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AUG. 29 - SEPT. 2, 2019 • , • w w w .DRAGONCON.o r g Announcements...... 2 Hallway...... 45 Area Updates Chôsen...... 46 2019 Art Show...... 3 Masquerade ...... 46 Charity Events...... 4 Battles...... 46 6 FEATURED GUESTS Featuring your favorite stars, Store ...... 5 Video Game ...... 46 authors, artists, and more! Guests Workshops Featured Guests ...... 6 Tai-Chi...... 47 Additional Guests...... 23 Acting ...... 48 Attending Pros...... 24 Killer Openings ...... 48 Live Performances ...... 26 Character Creation...... 48 31 FAN TRACKS Vendors...... 28 Voice Acting ...... 49 Find your con family in one (or Fan Tracks...... 31 Two-Day Writer's...... 50 more) of our tracks! Special Events Screen Writing...... 51 Annual Parade ...... 39 Writer's Hourly...... 52 Film Festival ...... 39 Gaming w Art Sho ...... 39 Artemis Bridge...... 55 e Blood Driv ...... 40 NSDMG...... 55 39 SPECIAL EVENTS Celebrity Photos...... 40 Tokyo Attack...... 56 Our annual fan-favorite events & Pop Art ...... 40 Board Games...... 56 and new ones for 2019. Photos ...... 40 Campaign RPG...... 56 Burlesque ...... 41 Collectible Card...... 57 Family Friendly Dance...41 LAN...... 57 Georgia Philharmonic...42 LARPS...... 58 Character Encounter ....42 Miniatures...... 58 47 WORKSHOPS Night at the Aquarium..42 Non-Campaign RPG...... 58 Learn the ins and outs of screen writing, acting, character Palmetto Knights...... 43 Table Top...... 59 creation, tai-chi, and more. Video Rooms...... 43 Video Gaming...... 59 Wrestling ...... 43 Convention Services...... 61 Contests Travel Information...... 62 Cosplay ...... 45 Membership Info...... 64 Friday Night...... 45 54 GAMING Whether it's larping or minis, CCG or video games, play on! Dragon Con Progress Report 2019 | Published by Dragon Con All material, unless otherwise noted, is © 2019 Dragon Con, Inc. and may Cover © 2019 Dragon Con, Inc. not be reproduced without permission. All other artwork is TM and © Progress Report © 2019 Dragon Con. 2019 by respective owners. Cover by Chris Schweizer. All Rights Reserved. Dragon Con, PO Box 16459, Atlanta, GA 30321-0459 Phone: 404-669-0773 (M–F 9:00 AM–5:00 PM) ANNOUNCEMENTS Those of who have purchased your Due to capacity issues, the bridges memberships in advance will receive (or between AmericasMart Buildings 1 and have received already) a postcard with 2 will be closed for the duration of con. a barcode on the mailing label. Please To access either building, you will need bring that postcard (with the mailing to enter through the main entrances. label intact and legible) and a valid Do you ever stop and think "Geez, I government-issued photo ID with you to don't get enough emails" (hey, let us the registration area at the convention. dream), then we have just the thing for While we are talking about badges, you! We now have a handy-dandy email for the safety of all of our convention newsletter that conveniently delivers members, you will need your Dragon Dragon Con insider information and Con badge to enter the host hotels announcements, right to your inbox! during many of the peak attendance Sign up at bit.ly/DragonConEmail. times. Your badge is your passport to all The 2019 nominations things Dragon Con! Safety of our guests are open! Do you have a book, game, and members is our top priority. show, or movie to nominate? For more We are excited to once again offer information about the process, to Thursday only badges onsite. This nominate your favorite, and to vote, badge, or a full weekend badge, will visit awards.dragoncon.org. give you access to the great events on We take harassment very seriously Thursday including wresting, Bunny at Dragon Con. Our goal is to be the Hutch, performances, and more! most accepting convention in the Shuttle buses will be available again this world regardless of race, gender, sexual year, including the popular dedicated orientation, or planet of origin. There’s shuttle between the host only hotels. space for everyone to be who they want Additionally, we will have special to be here in the Dragon Con community. shuttles available for the exclusive Night We are renewing our focus on Rule #7: at the Georgia Aquarium. don't be a jerk. For more information New website, who dis? We are excited about our convention policies, please to announce that we will soon be visit bit.ly/DragonConPolicies. refreshing the look and feel of the Please note: Service dogs are welcome Dragon Con website! Not only will it at DragonCon, but emotional support look snazzy and new, we've taken a deep animals and therapy animals are NOT dive into the usability and navigation to permitted in Con space. Please see our make it easier than ever for Dragon Con policy at https://dragonconds.fandom. fans to find the info they need, faster. com/wiki/Service_Animals_at_Dragon_ Con.

2 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 SPOTLIGHT ON: THE 2019 DRAGON CON ART SHOW The Dragon Con Art Show, located in the is gearing up to be one of the best yet! Stop by Grand Hall of the Hyatt Regency, is a galaxy- and enjoy interacting with world-class artists renowned event that has been a fixture of and learning a variety of skills, including how Dragon Con from day one and has welcomed to shade in pencil, create something in clay, some of the biggest names in how to copyright your art, and how to work in and art throughout the years. This different mediums. Be prepared to meet your year we are pleased to announce our Artist favorite artists and ask any questions you may Guest of Honor, Julie Dillion. Her works have have. been recognized throughout the industry and have been honored by both Hugo and Chesley We look forward to seeing everyone at the Awards for outstanding art. In addition, we 2019 Dragon Con Art Show! We hope you are pleased to welcome back several previous are able to find unique pieces of art that you Dragon Con Artist Guests of Honor including will treasure for years to come. All artwork, Ciruelo Cabral, Todd Lockwood, , whether it be 3D or 2D, will bring great joy as and Dan dos Santos. a memento of your time spent at Dragon Con 2019. There will be exciting changes to the Dragon Con Art Show this year that you won’t want to miss! This year’s Art Show will give members a chance to enjoy a relaxing, up close interaction with their favorite artists while introducing them to new and exciting ones. The Art Gallery, located in the middle of the Art Show, will allow members to take their time looking at the best the art world has to offer, and will direct them to the artist who is responsible for each masterpiece. We encourage you to connect directly with the artist and see some other treasures at their booth, as this will be the only way to purchase pieces at the convention. While perusing the gallery, please take a moment to vote on a piece that catches your eye or a piece that is so breathtaking you feel deserves recognition. The pieces with the most votes will be recognized with a prestigious award during the show. One thing that is not changing is the level of programming we will offer throughout the weekend, and this years programming lineup FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 3 CHARITY EVENTS At Dragon Con, we raise money for our and around the world, spanning designated charity throughout the convention all populations. It works on addressing via auctions and other events. These funds overall health and well-being, anchored in are donated to a designated charity that is cardiovascular and brain health by focusing selected at the beginning of the Dragon Con on: breakthroughs in science and technology, year in January. Organizations selected in changes in systems and policy, and engaging the past have represented a wide range of with individuals to transform communities. community services, including support for Additionally they work through networks families facing lupus, Alzheimer’s disease, that collectively define and assure scientific diabetes and heart disease, assistance for the homeless, community food banks, education, integrity, invest in impact, influence action, and libraries. In general, we look for a charity and connect across communities, sectors, that can provide opportunities for our and nations in order to meet the needs of members, staff, and volunteers – The Dragon individuals. Con Superheros – to have hands-on volunteer experience, and that will greatly benefit from CHARITY SUBMISSIONS the funds donated by Dragon Con. We host We welcome all submissions for the 2019 several charity events throughout the show, Charity Auction, benefiting The American including our main auctions on Saturday and Heart Association. Sunday afternoons. Without donations from people just like you, We are so very excited to partner with the we would not have been able to raise over Atlanta Affiliate of the American Heart $115,000 last year for Literacy Action. Association as our 2019 official charity. This year's charity selection is a very personal one, If you’d like to help, we would love to have done in honor of our Comics Director, Thom you donate an item for us to sell at the Trainor, who lost his battle with heart disease charity auction. Items sold at past charity in July of 2018. Dragon Con will again match auctions have included: books, comic books, dollar for dollar, up to $100,000, any money artwork, signed photos, movie props, prop raised for this charity at the 2019 convention. replicas, toys, games, costumes, DVD players, We would love to show how much HEART our fans have by sending the total match to AHA! computers, TVs, store and restaurant gift cards, weekend getaways at hotels, site visits to the The American Heart Association’s mission is “live” set of a TV series, a meal with an actor or to be a relentless force for a world of longer, writer, a writing review by an editor, inclusion healthier lives. (Tuckerization) in an upcoming book, and The AHA is a catalyst to achieving maximum much more. If you have an idea for something impact in equitable health and well-being. you’d like to donate and would like to discuss The American Heart Association is in the it, contact us at [email protected]. 4 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 DRAGON CON STORE Greetings Con Goers! We have SO much good stuff in store for you like: stickers, magnets, patches, pins, hoodies, The Official Dragon Con Stores are here to and whatever else can be cooked up between provide you with all of your official event now and the Con. Keep your eyes peeled for shirts, plush baby , drinkware, and the 2019 Dragon Con hoodie with a shout out other great accessories. Your friendly Dragon to 's 80th to make its debut! Con Store volunteers want you to have a wonderful time at the show and bring back We aim to please—and we have fun doing it. great souvenirs. New for 2019: the Vendor Hall location will morph into a kiosk with a limited selection of Our hottest items are our collectible event the most coveted merch, located outside in shirts and high-quality lanyards. A specially the lobby area of Floor 2 for easier access and commissioned shirt is created each year, plus quicker shopping. Feel free to ask any store there’s a second cool shirt to choose from. volunteer about the merchandise or drop These come in adult and kids styles with suggestions for next year by emailing dcstore@ sizes to fit most everyone. Don’t miss out on dragoncon.org. one of the awesome full-color lanyards and hard protector for your badge. Drinkware is especially popular among the Dragon Con OUR STORE HOURS crowd. Whether it’s a shot of Green Milk or Sheraton Atlanta is located just outside of some good ole southern sweet tea, the Dragon Registration. Con Store has high-quality drinkware to handle Thursday: 8:00 am–10:00 pm all of your refreshment needs. Friday: 8:00 am–5:00 pm Brand new this year is our redesigned Baby  Dragon Plushy! The 2019 edition is our second Saturday: 8:00 am–4:00 pm year with the new look and size. If you were a Sunday: 8:00 am–4:00 pm fan of the originals, you will get a kick out of this larger cousin. Sporting wings, horns, and Marriott Marquis is located on the Marquis spikes, he is too cute to pass up! Level directly below Starbucks. Friday–Sunday: 10:00 am–7:00 pm Monday: 10:00 am–5:00 pm Vendor Halls is in the AmericasMart Bldg. 2 Friday-Sunday: 10:00 pm–7:00 pm Monday: 10:00 am–5:00 pm See you there!

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FREEMA AGYEMAN COOPER ANDREWS Freema Agyeman is an Actor Cooper Andrews is best known for his popular actress, best known for her ongoing turn as the Kingdom's Jerry on AMC's role in and the megahit The Walking Dead. Most recently, Andrews spinoff series has drawn praise for his portrayal of foster father as . She is Victor Vasquez in DC's 2019 hit, SHAZAM! also well known for her character Amanita Caplan ASHER ANGEL in the acclaimed Asher Angel began his career series Sense8. Freema will as a child actor in the 2008 be appearing Friday and film Jolene, starring Jessica Saturday only. Chastain. He is known for his role as Jonah Beck in DAVID ANDERS the 2017 Disney Channel David Anders is currently on series Andi Mack and as the hit TV show iZombie as Billy Batson, alongside Blaine DeBeers. He is also , in DC Comics' known for his roles on , SHAZAM! Heroes, , and Once Upon A Time. He JANE BADLER has also made appearances Jane Badler is an American in , CSI, Deadwood, and Australian actress best Grey's Anatomy, 24, known for her role as the evil , House, reptilian Visitor leader Diana , and Criminal Minds. in the NBC mini-series V, its sequel V: The Final Battle, DINO ANDRADE the subsequent TV series V, Dino Andrade is Speedy Gonzales (New Looney and the last season of the Tunes), Mekkatorque, Putricide and Mimiron latest series V. (WoW), plus The Scarecrow (Arkham Asylum). Other credits: Online, Prey, Dishonored 2, D&D: Neverwinter, Brutal Legend, , Sophia the TOM BANCROFT First, SMITE, M*F*K*Z*, Hellsing Ultimate, and Pop Tom Bancroft has 30 years of experience in the (Snap, Crackle and Pop)! industry, much of which was for Disney where he was an animator on shorts and films EMILY ANDRAS including Beauty and the Beast, , Emily Andras has a diverse list of television credits Aladdin, Pocahontas, Mulan, and Brother Bear. to her name. Currently, she is the showrunner and Bancroft will be teaching two workshops for budding executive producer of ’s hit series Wynonna artists/animators. Earp. Previously, she spent three seasons as the showrunner and executive producer of Lost Girl, and recently worked as the supervising producer on Killjoys.

6 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 KAT BARRELL PATRICIA BRIGGS Kat Barrell has appeared in Patricia is the bestselling author of the Mercy numerous television shows Thompson series and the Alpha and Omega series. in both Canada and the USA. She has published 26 books and has short stories She has a strong love for in several anthologies, as well as a series of comic comedy performance and books and graphic novels based on both of her studied improvisation at the series. famous Groundlings Comedy School in . Barrell is most known for her role as June Brigman has enjoyed a long and varied career Officer Nicole Haught in the as a cartoonist, drawing such titles as SyFy's Wynonna Earp. Alpha Flight, , and . She is the co-creator (with ) of the Power MICHAEL BARON Pack series from , which recently Mike Baron is the creator of Nexus (with artist celebrated its 30th anniversary. Steve Rude) and Badger, two of the longest lasting independent superhero comics. Baron has won KIMBERLY BROOKS two Eisners and an and written The Kimberly Brooks' voiceover , , Deadman, and Star Wars, among roles include Dexter's many other titles. Laboratory, Mucha Lucha, What's New Scooby-Doo?, ED BINKLEY , : Ed Binkley served as a judge/juror for Dragon Con Legendary Defender, Doc 2018. His artwork has appeared in 25 years of McStuffins, Ozzy & Drix, competitive publications and exhibits and has won , Phineas and numerous awards, including the Gold and Silver Ferb, Ben 10 Ultimate Alien, awards in Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Powerpuff Girls, Chowder, . He has commissioned work for , Shuriken School, director . Danny , , and Fairly Odd Parents, to name a few. RONEE BLAKLEY Ronee Blakley is an CHUCK BROWN actress, singer-songwriter, Chuck Brown has written The Punisher and Black composer, producer, and Panther comics for Marvel. He is the writer and director. Her most well- co-creator of Rotten Apple for known role was the fictional and Bitterroot at . He has been self- country superstar Barbara publishing for more than 18 years and has written Jean in Robert Altman's 1975 comics for IDW, Zenescope, 12Gauge, and LINE film Nashville. She has also Webtoons. appeared in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), A Return JEN BROWN to Salem's Lot, Murder by Jen Brown is an actor, Numbers, and more. podcaster, producer, writer, director, and overall nerd DR. JOHN E. BRADFORD extraordinaire. She is most Dr. John Bradford is President of SpaceWorks, an known for her voice work on Atlanta-based aerospace company supporting several series such as Red Vs. NASA, the U.S. Air Force, DARPA, and New Space Blue, RWBY, CAMP CAMP, industry. He is a Mars settlement proponent, a lunar Day 5, and more. Brown also economy supporter, and a hypersonics advocate. He voices Harley Quinn, Lashina, has recently been pursuing low metabolic human Artemis, Hecate, and more stasis capabilities for spaceflight missions. for DC Universe Online.

