posted by make-mine-marvel:
(#1) crowded!

(#2) not really a comic con - more a Sci Fi con

(#3) almost no card dealers - only 2 I saw

(#4) But it would be a 10 out of 10 con for costume designers, etc. It all depends WHY you are there. They try to be everything to everyone, but can't be. Comic people = 3/10, costume people 10/10, autograph collectors = 9/10, Magic & Gaming people = 7/10, etc etc

By the way - if you get a hotel room in the host hotel & like to drink, people had a BLAST = 9/10.

Thanks a lot for this, gives me a pretty good idea of what to expect from this show. . .

Did anyone notice how the selection of original art, or artists were?

Thanks,

Jon

DragonCon still ranks as my favorite show. I think you have to like Chaos a bit though. Always crowded, anyways something weird going on, the costumes are incredible. One minute you are standing by a guy in a 8 foot talk demon ent costume the next minute you will be surround by superheroes! Granted that it never has had a strong Nonsport card present but always a lot of fun!

I think, based on the name on the front, that this is Joseph Michael Linsner of Dawn fame.

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Originally posted by Neil:
I think, based on the name on the front, that this is Joseph Michael Linsner of Dawn fame.

I think MMM was making a joke.

cheers for the photos there cool apart from the guys with the boxes in front of them thats just sad.

SWAG -

In my sketchbook I was creating a jam piece.
Got Cully at Atlanta Comics Expo/
Got Brian Stelfreeze at Heroes Con.
Added the ADAM HUGHES at DragonCon - cool!



Also picked up the most righthand piece of this set:



CARD scans -

Special thanks to Cat for the deal on these:





Small donation to HERO initiative yielded this:

Wonderful sketches!

The Cowardly Lion is AWESOME!!