Reblog if you will be at DragonCon 2013
SO PUMPED. 4 months 8 days 8 hours 58 minutes til my ultimate vacation begins!
BEST. WEEKEND.
Always.
Of course.
So… Dragon*Con and Ed Kramer.
Colossal asshat Ed Kramer is in the news again, which of course, causes folk to bring up his connection to Dragon*Con. This causes some folk to demand everyone should boycott Dragon*Con (in order to punish Kramer and magically force Dragon*Con to “get rid of” Ed Kramer).
Things are not that easy or simple, and I’m going to cover why a little bit here. But the key take-away is that this is not a situation where Dragon*Con has ignored, harbored, or otherwise protected within their power structure an accused child molester for 12 years. The truth is they’ve been trying unsuccessfully to cut the last ties to him for 12 years, and he has no actual power at or presence within the con itself.
Part two of the D*Con Birds of Prey shoot.
The most adorable and shy little Damian cosplayer joined us at the 9am Birds of Prey photoshoot on Friday. He beat up Bane. ;)
I can’t imagine a single person here was doing this just to earn “the male gaze” at 9am on a convention morning. Everyone was too excited to engage and encourage a little boy who clearly thought superheros of all genders were awesome and for a second got to BE the little superhero he was dressed as.
I think most cosplayers will tell you that meeting fellow fans, especially young ones like this Robin, is the best part of dressing up.
I’ve been going to comic conventions for about 20 years now, and one of the things I’ve noticed through the years is the ever increasing amount of people that cosplay. It’s something that I feel is never truly appreciated by con-goers, something that is taken for granted, even. Why do I say this? Because people like to bitch and complain about how aisle traffic getting slowed down, or that they’re not real fans or that they don’t even know who they’re dressed as.
This kind of ignorance always bothered me. Why? Because, well, LOOK at the costumes. Look at the level of craftsmanship there. Look at how much they care about getting the look right. Look at the creativity. There’s an obvious LOVE for the character that they’re dressing up as. It takes a lot of time to create these costumes, and it takes a lot of guts to wear them in that hot convention floor, and stopping to get photographed can get tedious…but they do it because it makes the con experience a lot more fun for them, and for us.
I’ve had the great pleasure of getting to know, and becoming friends with a good number of folks who cosplay. They’re amazing people, ridiculously talented and passionate about their hobby.
So when you see a cosplayer at a con, take the time to appreciate their work, and tell them how much you enjoy it!
BLARG, DRAGON* CON ROOMS!!!
So this year has been extra ridiculous and we have failed at trying to book a room at a host hotel. Here’s hoping we figure something out in the next eleven months!
Wow. Yikes. Sorry to hear that you didn’t get a room.
How fast did the Marriott sell out this morning?
Dragon*Con hotel booking continues to get increasingly competitive. Getting a badge is easy. Getting a host hotel room is hard.
Of the 5 host hotels 2013 convention rate room blocks:
- Sheraton — sold out: http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/DragonCon2013
- Hilton — sold out: https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=10173923
- Westin — limited availability: https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=1209070861&key=4EDDE
- Hyatt — opened this morning at 10am EST sold out 10:14am: https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=10213134
- Marriott — opens Oct 10 9am EST: http://dragoncon.org/location.php#Host_Hotels
Fem!Avengers Mini Group at Dragon*Con 2012
Photographer: JoanneD. Photography (D*C 2012 Gallery)
Cosplayers: Loki/Eldanildiel, Tony(a) Stark/KelsPrater, Thor/ElfGrove
First photo back from our fem!Avengers shoot. I can hardly wait for Jo to post the rest.
The ladies sharing a couch. It started with the intent of Stark macking on our two Asgardian goddesses, but then Loki had to look put upon and Jo had the idea that Thor should be more interested in her hammer. …Poor Stark.
Photographer: Jo Luffiro Sauce/JoanneD. Photography
Cosplayers: Lady Loki/Eldanildiel, Ms. Tonya(?) Stark/KelsPrater, Lady Thor/ElfGrove
A sampling of the photos I took of my friends’ Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit group. For the rest of the photos, go check out the Flickr gallery.