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 7 BOB BURDEN RAY CHASE -winning artist, graphic novelist, Ray Chase is a voice actor most known as Noctis and screenwriter Bob Burden is the creator of the (Final Fantasy XV). You may also know him from world’s first surrealist superhero Flaming Carrot (Master of Masters), One-Punch and Atlanta’s first comic book superhero. He is also Man (Puri Puri Prisoner), My Academia (David known for the major motion picture Shield), and (Subway Announcer). He’s and his award-winning work on Gumby. also a founding member of Loud, Annoying, and Very Annoying. Jim Butcher is the author of , Codex OSRIC CHAU Alera, and a new series, Cinder Spires. Osric Chau is best known for His resume includes a laundry list of skills which his role on Supernatural as were useful a couple of centuries ago and he plays high school student pulled the quite badly. into the role of prophet, Kevin Tran, as Vogel from CHRIS CAMPANA Dirk Gently's Holistic Fan-favorite Chris Campana has worked on Detective Agency, and for his everything from comics to video games to roles in 2012, Fun Size, Kung storyboards. Comic book credits include work Fu Killer, and more. on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, / Pathfinder, and Tellos, along with creator owned titles First World, Adventures of Parker Reef, and an CIRUELO upcoming title with Scout Comics. Fantasy artist Ciruelo was born in Argentina and has been living in Spain since 1987. He worked RICHARD CASE for publishing houses in and in the United Richard Case has been States illustrating book covers, prints, calendars, and illustrating comics for more trading cards with dragons as the main subject. He is than 30 years. His run on currently writing and illustrating his own books. Doom Patrol inspired much of the new TV series for DC CHAD COLEMAN Universe. He has also worked Chad L. Coleman became on Sandman, Preacher, known by portraying Dennis Shade, the Changing Man, as "Cutty" Wise on The Wire, well as runs on Spider-Man, voicing Coach in the video Dr. Strange, and Batman '66. game 2, and portraying Tyreese Williams DAVE CHAPMAN on The Walking Dead. He Dave Chapman is best known currently stars in SyFy’s The for his role as one of the two Expanse as Fred Johnson, puppeteers behind BB8 in and as the alien Klyden, on Star Wars. He has performed . on , Muppets Most Wanted, and RUTH CONNELL 101 Dalmatians. In 2011, he Ruth Connell is a Scottish was an assistant puppeteer theatre, television, and film for Animal during an actress and producer. She appearance on The X Factor. is also a former dancer and choreographer. Connell is best known for her recurring role as Rowena in the CW series Supernatural, one of the longest running female characters on the show.

8 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 LISA CORRAO JEFF DEKAL Lisa Corrao left her lucrative career as a public middle Jeff Dekal is a freelance school teacher to travel the world doing stand-up illustrator. After being comedy. Her material is clever, sarcastic, and a little educated about art history dark, delivered with the smile and warmth of your in college, he was inspired to favorite grade school teacher. focus more on figurative art. Dekal is currently working SHAWN CRYSTAL in the comic industry as Shawn Crystal got his first a cover artist. His clients job, Resident Evil: Fire include Marvel, DC, Creature and Ice, a mini-series for Entertainment, and Dark Wildstorm, while in school. Horse. Around five years ago, Marvel hired Crystal on JOHN DELANEY Deadpool, which enabled John Delaney is a veteran comic book artist, with him to live his childhood more than 25 years in the business. He’s done dream. He is currently an everything from to Scooby-Doo, Bart artist for Marvel comics and Simpson to Batman. He’s an Eisner nominated Valliant Entertainment. artist, Emmy award-winning storyboard artist, and animation director. KATHLEEN O'SHEA DAVID Kathleen O'Shea David is a puppeteer, writer, editor, JULIE DILLON costumer, Equity Stage Manager, owner and creator 2019 Artist Guest of of No Strings Attached Custom Puppets, co-creator Honor Julie Dillon is an of Headcases, canonical Dr. Who author, Star internationally recognized Wars editor, Star Trek writer, Ghostbusters comic and award-winning fantasy book writer, Shakespeare lover, admirer of Dumas artist living in the Pacific and Verne, Sherlock Holmes aficionado, wife, and Northwest. Her previous mother. clients have included , Publishing, , Simon Peter David is a prolific New York Times bestselling & Schuster, Books, author and self-proclaimed "writer of stuff." He Subterranean Press, and has written in almost all forms of prose and gained Llewellyn Worldwide. followers in each. David's career, and continued popularity, spans nearly two decades. BARNABY DIXON Barnaby Dixon is an artist who designs and builds ROBBIE DAYMOND innovative and dynamic puppets. Dixon has a Robbie Daymond is a strong online presence and his work has achieved voice-actor who has voiced international acclaim through media coverage, characters such as: Spider- competitions, and viral success, which has lead man/Peter Parker in Marvel’s to collaborations with companies like Bad Robot Spider-Man, Tuxedo Mask in Productions, the Company, and Netflix. , Prompto in Final Fantasy XV, Akechi in Persona LARRY DIXON 5, Sorey in Tales of Zestiria, Larry Dixon is a cover and interior artist for books Mumen Rider in One Punch from DAW, Baen, Tor, Disney/Hyperion, and many Man, and Raymond in OK-KO, gaming companies. He is the co-author with his among others. wife Mercedes on many of the Valdemar books and SERRAted Edge books, and is the most-read commentator on Quora in humor, comics, and standup.

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 9 J.M. DRAGUNAS ROBERT ENGLUND J.M. Dragunas is a freelance illustrator currently Robert Barton Englund working on his creator owned book L.C. Noir. He is actor, voice actor, singer, best known for his contributions to the Little Nemo and director, is best known anthology, the 1001 Knights anthology, and for for playing the infamous being the illustrator for : A Cinematic serial killer Freddy Krueger Gallery. in the Nightmare on Elm Street film and its seven TAMARA DUARTE sequels. Since 1973, Englund Tamara Duarte is perhaps has appeared in over 75 best known for her heated feature films and starred in love story with Fiona on the four TV series. hit television series Degrassi: The Next Generation JOANNA ESTEP (). She has Joanna Estep is the critically acclaimed illustrator of just been announced as such titles as The (Marvel Comics), a recurring guest star on Bitch Planet (Image), Death Head (Dark Horse), Wynonna Earp as Rosita and The Thrilling Adventure Hour (Boom!/Archaia). Bustillos and is currently Her work has earned her the SPACE Prize and shooting the fourth season nominations for Eisner and Harvey awards. of Hard Rock Med. KACEY EZELL BARBARA DUNKELMAN Kacey Ezell is a USAF helicopter who writes sci- Barbara Dunkelman is an actor and voice actor fi, fantasy, and . She was a Dragon known for her voice roles in various Award finalist in 2018, and her stories have twice Productions including Yang on RWBY, Jensen in been featured in Baen’s The Year’s Best Military and Red vs. Blue, Nerris in CAMP CAMP, and ORF in Adventure SF compilation. In 2018, her story won X-Ray & Vav. She is also one of the main on-camera the 2018 Baen Reader’s Choice Award. personalities at Rooster Teeth. DAVE FENNOY KARA EBERLE Dave Fennoy is perhaps Kara Eberle is an American voice actress and Internet best known for voicing Lee personality. She's most known for her role as Weiss Everett from The Walking Schnee in the award-winning series RWBY. Dead game, Bluebeard from In addition to voice acting and interacting with , Vol'Jin fans, Eberle works as an executive at Powerhouse from , Animation Studios, located in Austin, TX. Gabriel Tosh from StarCraft 2, and General Pong Krell MICHAEL EKLUND from Star Wars: Clone Wars. Michael Eklund is known for disappearing into every role and radically transforming ATHENA FINGER his look for each new Heiress to the Dark Knight, Athena Finger fought character. Television for her grandfather, , to receive co-credit appearances include guest recognition for Batman and won in 2015. She has starring or recurring roles been actively attending conventions as the historian on Altered Carbon, Wynona of the creation of Batman, artist, and upcoming Earp, , Bates Motel, author. Continuum, Almost Human, Alcatraz, Fringe, Intelligence, and Battlestar Galactica.

10 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 QUINTON FLYNN AIMEE GARCIA Quinton Flynn is most notable for providing the Aimee Garcia is an award- English voices of video game characters such as winning actress, currently in the series, Croix in La Pucelle: starring on the hugely Tactics, Axel in the Kingdom Hearts series, and Reno popular series Lucifer, which in Final Fantasy VII and its sequels and prequels recently moved to Netflix for its fourth season earlier STEPHAN FRANCK this year. She previously Stephan Franck is an award- appeared on Showtime’s nominated animator, writer, hit Dexter as Jamie Batista. director, and comic book Her other credits include creator. He was a supervising Trauma, The George Lopez animator on the classic The Show, RoboCop, and more. Iron Giant, and contributed story to Despicable Me. MAGGIE GEHA Silver, his graphic novel Actor and model Maggie debut, earned a nomination Geha is best known as for the prestigious Russ Poison Ivy on Fox's Gotham. Manning Award. Geha has worked with Mark Wahlberg in Ted 2 and with BRYAN SCOTT FYFFE Hugh Grant in The Rewrite. Bryan Fyffe is a commercial She will next be seen in the illustrator focused on works , The rich in color and steeped Harrow. in dark atmosphere. His work has been featured in publications from Dark ANNIE STEGG GERARD Horse Comics to the galleries Annie Stegg Gerard has always loved to paint. Her of Disney. He lives and works art career began at 7 years old, when she had her in Kansas City. first art show at her school. Since then she has never stopped painting and has worked for clients across the world. MARK GAGLIARDI Mark Gagliardi is best known for the viral hit Drunk JUSTIN GERARD History and his work on The Thrilling Adventure Most known for his work illustrating scenes from Hour, a monthly live hit show and . He is a the works of JRR Tolkien, Justin Gerard's illustrations veteran of The Second City and National Lampoon, have also been used in films, games, magazines, and and works at Disneyland and Universal Studios as an books by clients such as Disney, Penguin, Warner actor and improvisation coach. Bros., Sony, Harper Collins, Riot, and Blizzard.

ZACH GALLIGAN GERARD Zach Galligan made his debut Gil Gerard has starred in in the MGM film Nothing numerous successful made- Lasts Forever. His most for-television movies, as well notable role was as Billy as feature films. He is best Peltzer in , which known to science fiction finished as the third highest audiences as Capt. William grossing film in 1984. Other "Buck" Rogers in the series credits include Gremlins 2, Buck Rogers in the 25th Tales from the Crypt, Melrose Century. Place, and Waxwork.

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 11 A voice actress and director, Four-time Eisner Award best known for the role of winner Gene Ha is a comic Winry Rockbell in Fullmetal artist best known for his Alchemist, Caitlin Glass has collaboration with Alan been working in the anime Moore on Top 10 and its industry since 2004. Her prequel The Forty-Niners. He well-known anime roles is working on his book, Mae, include Super, about a girl who follows her , One missing sister to a world of Piece, , Attack on science and mystery. Titan, , and many more. CHRIS HAMER Chris Hamer is an Atlanta RICK JOHN GOLDSCHMIDT artist who refers to himself Rick Goldschmidt has been the official Rankin/ as URBNPOP. He has worked Bass Productions historian and biographer for over on licensed properties 30 years and has authored six books. He worked such as Star Wars, Marvel, with producer Arthur Rankin, Jr. who produced Adventure Time, Mars Thundercats, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Attacks, and Rick and Morty. Hobbit, and more! Hamer is an accomplished painter and illustrator who MALCOLM GOODWIN has shown his work all over Malcolm Goodwin is an actor the world. from Brooklyn, New York. He is perhaps best known for ROBERT E. HAMPSON his appearance in the music Scientist, author, and educator, Dr. Robert E. video for the hit song "Party Hampson turns science fiction into science. His Rock Anthem." He also team developed the first prosthetic for human appeared as Seamus "Shea" memory using the brain's native neural codes. He Daniels on Breakout Kings, advises science fiction and fantasy writers, game and as Clive Babineaux in developers, and TV writers and is the most likely iZombie. scientist to create a apocalypse!

JOSH GREATHOUSE SCOTT HANNA Josh Greathouse is a master of color, a wizard of An Eisner Award-winning lines, a crafter of stories, and okay in the eyes of his artist in the graphic novel cat. He's a comic and children's book artist, and is a industry, Scott Hanna has featured artist on the , Looking for a been drawing and inking Group, and the children's book Big Hit! comic books for over 30 years. His work has been MATT GREEN published in over 1,000 comics and graphic novels, Director, producer, teacher, and FX artist Matt and he’s inked over 23,000 Green has directed ten feature films and created pages of comics art. creature and physical FX on countless others. Green has over 33 years of professional experience in the film business and loves to teach the art and craft of MATT HAWKINS film-making. Matthew Hawkins loves to make things, fun things, innovative things, inspired things. Whimsical, animated, colorful and beautiful papertoys are his passion and priority. Transforming flat paper into 3D objects is still magic to him! Hawkins loves that toys bring families together and inspire kids to create!

12 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 ERICA HENDERSON SAMANTHA IRELAND Erica Henderson is a comic Samantha Ireland is an artist, writer, and animator. award-winning actress, She's best known for her writer, director, and work on Marvel's The producer. Since 2011 Ireland Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. has worked on several Henderson is part of a projects ranging from new generation of female films, sketch comedy, web cartoonists bringing their series, and video games. own unique, expressive She is most known for her style to the traditionally work with Rooster Teeth male-dominated world of Productions such as RWBY, superhero comics. CAMP CAMP, and Red Vs. Blue.

BRIAN HERRING MARK JACKSON Brian Herring is perhaps best Mark Jackson has most known for his performance recently been cast as series as BB-8 in Star Wars The regular Isaac in The Orville Force Awakens (2015), for Twentieth Century Fox as well as his work in Television. Other screen Doctor Who, The Muppets, work includes performing Hellboy II, Prometheus, The with Paul Nicholas and Steve Hitchhikers Guide to the Huison in The Royal Today Galaxy, and much more. for ITV and various short films such as Peppermint and The Kissing Booth. BILL HOLBROOK Bill Holbrook is the creator of the daily comic strips On the Fastrack, , and Kevin & Kell. The Lindsay Jones is an actor and later debuted in 1995 and is the longest continually voice actor based in Austin, running webcomic on the Internet. In 2016 he was TX, and is known for her nominated by the National Cartoonists Society for voice roles in various Rooster Best Webcomic (Short form). Teeth Productions including Ruby in RWBY, Kimball in GREG HOUSER Red Vs. Blue, Space Kid in CAMP CAMP, and more. Greg Houser is known for his vocal work with She is also one of the main companies like PetSmart, DuPont, American on-camera personalities at Express, and many others. In anime, Houser has had Rooster Teeth. the privilege to be a utility actors for titles such as Evangelion, , , Tales of Vesperia, and many others. JOE KARG Joe Karg is an illustrator who has worked on the FX SAMANTHA INOUE-HARTE show Archer and whose client list includes , FOX, and Viacom. He currently works as a Samantha Inoue-Harte is a 20 year veteran in the program coordinator for design at The Art Institute entertainment industry. She stars in the James of Atlanta and regularly freelances for Comedy Cameron and Robert Rodriguez Alita: Battle Angel Central, producing album art and animated shorts. movie, is an anime producer with two series on Netflix, and is most known as of Chocobo from Final Fantasy Unlimited in her voice acting career.

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JOSH KEATON RAHUL KOHLI Josh Keaton is perhaps Rahul Kohli is an English best known for his work on actor who is best known for , , playing Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti and : The in the television series Animated Series. He also iZombie, and also for voiced Spider-Man in The his appearances on the Spectacular Spider-Man YouTube channel Funhaus. animated series. Recently, He has recently lent his voice he stepped into the role of to the upcoming Harley Shiro in the hit Dreamworks Quinn animated series Voltron: Legendary as Scarecrow. Defender, out now on Netflix. KATHERINE KURTZ BILL KEEL With her first Deryni Trilogy, Katherine Kurtz helped Astronomer Bill Keel, author of The Sky at Einstein's found the modern fantasy genre, and has more Feet and The Road to Galaxy Formation, has than a score of novels to her credit, along with appeared at Dragon Con since 2004. He hosts annual nearly a dozen co-authored with others. Her first overnight Live Astronomy sessions and has spoken novel, Deryni Rising, is currently optioned and in on cosmology, extrasolar planets, citizen discovery development with Sony Entertainment for Columbia in astronomy, science in pop-culture universes, spy Pictures. satellites, and astronomical tourism. MERCEDES LACKEY SHERRILYN KENYON Mercedes Lackey had always written from her early Since her first book debuted in 1993, Sherrilyn teens, and developed this hobby by writing fan- Kenyon has placed more than 80 novels on the New fiction for various amateur magazines. She now York Times bestseller list in all genres, including has 126 books in print, including the Heralds of manga and graphic novels, and has more than 70 Valdemar, Masters, Elvenbane, SERRAted million books in print worldwide. Her current series Edge, Secret World Chronicle, Hunter, Diana include: Dark-Hunters, Deadman’s Cross, and The Tregarde, Obsidian Mountain, Joust, and other League. series.

J. GREGORY KEYES CHERALYN LAMBETH Greg Keyes is the author of 28 science fiction and Cheralyn Lambeth is a professional costume, prop, fantasy novels, including The Age of Unreason and puppet builder whose work includes films (The quartet and Kingdoms of the Thorn and Bone. He has Muppet Christmas Carol, The Hunger Games), TV also written for Star Wars, Planet of the Apes, Pacific shows (Dinosaurs!, Homeland) and live properties Rim, Babylon 5, The Elder Scrolls, and other media- (Avenue Q, Star Trek: The Experience). She is also related works. the author of Theaters of the Carolinas and Creating the Character Costume. BARRY KITSON Barry Kitson has been a GREG LAND professional illustrator Greg Land has been a since the 1980s, and has professional illustrator for drawn most of the flagship 34 years, the past twenty- characters of both DC and something as a comic book Marvel comics. Kitson artist. Some past projects continues to work on the include The Uncanny X-Men, creator-owned series Empire , Mighty , and is one of the main The Ultimate Fantastic Four, contributors to The Liberty Uncanny X-Men, Brigade. Unleashed, Sojurn, and Weapon X, among others.

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 15 SHAZAD LATIF ZACHARY LEVI Captivating and an One of the most respected immensely talented actor, actors of his generation, Shazad Latif can most Zachary Levi has become recently be seen in the CBS known for his captivating series Star Trek: Discovery. onscreen presence. He is Additional recent credits for known for his roles in the Latif include starring in Penny fan-favorites Chuck, The Dreadful and appearing in Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Man Who Knew Infinity Tangled, : the Dark and The Second Best Exotic World, and as the titular Marigold Hotel. character in the highly- anticipated movie SHAZAM! J. LEE J. Lee is an actor, writer, and MOLLY LEWIS occasional musician who is Molly Lewis (aka Sweetafton23) is an Internet known for playing Lt. John musician who is known for her ukulele playing, LaMarr on the Fox science playing both covers and original songs. Her original fiction comedy television music consists of comedic songs about pop culture series The Orville. Lee landed topics that trend towards the nerdy. Her first EP was his first industry job as the I Made You A CD... But I Eated It. receptionist for . Eventually he became AJ LOCASCIO a writer for The Cleveland AJ LoCascio is best known Show. as Prince Lotor in the smash hit Voltron: Legendary JAE LEE Defender, Marty Mcfly in Eisner Award-winner Jae Back to the : The Lee is a Korean-American Game, Thunk Crood in the comic book artist, known Dreamworks series Dawn of for his dark style. In 1990, the Croods, and Han Solo in he became one of the Star Wars: Forces of Destiny. youngest artists ever to work for a major publisher. His art can be seen in Stephen King's Dark Tower, Before Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times bestselling Watchmen: Ozymandias, author, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and Marvel's Inhumans, and comic book writer. He writes the Joe Ledger thrillers, Batman/Superman. the Rot & Ruin series, the Nightsiders series, the Dead of Night series, as well as standalone novels in multiple genres. Voice actress Cherami Leigh Kuehn has provided ERIN MACDONALD voices for a number of Dr. Erin Macdonald is an astrophysicist, science English language versions of fiction consultant, aerospace engineer, and host Japanese anime series and of the online series Dr. Erin Explains the Universe. video games. Some of her Her specialty is general relativity and spacetime notable roles include Peach in science fiction and she has found her home Girl, The Sacred Blacksmith, consulting with writers and teaching STEM through Bamboo , Fairy Tail, popular culture. , , , and the dub of Sailor Moon.

16 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 PETER MACON JACK MCDEVITT Peter Macon is an actor and Jack McDevitt has written 23 novels, 12 of which voice-over artist who plays have been Nebula finalists. His awards include the role of Bortus, the second a Nebula for Best Novel, the John W. Campbell officer in The Orville. Macon Memorial Award, and the Robert Heinlein Lifetime is a veteran actor who has Achievement Award. has declared had recurring roles on the him "the logical heir to and Arthur C. cable series Shameless and Clarke." the streaming series Bosch. He also starred in the cable PAUL MCGILLION movie High Moon. Paul McGillion's television credits include 24, Once MARI MANCUSI Upon a Time, AMC's award- Mari Mancusi is a multiple Emmy award-winning winning drama The Killing, TV producer and author of more than two dozen , Netflix's Frontier, sci-fi and fantasy books for kids, teens, and adults the classic The X-Files, and including Gamer Girl, the Scorched series, The Blood the hit sci-fi series Coven Vampires, and her newest, The Camelot Code: Atlantis where he portrayed The Once and Future Geek, published by Disney the loveable Scottish Books. physician, Dr. Carson Beckett, for five seasons. DIRK MANNING Dirk Manning is best known as the writer and ROSE MCIVER creator of comic series such as Tales of Mr. Rhee Rose McIver can currently (Devil’s Due) and Nightmare World (Image Comics/ be seen playing the lead ), as well as the author of the ongoing character Liv Moore on CW's inspirational book collection Write Or Wrong: A iZombie. She also recently Writer’s Guide To Creating Comics (Caliber/Bleeding played Tinkerbell in ABC's Cool). Once Upon a Time and has previously been seen on DAVID MAZOUZ Masters of Sex, Petals on the David Mazouz first came to Wind, The Lovely Bones, and prominence for his lead role more. as mute Jacob "Jake" Bohm in the TV series Touch, but in MIKE MCKONE 2014 he landed the role he is Mike McKone’s first published work was for DC best known for: young Bruce Comics’ of America and Marvel Wayne in FOX's TV series Comics’ Punisher series. In the years since, he has Gotham. illustrated almost every major character for the big two publishers, including lengthy runs on , Amazing Spider-Man, and Fantastic Four.

AJ MICHALKA EDDIE MCCLINTOCK AJ Michalka is an actress Eddie McClintock is perhaps best known for his and platinum recording Warehouse 13. work as Pete Lattimer on He has also artist as one half of the band Bones appeared as Special Agent on Aly & AJ. In addition to her Sex and the City, My Boys, and has guest-starred on film and television credits, Felicity, , Less than Perfect, Better Off Ted, Michalka has had a recurring The King of Queens. and role on the sitcom, . She now reprises her role in the spin-off series Schooled.

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 17 NOOLIGAN Aly Michalka is an actress and HaiNaNu "nooligan" Saulque is an artist, comic platinum recording artist as creator, and graphic designer based in Sacramento, one half of the band Aly & AJ. Ca. From the cartoons of his youth to films he She has appeared in the films missed by decades, from golden age comics to Easy A, , Sequoia, classic newspaper strips, you will find a creator who and Weepah Way for Now, has immersed himself in what he loves. among others. Her television credits include iZombie, CARY NORD , and Two and a Half Cary Nord is the award- Men. winning artist of comic books and graphic novels AMANDA MILLER such as Daredevil, X-Men, You can currently hear Amanda Miller as Sailor and . Jupiter in the Viz dub of Sailor Moon and Sailor Throughout his career, Moon Crystal, as Boruto Uzumaki in Boruto: Nord has drawn virtually the Movie and TV series, Mikage in Durarara!!x2, every major character in Menchi in Hunter x Hunter, and as Ride in Gundam comics, having worked Iron Blooded Orphans on . on Superman, , Mutant X, Ghost Rider, MAX MITTELMAN Spider-Man, Thor, and Star Wars. Max Mittelman has been entertaining audiences since high school, but you're likely most familiar with TY OLSSON his work as the voice of Saitama (One-Punch Man), Ty Olsson is the man in Ryuji Sakamoto (Persona 5), Plagg (Miraculous everything. He is best known Ladybug), and King (Seven Deadly Sins). He also for his role as Benny Lafitte voices (Disney XD's Marvel's Spider- the vampire in Supernatural. Man) alongside best friend Robbie Daymond. He currently plays Nyko on CW's The 100. He has DEAN MOTTER had great character roles Dean Motter is an artist, writer, and designer, on Battlestar Galactica, best known for the comics sensation Mister X. He V, Eureka, Falling Skies, has created works for DC, Dark Horse, and Marvel Continuum, Arrow, Dirk Comics. His Vertigo mini-series, Terminal City, was Gently, and iZombie. nominated for Eisner and Kurtzman Awards. He’s also known for his graphic novel The Prisoner: YANICK PAQUETTE Shattered Visage. Yanick Paquette began his career as a comic book illustrator in the United States in 1994. He worked ANSON MOUNT for Topps, Marvel, and DC Comics, illustrating titles Anson Mount is known for his including , Superman, Batman, television roles as fictional Avengers, JLA, X-Men, Wolverine Weapon X, Terra character Cullen Bohannon Obscura, Seven Soldiers, and New 52 Swamp Thing. in the AMC drama series Hell on Wheels, Jim DAN PARENT Steele on the short-lived NBC Dan Parent is a comic book artist and writer best series Conviction, the Marvel known for his work for . He has Comics superhero Black Bolt also written and/or illustrated for DC Comics, in Marvel's Inhumans, and Marvel Comics, Productions, Mattel, Captain Christopher Pike IDW, Boom, , Chapterhouse, and in season 2 of Star Trek: Harpercollins to name a few. Discovery.

18 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 JAMIE PEARCE DOMINIQUE PROVOST-CHALKLEY Jamie Pearce has been involved in the paranormal Dominique Provost-Chalkley for over 20 years. She has published seven books began dancing and acting in her Historic Haunts series, conducted hundreds at the age of four after of investigations, been on numerous paranormal she quickly discovered her television shows, and is now working on her PhD in passion for all performing Parapsychology. arts. Her favorite project to date is filming Wynonna Earp ETHAN PECK where she plays Wynonna's Actor Ethan Peck is best younger sister Waverly. known for his roles in the Other credits include movies The Sorcerer's 12 Monkeys, Murdoch Apprentice and In Time, and Mysteries, and Avengers: Age of Ultron. the series 10 Thing I Hate About You and Star Trek: DJ QUALLS Discovery. In addition, Peck DJ Qualls is one of the has lent his voice to most recognizable actors 4, Halo 5: Guardians, and working today. He has a Lightning Returns: Final huge fanbase for his roles Fantasy XIII. including the movies Road Trip, The New Guy, The MARK PELLEGRINO Core, and even Hustle Mark Pellegrino is an actor of and Flow. He has been an film and television. He is best icon of TV with his roles known for his work as Lucifer on Supernatural and on in Supernatural, Paul Bennett ZNation. in Dexter, Jacob in Lost, and as Bishop in Being Human. DAVID RAMSEY He also recurred in the role David Ramsey is an actor and of Clayton Haas in the ABC martial artist, best known for thriller Quantico. his roles in Arrow, , Supergirl, and The Flash as John Diggle/ Spartan, Anton Briggs on the SEAN PERTWEE Showtime TV series Dexter, Sean Pertwee consistently and the film Mother and captivates audiences with Child (2009) as Joseph. his compelling performances in a variety of roles that span film, television, and stage including his portrayal BRIAN REBER of Alfred Pennyworth in the Brian Reber is a professional colorist who has hit television series Gotham worked on over 80 different series for Marvel, DC, and as Sgt. Harry G. Wells in TopCow, Image, and Valiant. He has worked on Dog Soldiers. titles such as , Runaways, X-factor, New Mutants, and X-Men Legacy. He is currently an ROBERT W POPE exclusive artist under Valiant Comics. Cartoonist, animator, and comic book artist Robert Pope currently draws Looney Tunes for DC SARA RICHARD comics and the Peanuts gang for BOOM and Simon Illustrator Sara Richard is best known for her work Spotlight. With 30 years in comics and animation, on My Little Pony, Jem and the Holograms, and the he has drawn Scooby-Doo, The Powerpuff Girls, Eisner nominated book Kitty and Dino. In 2018, Batman the Brave and the Bold, , Richard collaborated with Eisner winner Franco to Foster’s Home, and more. create The Ghost, The Owl, published by Action Lab.

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 19 ROY RICHARDSON Roy Richardson has worked for all the major Literary Guest of Honor publishers. Currently, he is the of the new Brandon Sanderson’s novels sci-fi series Captain Ginger from Ahoy Comics. He are the Mistborn books, The is also the inker, , and colorist for the Mary Stormlight Archive, which Worth , over his wife June Brigman's includes the Dragon Award- pencils. winning Oathbringer, his most recent bestseller The Rithmatist, and Steelheart, Rebecca Riggs is best known among others. He completed as Commandant Mele the final volumes of Robert on Grayza on the award- Jordan’s Wheel of Time series winning series . She and is published in 35 languages. appeared in many Australian television series including ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI Backberner, All Saints, Day Allison Scagliotti is an actress best known for of the Roses, Medivac, and her roles as Mindy in Drake and Josh and Claudia Fire. She has decades of Donovan in the SyFy television series, Warehouse experience onstage with the 13. Other notable roles include One Tree Hill, CSI, Bell Shakespeare Company, Zoey 101, Stitchers, Eureka, , and many Queensland Theatre Company, and Darwin Theatre more. Company. CHRIS SCHWEIZER RICHARD RIVERA Eisner-nominated Chris Schweizer is the cartoonist Richard Rivera is the writer and creator of several that divides his time between two graphic novel comic book series including Stabbity Bunny, Scout series: the award-winning historical fiction Crogan Comics best selling title. Other titles include Shadow Adventures ( Press), and the upcoming horror Play, Stabbity Ever After, as well as Wild Bull and series The Creeps (Abrams/Amulet). Schweizer has Chipper and Pirates, which are in production previously taught aspiring artists at SCAD-Atlanta for Scout Comics. for five years.

WILL ROSADO MARK A. SHEPPARD Will Rosado started his career drawing his favorite Mark Sheppard is a British- childhood book, GI Joe, first at Marvel and then American actor and at DC. His work can also be found in the pages of musician. He is known for , , Robin, Birds of Prey, his recurring roles as the Superman One Million, Flash, Deathstroke, Earth’s demon/King of Hell Crowley Mightiest Heroes 2, Incidentals, , and Summit. on Supernatural, lawyer Romo Lampkin on the MATT RYAN Battlestar Galactica reboot, Matt Ryan is perhaps best Interpol investigator James known for portraying Sterling on Leverage, and in NBC's small-time crime lord Constantine and The CW's Badger on 's . and along with his current adaptation on Legends of Tomorrow, and Anthony Simcoe is a graduate of Sydney’s National voicing the character in the Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA). He is best known 2017 film Justice League Dark in Australia for his role as Steve Kerrigan in The and its CW Seed spin-off web Castle and better known throughout the rest of the series Constantine: City of world for his portrayal of D’Argo on Farscape. Demons.

20 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 MARC SINGER DANA SWANSON A star of both television and Dana Swanson is a voice actor, musician, game feature films, Marc Singer's reviewer, and person who improvises too much popularity stems from such from Atlanta, GA. She provides the talky parts of title roles as The Beastmaster Toonami’s SARA, Dark Ages’ Malison, and Glenn’s in the three original films of Wife on while also recording music and that name, and his portrayal voices for various other projects. of Mike Donovan in the three acclaimed sci-fi TV epics V, V: ROBIN LORD TAYLOR the Final Battle, and V: the Robin Lord Taylor has appeared in several acclaimed Series. television series, such as The Walking Dead, Law & Order, , Person of Interest, and most SAMANTHA SMITH recently 3: Parabellum, but is best known Samantha Smith is best for playing Penguin in the hit series Gotham. known as Mary Winchester in the wildly popular show, CATHERINE TATE Supernatural, which recently Actor and writer, Catherine celebrated its 300th episode. Tate is well known in the Smith has been a recurring UK and internationally character for multiple for a diversity of work in seasons. She has also had television, film, and on the guest appearances on Rizzoli stage - in particular, for her & Isles and Criminal Minds. work on Doctor Who, The Her film work includes Jerry Catherine Tate Show, The Maguire and . Office, and more. JOE STATON Joe Staton has been in comics since 1971. He has an Inkpot, an Eisner, and three Harveys. He's co- David Tennant is a Scottish created E-Man, The Huntress, Omega Men, and lots actor and voice actor. He is of Green Lanterns. He's been drawing the best known for his roles as DI comic strip for the last eight years. Alec Hardy in Broadchurch, the Tenth Doctor in Doctor TJ STERLING Who, Kilgrave in Jessica TJ Sterling is the president and lead artist of RAE Jones, and most recently, Comics. He has worked for Marvel, Dark Horse, and Crowley in Good Omens. He . Currently he is producing his creator will be appearing Friday and owned series Okemus, a sci-fi martial art action Saturday only. story. KIRK THATCHER JOONAS SUOTAMO Kirk R. Thatcher is a writer, producer, director, With childhood interests creature designer, and actor with credits on Return in music, arts, and movies of the Jedi, Star Trek IV, the Muppet movies and TV Joonas Suotamo studied series, both Gremlins films, Robocop 2, Dinosaurs film and video. He was a the TV series, and much more! body double for Chewbacca, played by Peter Mayhew, ROY THOMAS in Star Wars: The Force Roy Thomas is a legendary comic book writer and Awakens and played the role editor, who was Stan Lee's first successor as editor- for Star Wars: The Last Jedi in-chief of Marvel Comics. He is known for co- and the Solo spinoff film. creating some of comics' greatest characters such as Wolverine, , Morbius, the Vision, , and Ultron.

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 21 LANI JOHN DB WOODSIDE Multi-talented Lani John DB Woodside is currently Tupu has two major roles seen as series regular in the prestigious Saturn Amenadiel on Lucifer on Award-winning TV series Netflix. Concurrently, he has Farscape. He is the cranky, been starring on the cable unpredictable Captain drama Suits. Prior to that, Crais, and the voice of Pilot, he was a recurring regular the ship's navigator. He is on the network drama currently putting his voice to Parenthood and he played a series of books by Candice Wayne Palmer on the Emmy Fox. Award-winning 24.

JAMIE TYNDALL AMANDA WYSS Jamie Tyndall is a penciler, inker, and colorist with Amanda Wyss is a film and television actress who over seven years of experience. Tyndall has worked first gained notice for her role as Lisa in the comedy for various publishers including Zenescope, IDW film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). She then Entertainment, Valiant Entertainment, Lady Death, rose to international prominence after playing Tina Contraband, Absolute Comics, and Stan Lee’s POW Gray in the film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Entertainment. His newest project is White Widow under Absolute comics. NICK ZANO Nick Zano portrays Nate CHRISTOPHER UMINGA Heywood/Steel in a lead Christopher Uminga is a role in the second, third, Connecticut based painter and fourth seasons of DC's and illustrator. He has spent Legends of Tomorrow, the last ten years developing and in the fifth season of a unique style that blends Arrow. His recurring roles on together creepy and cute. television include Melrose You can find the influences Place, Cougar Town, Happy of classic movies, Saturday Endings, 90210, and 2 Broke morning cartoons, graffiti, Girls. and low brow/outsider art in his work. ARRYN ZECH Arryn Zech is an actress best CHRISTIAN WAGGONER known for her roles as Blake Christian Waggoner is known worldwide for his Belladonna from RWBY Star Wars Reflection series paintings. He has been and Dr. Emily Grey in the working with Lucasfilm for over 12 years. His web-based series, Red Vs. uniquely enhanced, photo-realistic style makes Blue. With over 10 years of viewers wonder how he achieves such detail with a training in theatre, acting, mere brush and canvas. and voice, Zech is now based in LA pursuing her MATT WILSON career in film and television. Coloring comics since 2003, Matt Wilson has colored thousands of comic pages over hundreds of CHRISSIE ZULLO issues for most major comic book publishers. You Chrissie Zullo has created comic book covers may know his work from books such as The Wicked for Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, Hack/ vs. + The Divine, Paper Girls, The Mighty Thor, Black Vampirella, Josie and the Pussycats, Vampirella, Life Widow, Runaways, and Conan the Barbarian. With Archie, and Vertigo’s Fables: The Wolf Among Us series. She has worked for DC Comics, Fandango, Mattel, Dark Horse, Devil’s Due, IDW, Topps, and Harper Collins.

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CYBERTRONIC SPREE MIKEY MASON More than meets the eye, Mikey Mason is a nationally touring performer The Cybertronic Spree with hits “She Don’t Like Firefly," "Best Game are here on Earth with Ever," and "Opposite of Cool." Mikey Mason one critical mission: to is a ball of contagious enthusiasm who makes party like it’s 1986! Join songs that make geeks happy. It is a truly must- Hotrod, Arcee, Rumble, see event each time he performs. Unicron, Soundwave, , Shockwave, NIGHT SABERS and Quintesson as they Night Sabers play nerd pop music about video prove they’ve got the games, anime, and comic books. Imagine if power to light your darkest hour. Tom Petty and Debbie Harry played too much NES growing up and you're starting to get an FRENCHY AND THE PUNK idea! Their new record, Welcome to Saber Frenchy and the Punk School just came out, and the future is looking is the eclectic genre- Saber-riffic! bending New York Cabaret Rock Duo with POWERED GIRAFFE french born singer From their heartwarming and veteran punk rock nostalgic melodies to guitarist. They display their funky cabaret rock, sultry powerful vocals, Steam Powered Giraffe’s live looped raucous guitar songs are as unique as riffs and were named top the themselves. 25 duos in America by Yahoo Music. They are a The quirky act combines rollicking two person powerhouse. comedic sketches, improvised android LIPS DOWN ON DIXIE banter, and original music Lips Down On Dixie is an Atlanta-based Rocky fused with multimedia visuals, billowing steam Horror Picture Show cast that performs weekly effects, and robot pantomime. Friday shows at The Plaza Theater. Known nationally for their screen accuracy, the THE PDX BROADSIDES cast has made appearances at venues around Nerd-pop powerhouse trio The PDX Broadsides the Southeast region including Masquerade, make nerdy music for nerdy people about their Club Future, Chamber, Tongue & Groove, and favorite things: science, space, Shakespeare, others. and Nathan Fillion's bum. They've played all over the U.S. and they're ready to share their new album with Dragon Con!

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30 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 FAN TRACKS

ALTERNATE AND HISTORICAL FICTION AMERICAN SCI-FI CLASSICS TRACK The American Sci-Fi Classics Track invites you The Alternate and Historical Fiction Track is to venture into the archives of movie and TV celebrating a new name this year with content old awesomeness, from Gotham City to Spatula City, and new for fans of all things past and neverwas. Our and beyond. schedule includes fan discussions of and This year's celebrations include Alien, the movie period TV favorites, with new content from online that taught us about unpleasant outbursts; Batman, shows and . The costume and maker panels the 1989 movie that taught us that Michael Keaton will focus on the best of period costuming and 3D is Batman; the 1989 movie that taught us to be printing, and as always we feature a wide array of excellent to each other, Bill and Ted's Excellent fan discussion topics such as spies, pirates, and even Adventure; , Galaxy Quest, and the movie Victorian death customs among many more. that proved we don't need no stinking badgers -- the And then there's our events. Among them are our "Weird" Al Yankovic epic UHF. Yesteryear Lagoon and Lounge, Temporal Formal Every year Classic Track salutes an infamous movie Dance, singalongs (three of them), and our annual that deserves its just deserts. This year it's Mac and Mechanical Masquerade! This year's theme is "A Me. A donation to Dragon Con's charity might get Story of Tonight," a revolution-themed party full you a reprieve from watching this movie about a of music, dance, and our fans dressed in their best boy and his alien that is totally different from E.T., revolutionary attire, be it historic or imagined. no fooling. For all the details, visit American Sci-Fi Classics AMERICAN SCI-FI AND FANTASY MEDIA Track on at facebook.com/groups/ Dragon Con Assemble! We’ll dust off this year’s americanscificlassics. media efforts and see what the heroes have been up to this year from Marvel, DC, Netflix and everywhere else! For those not hero inclined we’ll be talking about the ending of Big Bang Theory, Russian Doll, and Killjoys! We’ll have panels on time travel, diversity, and how a global outreach is affecting our genre. You’ll be able to hear and see some of your favorite actors from movies and shows. Kick the con off right Thursday with the Geek Singalong! We’ll be dancing and singing those themes and songs from decades gone to now! Sunday night is the time for hilarious and inappropriate hijinks with our own version of Cards Against Humanity - Heroes, Villains, and Humanity. Be a hero or a villain for the sake of charity. Prizes and bragging rights will be the order of the day!

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 31 ANIMATION APOCALYPSE RISING The Animation Track is set for an interstellar Whether the world is ending, or you’re just trying year with major voice actors, animators, industry to survive after it has, Apocalypse Rising is the place professionals, artists and creators, toon-tastic to be. singalong events, and the return of the Dragon Con Our survival panels will help prepare you for the Cosplay Contest, jointly with the Anime/Manga worst, with experts hosting topics for every level Track. Details about the Cosplay Contest can be of “prepper,” including panels on where to go and found in the Contests section of this Progress what to do in multiple scenarios. We’ll take an in- Report. Highlighted guests of the Animation Track depth look at topics like if humanity could really this year include Kimberly Brooks, John Keaton, survive after “the snap.” and AJ LoCasio, who've voiced heroes and villains from Voltron: Legendary Defender, Steven Universe, Those of you who want to party like the world LEGO animated series, Netflix original , is ending can Friday night at our annual Zombie and many more! We also welcome four RWBY Prom. If aren't your thing, maybe spirited huntresses, Lindsay Jones, Kara Eberle, Barbara discussions about some of the best TV shows around Dunkelman, and Arryn Zech. You'll find animation are. This year we will cover favorites like The 100 and industry panels led by professionals from FX, Disney, The Handmaid’s Tale, as well as the new show The DreamWorks, productions, and Passage. more. Our ever popular Ask A Character panel will Gear up, bug out, and be sure to follow us on feature special guests answering your questions in at @ar_track_dc and Facebook (Dragon Con memorable and nostalgic voices. Apocalypse Rising Track) for updates!

BRITTRACK BritTrack’s mission statement is to celebrate all Anglophiles, and our love for media/pop culture of the United Kingdom at Dragon Con. We host panels, a party, and interactive events on the UK's music, animation, culture, literature, comics, movies, and television. The list is endless but includes: Doctor Who universe, Black Mirror, Monty Python, Discovery of Witches, Sherlock, James Bond, His Dark Materials, Poldark, , and many other UK Topics. 2019 is a milestone year for us as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus and Led Zeppelin. Our annual Doctor Who Ball, late ANIME/MANGA night programming, Vogon Poetry Slam, Ministry of Silly Walks Competition will continue, AND we are The world of anime and manga – and all the madness pleased to announce a few NEW exciting events that comes with it – will be yours at this year’s con. such as Rhyming, Class, Queen We’re back in our track room in the Hilton bringing Sing-a-long, and Balderdash. Details and more can you an expanded block of programming—everything be found on Facebook at The Brittrack. from back-of-vault classics to the latest releases from top companies. We have a wide array of panels, speakers, and workshops covering everything from classic anime and the history of manga to the future of the industry and how to break into the business. Anime voice actors, anime distributors, and manga producers will be on hand to talk directly to you. Among the events for 2019 are: the classic Cosplay Contest, the ever-popular Dub Your Own Hentai, and plenty of other entertainment, from family friendly to after-hours. Don’t miss it.

32 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 COSTUMING DIVERSITY IN & Costuming Track celebrates its 15th Anniversary LITERATURE FANDOM TRACK with special events, programming, and exhibits. The Diversity Track encompasses complex Villain Vogue Fashion Show features crafty villainous differences and similarities in perspectives, couture for bad guys/gals, henchmen, and nemeses. identities, and points of view among members of We invite each to be part of the show. groups, as well as among individuals who make up Visit our Costuming Exhibit, where several exhibitors the wider community. It is essential that fandom compete for bragging rights with a vote-by- is represented positively, diversely, and fairly. -dollar to see which piece is deemed After the huge success of our track’s first year at favorite while raising money for charity. Dragon Con we continue to build on what has been Also featured: a dedication to the tracks 15 years of established. great costumes. Our goal for this year is to bring back some of the Select educators are finalizing amazing workshops: great talent from last year while providing even your opportunity to learn a new skill for the low cost more diversity to the event by adding at least a of materials reimbursement (typically $10-$40)! This dozen new faces to the lineup. Achieving a more year’s free kids workshop is space, jet, and scuba diverse environment is a way to improve the Dragon packs. We need your 2-liter bottles for this fun kids’ Con experience for all, while promoting respect for activity! each of us as individuals. Applications for Exhibits and Villain Vogue, as well Please stay tuned to our Facebook page for as pre-registration for contests and workshops are programming details at Diversity In Speculative open now. Fiction & Literature.

DIGITAL MEDIA The newly renamed Digital Media Track (formerly the Podcast and New Media Track) combines the best of all the digital media formats! From audio podcasting to YouTube, Twitch, and beyond, we bring the best and brightest to inform, teach, and entertain. From D&D to audio dramas, video games to superhero fandom, and hobbyists to the business of media, there is something for everyone! Education, inspiration, entertainment, and shenanigans run rampant when creators and fans connect! As a fan you gain unprecedented access to your favorite ELECTRONIC FRONTIERS FORUMS digital creators, as a new creator you get advice that Concerned about threats to your online rights is found nowhere else, and as a veteran you get the and digital freedoms? We are too! The Electronic opportunity to do your show live in front of one Frontiers Forums Track covers the intersection of of the best audiences in the world. Connect-create- technology, law, activism, and personal liberties. We collaborate in Hilton Galleria 6. bring together the best minds in these areas to chart our shared future and call out dangers and risks while also highlighting the promise that the future could bring. This year, we plan to have representatives from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Access Now, and Public Knowledge, along with local organizations and attorneys to discuss the latest news and issues in internet and technology activism. Planned topics include mandated content filtering, hacking the Census, punishing Julian Assange, pro- privacy legislation, electronic voting, bias in facial recognition, and many others. Returning favorites include Hacking 101 and 201, Webcomics, and Famous Unsolved Codes. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 33 There is always enough room for everyone in Fantasy This year the High Fantasy Track theme is “Heroic Literature. This year we explore the greatness Journeys,” focusing on Campbellian archetypes and limits of fantasy as we visit new worlds and across many stories. Our book club selection is The celebrate beloved ones. The devil might be into Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell. details, but so are our panelists and fans. Details are This is a big year for fans as the what bring worlds to life with depth and richness. series draws to a close. We will have several panels Spread out among all of our high jinx will be some dissecting what the show did right and wrong and great returning panels plus some new thought its implications for the completion of the novels. For provoking talks. Wheel of Time fans, we will be discussing A Fire in Fantasy Gather returns this year; where authors the Ways, as well as the upcoming TV series headed come to hangout with fans and some even show off to . Cosmere fans can rejoice, as we will be their books! discussing Brandon Sanderson’s massive universe of interconnected stories. Want to peek behind the scenes? Find us on FB: Fantasy Literature at Dragon Con and Twitter: Tolkien fans will be discussing the highly anticipated DCFantasyLit. Want to reach us? Email Fantasy@ release of Tolkien, the bipioc exploring the life and dragoncon.org. influences of the author of and . FILK SINGING From its humble beginnings as a misprint of ‘Folk,’ the controversy continues into the present as to the exact definition of . Here at Dragon Con, we like to say that everything is filk! We are the music of fandom, whether it’s a parody song about Firefly or an original piece about Marvel vs. DC Comics. We are the music by fans for fans, and we would love for you to join in with us, whether you want to sing with us (Open Filk), learn about making fandom music (Workshops & Panels), or listen to your favorite filk music artists (Concerts). If you're looking for fandom music of all stripes, we have something for you!

FILM It’s everything about film: who, what, why, and how good. Our featured event is “The Dragon Con HORROR Independent Short Film Festival.” This acclaimed Covering the history of horror from gothic ghost festival will once again screen for you the best in stories to 1980’s slasher flicks and beyond, the genre film, with over seventy movies from science Horror Track is Dragon Con's home for monsters, fiction to horror to comedy, with many filmmakers maniacs, and the macabre. Our programming in attendance. There will be zombies, swords, features actors, artists, authors, musicians, scholars, spaceships, demons, and puppets. and fans of the wicked and grotesque terrors that There’s more than screenings, with in depth panels haunt our imaginations. Prospective panels for on all aspects of film. If your interest is in film this year include a discussion about the works of production, we’ll have you covered with panels on Shirley Jackson, fans revealing their favorite horror directing, producing, F/X, cinematography, makeup, soundtracks, authors on writing fiction about serial killers, a look back on 40 years of the goth scene, and distribution. Plus we’ll have the return of Stephen King’s influence on the world of hard rock Hunter and Jeff who will be giving seminars on the and heavy metal, the gateway to horror that is latest and greatest in cameras, editing, storage, Scooby Doo, and more. We will also be celebrating conversion, and more. Not interested in making your the 35th Anniversary of Nightmare on Elm Street own film? Then come for our panels on film history with Robert Englund, Ronee Blakley, and Amanda or to engage with our reviewers and critics. If it’s Wyss. We’re also planning our first ever track party! film, we’ll have it. 34 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 KID'S TRACK PUPPETRY The Kid’s Track features family friendly The Puppetry Track celebrates puppetry in pop programming with a focus on kids from 7-12 years culture and brings the magic of live puppetry to old, including content from many areas of fandom con-goers! Meet puppeteers from Star Wars and to include Disney, Star Wars, and Doctor Who. Kid’s other pop culture properties. Compete in Puppet Track traditions will continue, featuring the Kid’s Ninja Warrior - The Ultimate Table Top Puppetry Character Encounter and the Kid Friendly Dance. Challenge! See live puppet shows for both children New this year will be two book club offerings and and adults. Bring your own puppets for special Kids Art Challenge. Playtime with Duck Man and “puppets only” events! Get one-on-one instruction Duck Fairy, Cosmic Kids Yoga, and Middle Grade from professional puppeteers in Puppet Coaching Crafts return with new content. The Kid’s Track will and Characterization and Puppetry for TV and Film. welcome Asher Angel from Disney Channel’s Andi Kids can make their very own puppet in the Create- Mack and will host his acoustic performance later in A-Puppet Workshop. Dragon Con fan favorites Bob the day. The KT volunteers are busy planning new and Carl: The Sci-Fi Janitors will emerge from their and exciting programming. Kids 7 years of age or stasis chambers to present The Late Night Puppet older will be required to have their own membership Slam for its 9th blockbuster year with even geekier badge. Anyone under the age of 16 must be puppet insanity. Dragon Con and the Center for accompanied by a parent or guardian. Puppetry Arts are proud to partner again to present the Dark Crystal Ball on Thursday night!

ROBOTICS AND MAKER FAN TRACK The and Maker Fan Track is dedicated to exploring all aspects of robotics and the maker movement. We hold informative panels, workshops, and competitions designed to feed your interest and increase knowledge on the practice and application of creativity and engineering. Our focus is on technology and engineering based creative pursuits, ranging from prop making techniques, to machining, to original maker projects. Our goal is building skills and creativity to be used in bringing new ideas to the world. The Robotics and Maker Fan Track is your stop for all things created when tech meets imagination. This year we will MILITARY SCI-FI MEDIA bring hands-on projects, information on creating The Military SciFi Media Track (MSFM) is ready to do circuit connections, high voltage projects, and battle once again at Dragon Con 2019! We feature fighting robots for your enjoyment! the best character, costuming, storyline, and social issue discussions from beloved sci-fi shows such as Andromeda, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, Farscape, Firefly, Space: Above and Beyond, Space: 1999, Stargate, Starship Troopers, Personal Space, and The Orville! It is time to suit up and roll out with us, because at MSFM, we are your last best hope for con! Returning events include interactive MST3K-style episode panels, games, and our trivia night. Our Firefly charity party event is the Can’t Stop the Signal Dance, and our main charity event is the Don S. Davis Memorial Charity Auction on Sunday, all to benefit the Atlanta Affiliate of the American Heart Association! MSFM will continue its mission this year of military sci-fi, fun, and fandom. We’re looking for a few (thousand) good fans!

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 35 SCIENCE SKEPTICS Interested in the nitty-gritty details of the latest The Dragon Con Skeptic track celebrates the world scientific discoveries? Curious about how science of critical thought, the examination of extraordinary shows up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and claims, and the promotion of good science over Game of Thrones? This year's Dragon Con Science the vast array of supernatural and paranormal. Track has more science than ever before! Would you Skeptrack offers live entertainment and topical survive a disaster? Find out in Disaster Jeopardy! discussion panels for science lovers, free thinkers, Want to watch us force science folks to make up and skeptics who come each year to keep the flame not-even-plausible explanations for how the science of critical thought alive during Dragon Con. Keep an in movies like Upgrade is totally correct? The Science eye out for news on Twitter at @SkepTrack, or like Track has you covered! We've got hands-on science the Facebook page, facebook.com/Skeptrack. for everyone, and more scientists and science communicators than you can shake a Bunsen burner SPACE at. So be prepared to have your face blown off, only What a wonderful amount of space news is ongoing! in the metaphorical "this is awesome" sense and How can any track deliver it all?! Honestly, we can’t, not in the "these chemicals melted my face" sense. but we’re going to try! Biology, chemistry, physics, psychology—we’ve got This year includes sadness with the confirmed loss it all. of Opportunity, but Mars 2020 will be able to listen to Mars and ‘phone home’ directly. Insight is already SCIENCE FICTION LITERATURE living up to its name with the news of Martian The Science Fiction Literature Track is a place for quakes! Commercial space is launching and landing fans, writers, and interested parties to mingle, learn, all kinds of crafts and companies no one has heard and make friends. This year we will be providing the of (yet) are making big moves. Another major step same welcoming area for those who love books, for humans – Voyager II has now also left the solar reading, and writing to mingle with new and old system! This year is a major anniversary – the 50th friends. anniversary of the first human to land and walk on This year some old favorites like SF Jeopardy will the Moon! 30 astronauts launched into space as a return and new panels and panelists will make their part of the Apollo program. Buzz Aldrin, three other appearance. We'll talk about why we read and why moonwalkers, and another eight astronauts whose we write. We will recommend books that we like spacecraft went to the Moon are still among us. We and why we like them. Many authors will share their honor them all. knowledge and talk about their work and lives. The Little Free Library will make another appearance as a place to let books find new homes and to give a home to a book. Contact us at: scfilit@dragoncon. org or on Facebook at Dragoncon SciFi Literature.

SILK ROAD: ASIAN CINEMA & CULTURE Join us on the Silk Road Track for a journey through culture, time, and the imagination! You don't need to join a caravan or book passage on a ship, a Dragon Con membership is your passport to the Silk Road. Our programming represents culture and cinema from the Mediterranean to Japan, and we are dedicated to bringing as much diversity as we can in representing this part of the world. We strive to include historical and modern aspects of the cultures from the East, both actual and imaginative. Be sure to keep your Dragon Con app updated during your Silk Road tour for origami, horror, fashion, martial arts, Godzilla, and K-pop! Keep updated by following us on Facebook at Dragon Con Silk Road.

36 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 STAR WARS TRACK It’s a new year for Star Wars at Dragon Con—a new The Urban Fantasy Track focuses on intriguing year full of many opportunities to let the Wookiee storytelling in books and media in a genre where win. So much new Star Wars, and you know SW@DC supernatural beings of all varieties often exist side- is your home for every theory and discussion. Star by-side with humans. Wars is for everyone and everyone is welcome. Continuing our tradition, over 50 authors in the What an awesome year to be a fan. You know genre will participate on panels over diverse topics, we’ll be discussing and speculating about Disney’s such as the role of setting in urban fantasy, the fae, Galaxy’s Edge, Resistance, , and and music. In addition, there will also be fan panels The Rise of Skywalker. We’ll also be bringing back over the 21 shows covered by the track this year. your favorites such as: SuperFan’s Trivia Contest, We are excited to host cast members from iZombie, Shakespeare’s Star Wars, The Last Party on Alderaan, Supernatural, and Wynonna Earp. and the costume contest. We may even discuss the Queen and her handmaidens, and our favorite, Jar In addition to our regular programming, we will have Jar Binks’ 20th Birthday. two special events. For our Buffy fans, we will screen the “Once More, With Feeling” episode one evening. “Are you an angel?” Maybe not, but you can still play As a late-night event, a group of authors will read with us—maybe even Gungan Style. and/or tell spooky tales, ranging from ghost stories to urban legends. Please stay tuned to our Facebook page and Twitter for programming details.

VIDEO GAMING Dragon Con Video Gaming is back for another year of panels, parties, and pedantic perspicacity. From Coin-ops to (Call of Duty) Black Ops, if it has pixels, they have panels. Many of your favorite events will be returning this year, including Bad Science in Video Games, and panels highlighting both fan-driven content, as well as information on the making of video games. Special guests include Mark Meer, Dave Fennoy, and voice actors from many of the most popular video games including , , World of Warcraft, and more! New for this year, the Video Gaming Track is pleased to announce more panels on Augmented and Virtual Reality gaming, as well as more content surveying TREK TRACK the most popular genres of video games such as The Dragon Con Trek Track needs no explanation, loot shooters, MMOs, otome, and battle royale. but just in case, we are here to satisfy your Star Trek The Video Gaming Track will also be presenting needs! The Away Team Photo Scavenger Hunt will retrospectives on classic gaming hardware as well as be back for its fourth year as well as the return of celebrating the 20th anniversary of EverQuest. our popular MyCorder digital scavenger hunt app to play all weekend long! The popular Kids Fest will also be back. Get ready to boggy at another Ten Forward Trek Track party. The perennial favorite, Klingon Karaoke, will return as well for two nights. We also look forward to the tenth annual Miss Star Trek Universe Pageant, which is always a highlight. Our track room, located in the Hilton, will continue to be decorated with awesome designs. Meet fellow fans and follow Track updates at facebook.com/groups/ dragoncontrektrack. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 37 WRITERS’ TRACK YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE Lightning strikes. Fire blooms from the wing of the Whether you’re a regular at the Young Adult plane and suddenly, the nose tips down. The cabin Literature Track or you’re joining us for the first loses pressure. Screams assault your ears from all time, you’ll find something to get excited about! directions. Wait! You’re screaming, too. Your worst We’ll have discussions of your favorite books - fears are coming true. What’s that on the wing? Is from Hunger Games and Shadowhunters to Throne something dancing in the flames? Probably your of Glass and Children of Blood and Bone, and overly-vivid imagination. “God, help us.” Words everything in between. We also have a great line-up you never thought you’d say somehow escape your of authors ready to discuss topics like writing craft clenched lips… and fandom and our books recommendations are Your fingers zip across the keyboard and you now epic - including in our popular LGBTQ+ YA panel. focus on the screen. Great scene. Where is it going? We also have Harry Potter themed programming, including film and book chat, as well as our popular Is there someone you can talk this over with? Where Are You a Deatheater game. So whether you’re only can you meet one-on-one with a mentor? Where joining us for our magical Yule Ball dance party, to can you learn how to write a great story or novel? win prizes at YA Lit Trivia, or sitting in our track room Where can you network with the best writers in the all weekend for book recommendations, amazing business? The answer is the Dragon Con Writers’ authors, and great discussion - we can’t wait to talk Track. books with you! XTRACK XTrack planning is well underway and we're looking for a just as great - or better - year than ever before. While any guests are rather hush-hush (not a conspiracy, we promise), announcements will be coming. There are some new shows to cover including Project Blue Book, and we cannot wait to have discussions about The OA, , Agents of SHIELD, and many of our favorites. Expect great panel discussions led by Father Bryan Small, NeedCoffee staff, and some new names. We’ve once again expanded the track offerings to cover all things paranormal. New areas of research, ways to get involved in paranormal investigations, and how to report sightings will be panel discussions, along with large panels with guests - even though names haven't been shared through our psychic network yet. We look forward to seeing everyone and can't wait to talk conspiracies, UFOs/UAPs and the strange and unusual.

38 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 SPECIAL EVENTS 18TH ANNUAL DRAGON CON PARADE We focus on the finest short films of the fantastic, and we even throw in a few features. Our screening Where can you find over 3,500 magnificently room is open from morning to night, showing films costumed members of Dragon Con and a gaggle you’ve never seen and will really want to. of amazing vehicles including the 501st and a Sandcrawler accompanied by 100s of Jawa, two These films are gems that you may never have an marching bands, 300 Spartans, the classic 60s opportunity to catch again. We look for the best Batmobile, scary haunted house denizens, a cadre story telling, but we’re even happier if those stories of Ghostbusters, more Marvel and DC superheroes have a demon, robot, or a light saber or two. Directors, producers, writers, and actors will be on than you have ever seen before or after Thanos, hand to discuss their work, answer questions. Disney princesses, some of our convention's wonderful guests, Santa Claus (even if he is a robot), Movies are screened in themed blocks, such as and more? All together. In one place. Saturday horror, comedy, fan films, steampunk, twisted morning at 10:00 AM on Peachtree Street when the tales, and animation. Films will be judged in specific spectacular Dragon Con Parade comes back to town! categories, and awards will be presented on Monday Get there early to snag the best viewing spots. While at 1:00pm. we are no longer accepting additional participants please contact us at [email protected] if ART SHOW you need information. The Dragon Con Art Show offers something for everyone! From the youngest fan to the more AARON ALLSTON MEMORIAL KIDS seasoned in fandom, you are sure to find something that will peak your interest and remind you why you WRITING WORKSHOP fell in love with sci-fi and fantasy art. The Art Show The Aaron Allston Memorial Kids Writing Workshop is proud to host close to 100 of the most talented is sponsored by Publishing. The artists in fandom, displaying and selling pieces of workshop is designed for beginning writers, but all original art and prints priced for every budget. The are welcome. Aaron Allston wanted to give children Art Show is excited to welcome many guest artists, a bridge between popular media and writing, including several previous Art Show Guests of Honor turning their love for their favorite characters into including Ciruelo, Don dos Santos, Todd Lockwood, a creative process that would fuel their interest for and Don Maitz. This year we are proud to welcome writing. Sadly, Aaron Allston passed away before multiple Hugo and Chesley award winning artist, the workshop could be started. Silence in the Julie Dillon, as our Art Show Artist Guest of Honor. Library Publishing agreed to honor his memory by You will want to make time to visit the artist gallery, bringing the workshop to life. 2019 will be the 5th as well as view the themed charity art project pieces anniversary of the annual workshop. Bring pen and created by our talented artists! paper to participate in the group exercise. Parent These one of a kind pieces have been created to Supervision required. raise much needed funds for the American Heart Association and can be bid on during the Art Show THE ANNUAL DRAGON CON Charity auction held on Monday, the last day of INDEPENDENT SHORT FILM FESTIVAL the show. All convention attendees are eligible to The acclaimed Dragon Con vote on the fan favorite’s portion of the prestigious Festival is four days of the very best , Dragon Con Art Show Awards, including best fantasy, including horror, science fiction, fantasy, thrillers, sci-fi, 3-D, and most humorous. fan films, comedies, and animated films of all types. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 39 Come vote for your favorite artist to help them CELEBRITY PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES win their category! Additionally, you don’t want to Dragon Con is pleased to be able to offer the miss out on the Art Show programming panels and opportunity for attendees to be photographed with workshops. Past programming has included jewelry some of their favorite media guests! Epic Photo Ops creation, live painting demos, how to jump-start will be handling these photo sessions throughout the your art career, and one-on-one panels with guest weekend. Check the website at www.epicphotoops. artists, as well as workshops that give first hand com for more details as they become available in the instruction on creating fabulous pieces of art. near future.

AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS COMICS AND POP ART Each year, Dragon Con assembles many of its willing With over 200 illustrators, sculptors, painters, and guests for scheduled autographs (signings) in one writers in attendance, Comic and Pop Artist Alley area. Not every guest is willing—or able—to sign offers an eclectic array of creators from comics, items, but that didn’t stop the con from packing animation, pop surrealism, lowbrow, and art toy in over seventy-five guest autograph sessions last design. Attendees have the opportunity to meet their year! Some guests, usually screen stars, charge for favorite creators, get autographs, purchase comics autographs, but autographs staged in the autograph and art, and attend fan panels over the course of area are always free! Limitations on number four fantastic days. We're also offering several "how and type of items may be made, generally at the to draw" workshops for both kids and adults, as request of the signer, and occasionally due to time well as a cinematic storytelling for comics seminar. considerations. We are also excited to offer a complimentary Kids Sketchbook, available in Comic and Pop Artist Alley, BLACK LIGHT GLOW PARTY that kids can take to participating artists for free DRAGON CON ASSEMBLE!!! Earth's Mightiest Heroes sketches. Dragon Con Comics and Pop Art returns to are throwing a Black Light Glow Party, and everyone the Americas Mart in 2019, bigger and better than is invited to attend. Come get down and get funky as ever - conveniently located on the 4th floor of the we celebrate the victory over Thanos, on Thursday, AmericasMart in close proximity to the hundreds of August 29th! The music will be bumpin'; and your exciting vendors in the Dragon Con Vendor Hall. feet will be thumpin'; to the beat as we kick the The C&PA guest list is full of a wealth of amazing ashes of The Mad Titan and his army! Come as guests, including Roy Thomas, Jae Lee, George you are, or cosplay as your favorite character. The Perez, Cary Nord, Yanick Paquette, Tom Bancroft, fun starts at 9:00 pm, and only the Time Stone will Richard Case, Nooligan, Matthew Clark, Peter David, determine when it stops. Jeff Dekal, Stephan Frank, Gene Ha, Mike Grell, Scott Hanna, Kyle Starks, Erica Henderson, Barry Kitson, BLOOD DRIVE Mike McKone, Greg Land, Will Rosado, Joe Staton, Robert A. Heinlein, the man who started the Chris Uminga, Chrissie Zullo, and many more! tradition of science fiction convention blood drives The Atlanta Area Art Collectors will be back again at MidAmericon back in 1976, believed very strongly this year with another amazing display of original in blood donation and in giving to the community art! Make sure you swing by and check it out. We're in general, in his words, “paying it forward.” The looking forward to spending Labor Day weekend annual success of this drive is a reflection of the enjoying the best that Comics and Pop Art has to wonderful generosity of the Dragon Con community offer, with all of you! and a fitting tribute to the man who gave so much of himself to his sci-fi family. COSPLAY PHOTOGRAPHY Even if you don't know his name, chances are CAN'T STOP THE SIGNAL DANCE you have seen the work of photographer Bryan Aim to misbehave at our super-shiny Can't Stop Humphrey. He has been a staple at conventions the Signal Dance, celebrating all things Firefly and for many years and his costuming photos have Serenity and benefiting the Atlanta Affiliate of the become some of the most iconic and well known American Heart Association! Just because Firefly in the hobby. Through the use of top-of-the-line has left the airwaves, that doesn't mean it's left our professional equipment, dramatic lighting, and years hearts. Browncoats, bring your dollars for charity of experience shooting costumers, Bryan's work at and dance like no power in the 'verse can stop you! cons is often unparalleled in quality and scope. 40 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 We are proud to again partner with Bryan to offer DRAGON CON’S PIN-UPS BY THE POOL fan photo ops throughout the show to capture all of those special costumes. Bryan will be set up in the PARTY Marriott from 12:00 pm – 12:00 am (with a break Talloolah Love and her bevy of bathing beauties from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm) Thursday, Friday, Saturday, bring to you a poolside treat! Music, gorgeous ladies, and Sunday, and from 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm on and fun is what’s to be had at the poolside party as it returns for its eighth year to the fabulous Sheraton Monday. Attendees can pre-purchase Individual or Hotel. Be sure to don your best poolside pinup attire Couple Multi-passes, as well as Individual or Group as there will be a pin-up competition! Your Mistress Sessions. of Ceremonies will be the incomparable Phoebe Nyx, and Talloolah Love will be there with her Burlesque THE DON S. DAVIS MEMORIAL CHARITY Bombshells from Saturday night’s gorgeous Glamour AUCTION Geek Revue. Applications for the pinup competition The 12th Annual Don S. Davis Memorial Charity are held 30 minutes before the party poolside. All Auction will be held on Sunday, Sept. 1, as we show of its fabulous prizes will be announced at facebook. our support for the Atlanta Affiliate of the American com/DragonConBurlesque in August. Heart Association! Named after the late beloved Stargate actor Don S. Davis, lost to a heart condition DRAGON CON VIDEO GAMING in 2008, the auction is honored to support the AHA PRESENTS - THE 8-BIT BASH this year. Where can you celebrate your fandom, The Dragon Con Video Gaming Track is proud to acquire some choice items from Stargate, BSG, present The 8-Bit Bash, featuring music from the Farscape, and other military sci-fi properties, and golden age of video games (or, as most people raise money for charity while having a frakking good would call it, the 70's and 80's) as well as video game time? The Don S. Davis Memorial Charity Auction! theme mixes and other entertainment. DJP will be (So Say We All!) spinning the tunes from start to finish (whenever that might be... who knows?) The 8-Bit Bash will be DRAGON CON BURLESQUE: A on Thursday night in the Westin, as if you needed GLAMOUR GEEK REVUE another reason to come to Dragon Con a day early! Be sure to mark this on the must-do list for the weekend because you surely won’t regret it! FAMILY FRIENDLY DANCE This makes eight years of producing Dragon Con The KIDS Family Friendly Dance is a G-rated and Burlesque for Talloolah Love, and she is proud to alcohol-free event that features Disney and pop introduce some of the finest performers and artists songs. The event was created to give children under the age of 13 years old a dance all their own. that this country has to offer. This show will just It has proven to be the most popular way to close be dripping with the most glamorous geeks you out Sunday Night at Dragon Con! Mom and Dad can possibly imagine! Talloolah Love returns to be can enjoy the parents lounge and are welcome to your Mistress of Nerdery at the fabulous Sheraton join in the fun. Character performers are invited hotel! To find out show details, “teasers,” and to attend and interact with the kids. Each year has more, like the Facebook page at facebook.com/ a different theme and song requests will be taken DragonConBurlesque. Auditions for this show have until August 1. Children under the age of 16 must closed but are held annually in February through the be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Everyone 7 above-mentioned Facebook page. years old or older must have their own Dragon Con membership. DRAGON CON LATE SHOW It’s so late it’s early—a “morning show” for a place GEEK SINGALONG! where morning is a dirty word. Each day, Friday Thursday at 8:30 pm, start the con off right, singing through Monday, from 9:00 am – 9:30 am in Hyatt all those theme songs and bits that get stuck in your Centennial II/III, the folks behind Dragon Con TV go head! Get all revved up for the rest of the weekend over the latest Dragon Con news, events, schedule by singing everything from classic Spiderman to changes, and helpful hints for fans to survive this the Addams Family, to the Muppets and Steven massive multimedia event. In addition to being run Universe. You'll hear everything from geeky musicals and broadcast live each day of the convention, each to some fan songs, so come enjoy as we dance and episode will be made available later on YouTube. sing and join in or just hang out. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 41 GEORGIA PHILHARMONIC THE LAST PARTY ON ALDERAAN For the fifth year in a row, Georgia Philharmonic Returning for its 11th year (though significantly presents a musical night of beloved genre favorites. bigger than those first few years), The Last Party on A perfect concert for kids of all ages, including Alderaan will once again have you partying like it’s adults! We feature magnificent scores from some the end of the world on Saturday night. Playing all of the best-known movies, TV, and video games of your favorites from pop to house to electronic everyone will know. to some of the songs you know by heart, it’s a club experience with some Star Wars and nerdy fun thrown in like only Dragon Con can offer. THE HEROES AND VILLAINS BALL The biggest and baddest party at Dragon Con returns! LATE NIGHT PROGRAMMING In previous years, we've had celebrity appearances, Can’t sleep? Afraid of the dark? Party-holic? It’s dancing Deadpools, lightsaber limbo, and Wil never too late to have fun at Dragon Con! Get your Wheaton's Walk of Shame. Costumes welcome, but party pants on, grab your friends (what are they not required. DJ Spider will be spinning 'til the wee doing trying to sleep anyway?), and come to a live hours! The doors open at 10:00 pm, Saturday night concert, DJ-hosted dance, or drum circle every in the Westin Peachtree Ballroom. (Note: If you are evening! planning a group meetup or photoshoot for the Heroes and Villains Ball, please contact the Video THE LATE NIGHT PUPPET SLAM Gaming Track at http://videogaming.dragoncon. Dragon Con’s very own puppet ambassadors, Bob org) and Carl: The Sci-Fi Janitors, present a variety show of adult geeky puppet acts from the guests and HEROES, VILLAINS, AND HUMANITY pros of the Puppetry Track! The show is one of the Our own fairly adult, over the top, way silly, and biggest puppet slams in the world! Don’t miss the slightly debauched group version of Cards against hilarity, inappropriateness, and incredible puppetry Humanity. Choose to be a hero or villain and battle that makes this one of the most popular events at for the ultimate victory and bragging rights! Help Dragon Con! PUPPET SHOW! Ages 18+ support the charity and your epic team up Sunday at 10:00 pm. MSFM MEET & GREET ONESIE MIXER So many -- what is a con-goer to do? At the KID’S CHARACTER ENCOUNTER Thursday night MSFM Onesie Mixer, you can meet and hang out with fans of all the different shows The Kid’s Character Encounter gives kids (and their in our track! We’ll walk you through the amazing parents) the chance to meet, greet, and get a photo fandoms housed in MSFM and get you talking with with a wide variety of characters. Growing to over 50 fellow fans of shows you know--as you learn about character performers last year, the event is a perfect new favorite shows you’ve yet to meet! Wear your chance to snap pictures of your little ones without wildest onesie, current costume, or some comfy- having to brave the crowded hallways of Dragon casual con couture—whatever you’re feeling--and Con. Featuring a larger room, longer time, and chill with us. stroller parking, the 2019 Kids Character Encounter promises to be even better than before. Children NIGHT AT THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a What happens when you take the Georgia Aquarium, parent or guardian. Everyone 7 years old or older the largest gathering of pop culture, and add a must have their own Dragon Con membership. costume contest? Well one “whale” of a Dragon Con party of course. Transport yourself to the K-POP DANCE PARTY FUNbeliveable “under the sea” world that is Georgia Turn down the lights, kick on the strobe, crank up the Aquarium! You may have visited before, but you’ve volume, and party! With Rachel Patton presenting never seen the world’s most magical aquarium like this! On Saturday, August 31, Georgia Aquarium again this year, expect to show off your best moves opens their doors to Dragon Con members in this to some of the best K-pop songs. Get up and dance private event like no other. Make sure you purchase to your favorite grooves alongside hundreds of your your tickets “whale” in advance, this event SELLS fellow K-pop fans! OUT every year! https://www.georgiaaquarium. org/events/event/dragon-con-night/ 42 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 Tickets are only $35 in advance and you do not want SHERRILYN KENYON RELEASE PARTY to miss the free food and drink in our special VIP area Demons and daimons on the loose and it's a night for only $100 (quantity limited). This is a Dragon Con to be remembered at the Black Hat Ball! Come only opportunity to enjoy the intergalacticly famous dressed to party and to celebrate one of the most Georgia Aquarium as only DC can bring it to you. And anticipated books of the year! #1 New York Times of course it would not be a Dragon Con experience and international bestseller Sherrilyn Kenyon’s At without celebrating cosplay and its special place in Death's Door, a Deadman's Cross novel. our culture. You never know who else might be in attendance, To “seal” the deal our amazing DJ will keep the and Sherrilyn has some very special guests for y’all. atrium rocking like a barrel of wild sea monkeys. There will be Dark-Hunters on hand for photo ops, Even the crabbiest of guests could not resist coming music, amazing books, and of course the Queen out of their shells and shaking it like a phylum Herself Sherrilyn who will be signing the new book cnidaria. at the event and autographs are always free. ONCE MORE WITH FEELING There will be limited edition paladin swag only For Buffy fans, we will host a screening of the available at the Black Hat Ball at Dragon Con. Along renowned musical episode, "Once More with with other fun prizes and chances to win for best Feeling," in our track room Thursday evening. decorated black hat. So, bring all your undead Afterwards we will discuss our favorite songs from friends and dancing shoes. Come meet Sherrilyn the episode, and have another fun activity, which Kenyon and some of the other amazing folks she At may involve Mad Libs. Stay tuned for details on our calls friends, as we celebrate the release of Death’s Door, A Deadman's Cross Nove Facebook page. l at Dragon Con 2019. THE PALMETTO KNIGHTS The Palmetto Knights is a nonprofit international SILK ROAD PERFORMANCE EXPO sports team based out of South Carolina with Our annual Silk Road Performance Exposition, various clubs in the southeast. This medieval featuring dance, music, and fashion from the fight team, which includes both men and women, Mediterranean to the Pacific, is one of the most focuses on the research and training to recreate culturally diverse displays at Dragon Con! The Expo the ancient art of Medieval and Renaissance foot will include many of your favorite performers from combat. The highlight of the con is the Dragon's years past along with some new acts. Cup Tournament, which has been recognized by the international league WMFC. Participants include VIDEO AND FILM ROOMS other reenactment organizations, who also fight and Dragon Con will feature two video rooms: one compete across the USA and internationally. They devoted to mainstream movies and the video will bring their real world insight into the equipment festival, and the other for Japanese animation. so they can truly discuss and educate on how effective they were on the battlefield. Each year, WRESTLING we present an entertainment unlike no other as we Well, DCW fans, here we go again! This is the 18th draw from history to conduct an un-choreographed year of DCW and we plan to make it a blowout. What combat experience leveraging our expertise in battle better way to start out your Dragon Con adventure effectiveness of tactics and weaponry. than watching these crazy wrestlers beat the crap out of each other? The DCW Hooligans will of course READING SESSIONS be there to insult the wrestlers as they do every These sessions offer readings by authors from their year. You don’t want to miss this show - we have own works (and usually some discussion with the some great action planned and of course there are audience afterward). Past readers have included always surprises for the fans! Cat Rambo, Kevin J. Anderson, S.M. Stirling, Dr. Charles E. Gannon, , E.K. Johnston, and Mercedes Lackey. Check the app closer to the convention for the latest on who will be reading for you this year!

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THE LEGEND OF THE CHÔSEN MISS STAR TREK UNIVERSE PAGEANT On this 33rd gathering of the Dragon we declare Come watch as our lovely contestants of various that the most faithful shall enter the great Sea on Trek Universe species compete for the crown! This Earth known as the Georgia Aquarium and shall be popular Trek Track event will be hosted once again witnessed by the Spirits of the Deep, who will decide by Garrett Wang. the Chôsen. On August 31st Dragon Con presents The Chôsen, the greatest cosplay contest on Earth ROBOT BATTLES and Sea. Join our emcees, along with a panel of Robot Battles™ is the second-oldest robotic combat celebrity cosplay judges, at Georgia Aquarium for a competition in the world, and is a direct descendant cosplay experience that promises to be out of this of the oldest - the Critter Crunch in Denver, world. Colorado. It doesn’t have a TV show, it doesn’t Be a witness or enter The Chôsen for your chance to have supermodels, and it doesn’t have huge cash win great prizes. This event will sell out fast so get prizes. What it does have is a television and radio your tickets in advance. personality with very poor taste in costumes, the most involved audiences in the country, the most imaginative builders around, and the most unique stage hazards in the sport -- ranging from rubber snakes to stuffed animals to soft spongy rubber ducks. For the 29th year in a row, Robot Battles will be returning to Atlanta for the Dragon Con convention and their largest competition of the year. Held for two days over the Labor Day Weekend featuring an arena competition for the small bots and the big stage competition for the larger ones, this is the one MASQUERADE robotic event of the year you do NOT want to miss! In the grand tradition of convention costuming, For more detailed information, including the dating back nearly five decades in sci-fi fandom, complete list of rules, please visit their website at Dragon Con is proud to present the largest www.robotbattles.com. Masquerade costume contest in the Southeast and one of the largest in the world! Contestants will STAR WARS COSTUME CONTEST be displaying their costuming expertise, with or The Star Wars Costume Contest will be held Sunday, without pre-recorded music and/or audio, to a large at 4:00 pm. Participants *must* attend 1 (one) pre- ballroom audience—and the show is broadcast to all judging session in order to participate (pre-judging the host hotels, as well. There is a children’s show times are subject to room availability and schedule first, followed by the adult (age, not content!) show. changes). Please see the Dragon Con website for Registration is on the Dragon Con website before more info and the rules and registration information. the con and onsite at the contest registration desk, located outside the Hyatt Centennial Ballroom, Friday and Saturday 10:00 AM–5:00 PM, and Sunday, 10:00 AM–3:00 PM. A complete list of rules and preregistration is available at www.dragoncon. org.

VIDEO GAME COSTUME CONTEST The Video Game Costume Contest is back for another year. Pre-judging is mandatory for all competitors and the rules and pre-registration information will be available at videogaming.dragoncon.org very soon.

46 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 WORKSHOPS Dragon Con is proud to offer a diverse range of workshops and classes for our attendees this year! From meditation to writing, there is bound to be something for our attendees who like to squeeze in a little class time while having fun! Registration costs for these workshops are separate from your Dragon Con membership and space is limited. For more information, or to reserve your place in one (or more) of our exciting workshops, visit our website at dragoncon.org/?q=workshop-view, or contact the Dragon Con office via email at [email protected], or by phone at 404-669-0773. Workshops may now be purchased online through our website at store.dragoncon.net.

TAI CHI WITH ERIN GRAY WORKSHOP Cost: Members, $20 + tax; Non-Members, $120 + tax Date(s): Friday, August 30 – Sunday, September 1 Time: Friday, 4:00 PM–5:00 PM; Saturday, 2:30 PM–3:30 PM; Sunday, 2:30 PM–3:30 PM Limit: 25 people per workshop, pre-registration required Notes: Wear comfortable clothing that is easy to move in and be prepared to be either barefoot, wearing socks, or flat shoes. If you have foot problems and have to wear your tennis shoes and inner supports, that’s fine. is a powerful healing art, a moving meditation, and a non-contact martial art all in one. Once you learn Tai Chi and Chi Kung, you can practice these ancient Chinese healing art forms anywhere, anytime, and for the rest of your life. "When I discovered Tai Chi, I found an exercise that satisfied my physical, mental, and spiritual needs equally. After 30 years of practice, I feel Tai Chi contains within its structure, principles that are key to unlocking our greatest potentials." Erin Gray Erin Gray's one hour workshop will be an introduction to the theory and practice behind Chi Kung and Tai Chi. The first half of the class will include 8 simple Chi Kung exercises, combining breath and gentle movements. Chi Kung, the art of energy, is also the foundation behind Tai Chi. These Chi Kung movements will open and balance the channels of energy running throughout your body and improve the function of your organs. In the second half of the class you will learn the principles behind Tai Chi, and the first five movements of the Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Short Form. Much like Yoga, Tai Chi calms your mind, enlivens your spirit, and strengthens and relaxes your entire body. Unifying mind, body, and spirit through the practice of Tai Chi develops your awareness, and awakens your true nature which brings peace, balance, and happiness into your life. "Scientific studies show that Tai Chi helps chronic conditions such as arthritis, heart disease, and diabetes. It also improves balance, prevents falls, and reduces stress," says Dr. Paul Lam.

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 47 SCIENCE FICTION ACTING WITH KEN FEINBERG Cost: Members, $125 + tax; Non-Members, $225 + tax Date(s): Friday, August 30, 1:00 PM–4:00 PM Age Limit: Ages 16+ Note: No refunds will be granted after August 1, 2019. Set your phasers to stun! Science fiction (or sci-fi) is a genre that uses fictional science-based depictions, such as time travel, wizards and warriors, alien worlds, or extrasensory perception, along with futuristic elements such as spacecraft, robots, interstellar travel, or other technologies. Acting in these environments is often fun, yet difficult, because actors must make the technical language roll off their tongues with ease as if it’s every day jargon. In this workshop, beginning and experienced actors will get the chance to learn about sci-fi acting and become a committed, fantastical, futuristic, scenery-chomping thespian! By Grabthar’s Hammer, the Force will be with you!

WRITING KILLER OPENINGS WORKSHOP WITH LEE MARTINDALE

Cost: Members, $25 + tax; Non-Members, $125 + tax Date(s): Thursday, August 29, 1:00 PM–3:30 PM; Friday, August 30, 10:00 AM–12:30 PM Limit: Space is limited. First-come, first-served.

To be a successful author, you must 'hook' your audience, make them want to read the next sentence, paragraph, page, etc. Lee Martindale, author, editor, and publisher, will help you develop that "killer opening" with live exercises and a professional critique.

CHARACTER WORKSHOPS WITH TOM BANCROFT

Character Design Workshop Character Posing and Expressions Cost: Members, $65 + tax; Non-Members, Cost: Members, $65 + tax; Non-Members, $165 + tax $165 + tax Date(s): Friday, August 30, 2:30 PM–5:00 PM Date(s): Saturday, August 31, 2:30 PM–5:00 Limit: Space is limited. First-come, first-served. PM Limit: Space is limited. First-come, first-served. This is an intensive 2.5 hour workshop where former Disney animator/TV and feature film Once you have a character you have designed, character designer and writer/illustrator the real challenge is to bring them to life with of the bestselling Creating Characters with posing and expressions that are clear, have the Personality Tom Bancroft will give you practical right emotion, and help tell the story you want art instruction on how to design a character. to tell. Learn how to do this from author and Starting with drawing and design basics you will Disney animator Tom Bancroft. learn how to thoughtfully design a character using shape language and move into more *Taking Character Design on Friday is advanced principles of posing and expressions. suggested for those wanting to take part in You will end with designing a character of your Character Posing and Expressions. own and Bancroft will also do draw-overs on as many of your designs as possible to show About Tom Bancroft: ways to strengthen your character. This class Bancroft has animated on 10 feature films and is for anyone that wants to create characters 5 animated shorts including the Disney feature for film, TV, comic books, comic strips, or video films: Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion games. King, Pocahontas, Tarzan, Mulan, and more.

48 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 VOICE ACTING: A MASTER CLASS WITH DINO ANDRADE AND GREG HOUSER

Cost: Members, $80 + tax; Non-Members, Your Instructors: $180 + tax Actor & Animation Voice Over Teacher Dino Date(s): Thursday, August 29 – Friday, August Andrade: 30 Time(s): Voice actor Dino Andrade is probably best Morning Workshop – Part One on Thursday, known to video game fans as The Scarecrow August 29 from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Part Two from Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: on Friday, August 30 from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Arkham Underworld. Dino is also known as the voice behind Professor Putricide, Mimiron, Afternoon Workshop – Part One on Thursday, High Tinkerer Mekkatorque, The Mad Bomber, August 29 from 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Part Two The Death Knight Gnomes, and more from on Friday, August 30 from 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM World of Warcraft & ! Dream of a career in voice over for original Additionally, Andrade has lent his voice to animation, anime, and video games? Voice such high-profile properties as Fortnite, actors Dino Andrade (World Of Warcraft, Crackdown 3, Dishonored 2, Prey, Star Trek Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dishonored 2) and Online, Vampirina, Sophia The 1st, Shimmer Greg Houser (Evangelion, , Tales and Shine, Call of Duty, Dungeons & Dragons: of Vesperia) present a fun, full-participation, Neverwinter, Brutal Legend, and Guitar Hero. two-day immersive, voice over masterclass Anime/gamer fans know him for his starring that covers it all! Over two days you will learn roles as Willy in MFKZ, Kenshin in Sengoku the VO acting techniques you must know to Basara, and Ragou in Tales of Verperia. make it in original animation, anime, or video Dino has also been heard in both radio and games! television campaigns for Kellog's Rice Krispies as the iconic voice of Pop of Snap, Crackle, and Thursday - Part One Pop fame!   Voice Over Fundamentals Voice Actor Greg Houser  How to Create Different Character Voices  Visualization Techniques that Make Greg is proof that anyone from any background Characters & Scenes Come Alive can become a voice actor. He originally joined the voice acting ranks through his background  Original Animation Acting Techniques & in IT and engineering (no, seriously), earning Styles  advanced degrees from Pennsylvania State  Video Games Acting Techniques & Styles University and studying drama with the Walnut St. Theatre, the Wilma Theatre, and Friday - Part Two the People's Improv Theatre.   Anime Dubbing Acting Techniques & Without ever leaving his native , Styles Greg has had a fun career behind the mic   Creating Great Villains for over 18 years providing vocal talent for   Audition Techniques and Critique companies such as American Express, Dupont,  Course Concludes with a Casting Session Lockheed Martin, CBS, Honda of America, & Table Read of an Authentic Production Virgin Mobile, Petsmart, and both the MBA Script & NBA. In the anime world, he's had the privilege to be cannon fodder for titles such as Whether participants have lots of acting Evangelion, Ikki Tousen, One Piece, Shiki, and experience or none at all, everyone is Tales of Vesperia. guaranteed to have a blast at this interactive, fun, informative, and enlightening peek into the real world of voice over!

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 49 WRITER’S TWO-DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP WITH JODY LYNN NYE Cost: Members, $250 + tax; Non-Members, $350 + tax Date(s): Thursday, August 29 – Friday, August 30 Time: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Limit: 20 people per workshop, pre-registration required Notes: Participants will need to bring pen and paper, laptop or voice recorder for taking notes, plus copies of their own work and critiques that they have made on their fellow participants’ manuscripts. If you bring an electronic device, you may need an extension cord. No videos of the workshop are permitted. Bestselling science fiction and fantasy writer Jody Lynn Nye directs this two-day workshop sponsored by Dragon Con. Jody has more than 45 published books and over 160 short stories to her credit, including collaborations with Anne McCaffrey, Piers Anthony, John Ringo, and Robert Asprin. She has taught at Columbia College Chicago and at numerous writing workshops for more than twenty years. The aim of this workshop is to help aspiring writers to learn to practice their craft at a professional level. Students of every level are welcome, from beginners to those writers who are starting to sell their work. Among the subjects to be covered during the two day course are story structure, character development, world-building, narrative hook, research, description, collaboration, nonfiction, format, the business of writing, marketing, and promotion. Guest lecturers will speak during the course on topics involving their expertise. Among her past speakers are Toni Weisskopf, Publisher of ; Jim Minz, Chief Editor, Baen Books; Kevin J. Anderson, publisher of WordFire Press and bestselling co-author of the Dune series; Rebecca Moesta, co-publisher and author of the Young Jedi Knights series; Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, author of the Saint-Germain cycle; and , author and editor of Thieves' World. The students are encouraged to ask questions after the experts' presentations. Each is asked to submit a manuscript to Jody of 2,000 to 7,000 words of a short story or partial novel. Novels must also include a full synopsis. All manuscripts must be submitted in standard format, double-spaced in Courier or Times New Roman 12 point type, and pages numbered in the upper right corner. No handwritten manuscripts will be accepted. Your cover letter must include your name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number. Jody offers an individual written critique of your manuscript. If you wish your piece to be critiqued in class, an electronic copy is also required, to share with other students, e-mailed as an attachment to Jody Lynn Nye, once you are notified you have a place in the workshop.

Send the manuscripts by August 1, 2019, to: Space is limited to twenty participants, Dragon Con first-come, first-served. Jody maintains Attn: 2019 Writers’ Workshop a waiting list if anyone who has been PO Box 16459 accepted drops out. Atlanta, GA 30321-0459 If you have further questions, please write to Jody Lynn Nye at [email protected].

50 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 GRAB THE GAUNTLET: HOW TO WRITE GOOD GENRE TV WITH EMILY ANDRAS Cost: Members, $125 + tax; Non-Members, $225 + tax Date(s): Friday, August 30 Time: 2:30 PM–3:30 PM Limit: Space is limited. First-come, first-served.

Ever wanted to write sci-fi or fantasy for television? Now is the time, particularly if you have a unique take or diverse voice! In this interactive Master Class, Emily Andras will detail how to start script-writing, get hired into a TV Writers Room -- and develop a killer pitch to sell your own show. She'll explain what makes a 'hot' genre series in 2019 and dish on navigating networks, producers, and building a fandom, while sticking to your vision and challenging the system from the inside out. Fun and frank, this writing workshop is inclusive for writing amateurs to serious professionals -- all are welcome.

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FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 51 WRITER’S HOURLY WORKSHOP WITH MICHAEL A. STACKPOLE Cost: Members, $140 + tax; Non-Members, $240 + tax Date(s): Friday, August 30 – Sunday, September 1 Time: Sessions begin at 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM, 1:00 PM, 2:30 PM, 4:00 PM, and 5:30 PM Limit: Space is limited. First-come, first-served.

New York Times bestselling author Michael A. creating characters, aliens, magic systems, Stackpole presents sixteen hour-long seminars and societies that you can use as jump- on writing which will help you turn your off points for literally hundreds of stories, dreams of being published into reality. novels, and even multi-book sagas. 4:00 PM Winning with Serial Fiction - The seminars cover everything from the very E-readers and increased time demands basics of writing in a franchise universe, up have shifted how many readers consume through plotting and characterization, and stories. Shorter fiction (flash fiction even cover presenting your manuscript and through novellas) is more manageable for strategies for success in the age of digital writers and readers, quicker to publication, publishing. Why hope for success when you and often more profitable than longer can learn from working writers and guarantee works. Michael A. Stackpole will show you it? how to plot a series, provide some basic structures to use, and point out ways Friday, August 30 that your shorter fiction can create a new audience for your longer-form fiction. 10:00 AM Foundations of Success - New  York Times 5:30 PM Getting It Right - Bestselling bestselling author Michael A. author Tim Powers will engage in a Stackpole will help you organize yourself wide ranging discussion about writing, so you have a head start on success when touching on plotting, character creation, you sit down to begin your writing career. and the subtle art of conveying details He will cover everything from how to plan and surroundings in your stories without projects, how to make time for writing, seeming to pause to get that accomplished. and the plethora of mistakes writers make Included will be time for questions, so you which hold them back from becoming the can enlist the aid of a master of modern best writers they can be.  fiction in unraveling the mysteries of 11:30 AM Urban Fantasy Remixes: getting your stories right. Fairytales, Folklore, and You - How do you take an age old tale and make it new? You change the setting or change the ending. Saturday, August 31 You think outside the box. This workshop 10:00 AM Like, Love, and Lust - We’ve said will show you how to take elements from it over and over again - it is essential that fairytales and folklore and use them to all stories have some form of romance in make new stories or to add depth and them. The percentage of the story depends color to existing fictional universes.  on your plot, but writing it is not as easy at 1:00 PM Build and Break a Character or it seems. Join novelist Alison Richards to Two - In an interactive seminar, Michael learn the basics of how to build different A. Stackpole will work you through the kinds of relationships between characters, rigors of creating realistic characters and and the dos and don’ts on writing those show you how to make them grow within passionate love scenes. a story. He’ll share many of the advanced 11:30 AM Freelancing 101 - Want to know techniques he uses for creating characters how to pitch an editor? What do you do of depth, intrigue, and humanity, who when you finally get your assignment? manage to grow in realistic but seldom What should the document you turn in predictable ways.  look like? How do you invoice them once 2:30 PM 101 Ideas In an Hour - Ever they publish the piece? We all want to wonder where writers get their ideas? New York Times freelance, but sometimes getting paid to Join bestselling author write seems like a bridge too far. Bryan Timothy Zahn as he guides you and your Young, a professional freelancer and fellow workshop attendees on the path to writer, will take you through the steps

52 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 from meeting editors to pitch, all the way engrossing stories. to getting paid.  11:30 AM 50 Editing Mistakes Authors  1:00 PM 21 Days To A Novel - Michael Make - Join Chantelle Aimée Osman A. Stackpole presents his three week as she covers the best methods for program for preparing yourself to write a approaching editing your work. We’ll go novel. This set of 21 exercises is broken over the top mistakes that editors find down to give you everything from and correct in author’s manuscripts, from character creation to world building, grammar to dialogue, giving you the edge practical plotting devices, dialogue of a polished final product. development, and character voice  1:00 PM Writing Believable Action Scenes creation tools. This program is a practical, - There’s more to an action scene beyond kick-in-the-pants place to start your shooting, brawling, and starfighter fights. career. This workshop will focus on the anatomy  2:30 PM What Women Bring to the Fight of an action scene, what elements go into - Join Janine K. Spendlove (author of War the choreography, and why it’s important of the Seasons, Star Wars: Inbrief, etc.) to know all the weapons and their uses. as she discusses how women have been Novelist Alison Richards will take you historically involved in combat, the role/ through the intricacies of producing place of women in the future tactics and compelling action. strategies of the military (spoiler alert:  2:30 PM Perfecting Your Pitch and everything & everywhere!), and how to Query Letter (novels & screenplays - apply all this to your speculative fiction interactive) - Learn how to write (and writing. deliver) the perfect elevator pitch. We’ll  4:00 PM Crafting a Short Story - Telling go over the key points in both in-person a complete story in 7,500 words or less and in-writing pitches and how to make is easy when you create the key points yourself and your work attractive from in advance. This workshop will examine the word go. Presented by Chantelle the fundamentals of a short story, such Aimée Osman. as: plot, point of view, setting, character,  4:00 PM The Art of Extrapolation - Join dialogue, resolution, etc. Presented Janine K. Spendlove as she discusses how by Chantelle Aimée Osman, author, to research and apply current cutting freelance editor, and owner of A Twist of edge open technologies in your Karma Entertainment, LLC. futuristic writings. Doing your research  5:30 PM Plotting - Michael A. Stackpole is one thing, but Janine will teach you unravels the mysteries of creating how to weaponize it to create believable compelling plots. A novel is a huge with realistic consequences. undertaking, written over weeks or  5:30 PM Making The Next Draft The Best months, and the plot has to hold it all - Michael A. Stackpole gives you a tool kit together. From creating an outline to which will allow you to break down your maintaining flexibility, this seminar gives novel, diagnose issues, and improve your you the insider knowledge that will next draft. He’ll cover the basics from separate you from all of your peers. how to know if you want to do one more draft, on through how to produce and Sunday, September 1 package your book for sale. If you think your book isn’t quite there yet, or if you  10:00 AM Finding The Story - Michael want to make sure everything is working A. Stackpole takes you through a series the way it should, this seminar will of exercises that will let you build a story provide you with techniques to answers from the barest spark through twists and to your questions. turns. He’ll give you several story recipes and show you how you can work from them to create delightfully complex and

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 53 GAMING Gaming returns to the Westin Hotel and AmericasMart Building One, floors one and two and on floor three of AmericasMart Building Two. Please note that this area will NOT be accessible from the AmericasMart Building One via the pedestrian bridge this year to help with the flow and capacity issues experienced in the past. The Westin Peachtree Plaza will host our Gaming oriented programming, called the Table Top and Video Gaming Tracks, NSDMG/War College and Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator. LAN Gaming, along with our E-Tournaments are on the second floor of AmericasMart Building One. Full details and maps will be included in our app, our Dragon Con Quick Start Guide, and the Gaming Guide. We will have printed versions at Gaming HQ/Registration on the second floor of AmericasMart Building One at the entrance/exit from the Westin and it will be available electronically on our website. In order to play in most events that are not demonstration events, you will need an event ticket. Most event tickets cost $5, but there are many free demonstration games and a few are more expensive. CCG “sealed deck” and “booster draft” events can cost considerably more but you are also purchasing playable cards that are yours to keep in whatever game you are playing. You can also purchase generic tickets that are usable at any event. If an event is sold out you can show up for that event with a generic ticket and if anyone with a “real” ticket for that event does not show up you will be able to step in. This is particularly true for the larger events where there is more of a chance of a no show or cancellation. Board games and “Are you a Werewolf?” games are the glaring exception, one only need buy a Board Gaming or Werewolf sticker for the entire convention for $10 in order to check out and play one of the hundreds of games in our game library and/ or participate in any Werewolf games. Please check our gaming specific website, gaming.dragoncon.org. On this website you can submit events of your own to judge or purchase event tickets for events you see listed there. Submissions for events open on June 1. Registration for events begins on June 15.

54 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 ARTEMIS SPACESHIP BRIDGE don't fire torpedoes at point blank SIMULATOR range; go for beam weapons instead. Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator turns a COMMS: Incoming message from living room into the bridge of a spaceship; Deep Space 1; they're under attack! LTEBridge.com is bringing a "Dreadnaught" Taunt the enemy fleet leader to draw bridge to Dragon Con 2019, with special effects them away from the base, then call lighting, touchscreens, and other special for reinforcements from other Terran features! This is a 6 to 8 player collaborative vessels. experience suitable for ages 10 and up. ENGINEER: Power and cooling are the Join a crew on our fully functional bridge: it's a name of the game. Boost power to LAN party/LARP/RPG mashup experience you warp to get us there, to weapons for can't duplicate online! Your crew's success- more boom, and to shields when we're -or failure!--depends on your teamwork as getting toasted! Give it all she's got! you follow the Captain's orders and work  together to defend Terran bases against an FIGHTERS: The Artemis can launch up . to 2 single-pilot fighter craft to join the fight and add a bit more punch. There Flying solo? Don't have a group large enough is strength in numbers. for a full crew? No problem! Sign up and join with another small party and make new Artemis Bridge Simulator is located on the friends! 14th floor of the Westin. Good luck, cadets! Missions are about 40 minutes long, including NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION a mission briefing, crew orientation, and a MAKING GAME minimum 30 minutes of "hands on" mission The fine folks at the National Security Decision time. You and your friends assume the Making Game (NSDMG) will return to the roles of Captain, Helm, Science, Weapons, convention this year. They will be running Communications, and Fighter Pilots to operate different formats of their games and giving the Terran Stellar Navy spaceship, Artemis. some great seminars and presentations. If you For 2019 we have also added an additional pay attention to the news and current events, bridge! Scenarios for the second bridge include or have an interest in military and geopolitical cooperative and competitive play. history, it is a hoot! CAPTAIN: Channel your inner Kirk/ The NSDMG is a political, military, and Picard/Janeway and make the tough economic role-playing game that uses gaming choices. Which base do we save first? Is as an entertaining medium to inform players that distress call actually a trap? of contemporary, historical, and futuristic  geopolitical, military, technological, and HELM: Ahead warp factor 1, then slow economic issues. to impulse, and hard to starboard. Bring us behind the enemy fleet just In the NSDMG: “You players are the congress. outside torpedo range. You over there, you’re the Cabinet. You folks in  the corner are the Joint Chiefs. This guy’s the SCIENCE: Scan the sector, find the President. The scenario is that it’s the world as enemies, and check for secret intel and you know it today. Fix it. You may start now.” weaknesses. Watch out for cloaked ships. New issues and problems arise in every game  with different nations in play, showing a range WEAPONS: Load... lock... fire! Turn of real issues across the world, and modeling a big enemy ships into small pieces. Just number of different political systems.

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 55 Can you affect Iran as the US? Can you take the New for this year, there will be an opportunity Ukraine playing ? As China, can you keep to take home games that you have played the West from interfering with your building throughout the weekend. Dragon Con will hegemony in Asia? And how do you solve a have a library of Play to Win games. Drawings problem like Korea? Several of the games are will happen multiple times throughout the ear-marked specifically for science fiction and weekend. Learn a new game and at the same futuristic themes. time have the chance to take a copy home with you. The NSDMG lecture series will follow up on the performance from the last several years with The Dragon Con library has games that are detailed presentations covering contemporary competitive, as well as cooperative. Join in and historical geopolitical and military topics. on scheduled tournaments and compete for Dragon Con coins. Look for Settlers of Full details can be found on the National Catan, King of Tokyo/New York, and other Security Decision Making Game’s Facebook tournaments to be determined at the page, where they frequently post links and convention. discuss articles of general and national security interest. The NSDMG will be located on the 7th The board games area is also great for learning floor of the Westin. how to play and perfect strategies of games you may be thinking of purchasing for your TOKYO ATTACK home library. Some of the most popular titles Love games? Wish you could visit an will be available to try along with many classic arcade in Japan? Tokyo Attack is bringing a games. The Dragon Con board games library massive selection of Japanese arcade games offers you an opportunity to try before you to Dragon Con this year! From Dance Dance buy and our volunteers can help you figure out Revolution to Initial D, Pop'N Music to Street how to play even the most obscure games. Fighter, Sound Voltex to Silent Scope, you'll There will be independent game developers find all your favorites plus tons of games you demonstrating games that are being released didn't even know existed. Tokyo Attack will through Kickstarter, as well as Indie Cards and be located in the East Hall of the 2nd Floor of Games. This is an opportunity to see the next AmericasMart Building 1. big board game in its early stages.

BOARD GAMES CAMPAIGN ROLE-PLAYING GAMES Thursday really is the new Friday! Board This year, Campaign Gaming will be offering Games starts your Dragon Con weekend off on at least five signature campaigns, all of Thursday by offering non-stop board gaming which have been extremely successful in for $10 for the entire weekend! Board Game years past – Paizo’s Pathfinder Society (PFS), Memberships can be purchased in advance Paizo’s Starfinder Society (SFS), WotC’s D&D or onsite at Gaming Registration or the Board Adventurers League (DDAL), Living Arcanis Games check out desk. (LA) from Paradigm Concepts, and ShadowRun Members can select from the Dragon Con Missions (SRM) from Catalyst Labs. At present, board games library of over 450 games and we do not have a firm commitment on the ply their skills versus the best that the con has specific events that will be offered, as release to offer. The board games area is a great place schedules for events have not been finalized to relax with a game and people watch while by the various companies that offer campaign enjoying the large selection of games from style gaming. major board game manufacturers, as well as independents.

56 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 When current release schedules are available Daily, Thursday through Sunday (ensuring the ability to provide the newest Ascension Tournaments event scenarios, while being able to guarantee Dominion Tournaments these scenarios will be received in a timely Hero Realms Tournaments fashion for the show), we will update the MTG Sealed Tournaments Gaming Registration website (gaming. Star Realms Tournaments dragoncon.org). This year gaming will be back in the AmericasMart Building 1. Featured Events COLLECTIBLE CARD GAMES Throwback Thursday Draft Events Dragon Con is once again partnering with featuring draft formats from across MTG’s Sunmesa Events (sunmesaevents.com) to 25 years  present an extensive roster of Magic: The Foiled again Friday  Gathering events including: a 24 hour league, Modern Horizons sealed on Saturday  all convention long available eight player drafts Three Chaos drafts featuring Legends Modern Horizons sealed, Commander, Brawl, booster pack  and other popular formats. Celebrating 10 Last Chance MTG sealed on Monday years in partnership with Dragon Con, Sunmesa Events is presenting an unparalleled collection Additionally, Dragon Con is excited to present of Magic: The Gathering art and promotion a series of standalone card games presented with the Godard poster collection. This one by Rose Tatu Productions. Card based games of a kind offering includes over 400 framed may be fast and fun or they can be complex museum style posters from the history of and full of strategy. Rose Tatu Productions Magic: The Gathering. The collection has never will be teaching many stand-alone games that been publicly displayed and will celebrate are played; mostly, just with cards. The cards MTG’s 25 years of history. The exhibit is free will tell you what they can do, but you decide with your convention membership. If you are how best to play each one. Come by and learn a fan of Magic: The Gathering art, you will not games such as Century Spice Road, Fields of want to miss this! Green, 7 Wonders, Dixit, Arkham Horror LCG, and more. Set learning and demo times can be  Lord of the Rings TCG: Check out our Cube found in the Dragon Con App or in the Dragon Draft of one of the most popular licensed Con Gaming Guide. We will do our best to games ever. accommodate everyone on a first come first   Ascension: Sunmesa is sponsoring serve basis, however it is best to stop by and multiple tournaments for the Ascension reserve a learning spot. We are also providing deck building game. table space for Dead Collectable Card Games.   Dominion: Another popular deck building Do you miss sailing the 7 Seas, dodging 10,000 game, Dominion will feature up to 24 bullets in Shadow Fist, Finding the Truth in the player events. X-Files? Stop by Friday and Saturday and sign up. Then Bring out your Dead card games to All Weekend play with others on Sunday from 2PM - 9PM.  MTG Drafts On Demand LAN GAMING & E-TOURNAMENTS  MTG Convention League, pay once, play LAN Gaming will have all your favorite PC all weekend STEAM Battle.net  games including and access Freeplay Commander for 96 hours in the plus classic and new titles on the consoles for Gaming Hall the Switch, NES, NES Classic, , WiiU, and PS4.

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION VISIT DRAGONCON.ORG! 57 The eTournaments team at Dragon Con will MINIATURES feature competitive video games. With PC and Here are some highlights of games and console gaming tournaments ranging greatly, tournaments Miniatures will be running this there is a tournament for all interested players. year: Online pre-registration for all tournaments  The Golden Dragon Miniatures Painting will be available soon. Keep an eye on Competition returns for its sophomore http://videogaming.dragoncon.org for more year, plus Paint & Take will have more information. Onsite registration during Dragon space and more seats. Participate, take Con will also be available in the eTournaments classes, and wonder the rest of the area. con, "Did I get more paint on me or my Featured titles will include: miniature?"  Wander: The Cult of Barnacle Bay returns   Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition with Panda Cult Games showing off   Soul Calibur 6 Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels.   Dragonball FighterZ  The Asmodee catalog will be back with   Mortal Kombat 11 X-Wing and many other titles rotating   Samurai Showdown through the weekend.   Tekken 7  IDW is back with Teenage Mutant Ninja   League of Legends Turtles: Shadows of the Past.   Overwatch  Games Workshop is returning with   Smash Ultimate Warhammer 40K, Age of Sigmar, and   Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] Shadow War: .  LARPS  Also returning: Classic BattleTech, WarMachine, Bravo Company Live Action Role-Playing Games (LARPs) - , and BattleQuest where theatre meets gaming! This !! year, LARPs is pleased to offer events from NON-CAMPAIGN ROLE-PLAYING GAMES our returning fan-favorite productions, as It looks like a partial mash up is what awaits well as some exciting games that will be fans this year, including something old that is making their Dragon Con debut. For those new, Pygmy Dragon XVIII and ThunderCats in LARP games that run continually throughout 5E. Speaking of, we might need an introduction the year, we will have “display-only” tables to 5E. Looking to travel, perhaps to an alternate staffed and ready to answer your questions. Earth in Torg Eternity? Or maybe take A Long As the schedule is finalized, we will update Road Home before the Shaintar Legends the gaming registration website gaming. Awaken? Being alone might lead to a Dreadful dragoncon.org. We look forward to presenting Paranoia or to a non-society Pathfinder? Just many different opportunities in a variety of watch out for the Blades in the Dark that might styles and formats for everyone, from the be a Cult of Claws. But do not worry, Cheese novice to the experienced LARPer - even a few Grinder is a GO! for those curious about LARPs. We invite you to step away from the game table and live the We are looking for people on both sides of the part. Be sure to follow us on Facebook (Dragon game master screen. We need both players to Con Live Action Role Playing - LARP Games) for explore the worlds created by others and game updates! For more information, contact us at masters to create those worlds for others to [email protected]. explore. Non-Campaign means a roleplaying game where you will play a character provided by the game master for generally one game slot.

58 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 To find out more information about the VIDEO GAMING roleplaying options and all of gaming, check Dragon Con Video Gaming is back for out the registration website at gaming. another year of panels, parties, and pedantic dragoncon.org. The site is already open for perspicacity. From Coin-ops to (Call of Duty) event submission, but make sure to get added Black Ops, if it has pixels, they have panels. to the mailing list to get notifications when the site has event tickets available for purchase. Many of your favorite events will be returning If you have any questions about the non- this year, including Bad Science in Video campaign roleplaying options you can contact Games, and panels highlighting both fan- us at [email protected]. driven content, as well as information on the making of video games. Special guests include TABLE TOP GAMING Mark Meer, Dave Fennoy, and voice actors Table Top Gaming is back for the Year of the from many of the most popular video games Bard! That means that many of our panels including Fallout 4, Mass Effect, World of will be themed with the idea of role-playing, Warcraft, and more! adopting a persona, or getting into character. New for this year, the Video Gaming Track We will be holding panels on board games and is pleased to announce more panels on strategy games as well. Augmented and Virtual Reality gaming, as One area of expansion – we will be increasing well as more content surveying the most the number of streaming panels we have and popular genres of video games such as Loot the number of panels that feature actual play! Shooters, MMOs, Otome, and Battle Royale. This is an exciting new development for us and The Video Gaming Track will also be presenting we hope you can be a part of it. retrospectives on classic gaming hardware as well as celebrating the 20th anniversary of We will continue to feature our actual play EverQuest. panels with Dungeons and Randomness! Laugh with our annual guest-helmed Pathfinder panel! Learn the secrets and feel the chill of our first ever horror actual play panel!

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COMIC BOOK QUICK SKETCH FRIDAY NIGHT COSTUMING CONTEST The Comic Book Quick Sketch is open to all con Dragon Con’s Friday Night Costuming Contest attendees who can draw (and draw quickly). (FNCC) focuses solely on the craftsmanship of the Contestants will have 30–45 minutes to draw, color, costume and inspires both audience member and and letter a character sketch or a comic book page. contestant alike. While the contestants are creating, the guest artist Judges will be looking at the costume itself, the judge(s) will be doing the same, with the resulting workmanship, design, and inspiration. This will be artwork becoming prizes for the winners! More open to groups and individuals, experts and novices, information is available at the contest registration and costumes from mainstream or self-created. All table in front of Centennial Ballroom in the Hyatt. judges are costuming professionals with extreme costume backgrounds. COSPLAY CONTEST Join us for a spectacle of handmade wonder from The Anime and Animation Tracks at Dragon Con every skill level and genre. are proud to bring back the Cosplay Contest! The Online pre-registration is now open! Please note Cosplay Contest location and time will be listed at that pre-registration is required to participate in the convention in the Quick Start Guide and Dragon this costume contest. For more information and to Con App. Be sure to come by pre-judging if you register, please visit the Costuming Track’s contest wish to enter the contest! Prejudging will be held page. in the Animation Programming room prior to the contest—you’ll parade your costume in front of a panel of judges who will rank the winners based on craftsmanship and accuracy. Contestants are judged on their costume only—no skits will be allowed. All entrants will then get a chance to show off their handiwork at the Cosplay Contest on the stage! Contest forms will be available onsite at prejudging only. NOTE: Only costumers with animation, Japanese anime, or video game costumes may enter the Cosplay Contest.

HALLWAY COSTUME CONTEST Pictures will be taken at the contest registration table in front of the Centennial Ballroom in the Hyatt. The pictures will then be displayed at the contest registration table. All con-goers can vote for their favorites online on the Dragon Con Masquerade Facebook page. Voting takes place Sunday until 3:00 PM, with the winners being presented during the Masquerade on Sunday evening. Entrants may purchase an e-mailed copy of the official entry picture for a suggested $5.00 donation to this year’s Dragon Con charity.

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CONVENTION SERVICES

DISABILITY SERVICES FAN AND FREEBIES TABLES Dragon Con seeks to do its utmost to provide Concourse tables consist of fan groups, equal access to its participants with disabilities in conventions, band merchandise tables, performers, accordance with state and federal law. We can offer and sponsors. They are open areas that receive a a variety of services to help you enjoy your Dragon high volume of traffic and are located at the Hyatt Con experience, including wheelchair accessible Regency, the Marriott Marquis, the Hilton Atlanta, shuttles between the hotels, electronic programs for and the Sheraton Atlanta. your screen reader upon request, dedicated staff in Main Programming areas, and assistance through CONSUITE registration for people with disabilities. We provide The Hospitality Suite, aka the Con Suite, is a place some standard accommodations based on seating for convention attendees to relax, get a bite to eat, requirements via stickers for your badge. If you need and/or a soda or juice to wet their whistles. Located more information about our department or the in the Hyatt, the Con Suite will provide snacks, standard accommodations we offer, please contact as well as more hearty fare around traditional [email protected] and check out our meal times, and a place to rest for at least awhile. Wiki at bit.ly/DCDisabilityServices. Opening around noon on Friday, the Con Suite stays The Wiki goes into detail on all of the services we open around the clock until Monday afternoon, offer, as well as information on navigating the con, with intermittent closures for cleaning, zombie hotel hazards, self-advocacy, accessible dining outbreaks, maintenance, and/or mental health options around the con, and more. purposes. Dragon Con spans five hotels and six city blocks on a hill: If you have difficulty walking long distances, INFORMATION BOOTHS we strongly recommend you consider renting an The information booths, located in each of the five electric scooter. host hotels, are your one-stop centers for getting Scooter and Wheelchair rentals are available by all your questions answered. Their exact location contacting ScootAround Inc. toll-free at 1-888-441- will be available on the mini maps provided in the 7575, by email at [email protected], through Dragon Con 2019 App. The staff will be able to help their website at locations.scootaround.com/rentals/ you find where everything is located and help with d/dragoncon or by fax at (204) 478-1172. just about any other question or request you may have. And if they don’t know the answer, they’ll Please contact them early. send you directly to the person who does.

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HOST HOTELS Our host hotels for 2019 will again include the familiar surroundings of the along with the legendary , the Hilton Atlanta, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, and the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel. The Hyatt, Marriott, and Hilton are connected by tube-ways to make trekking through the hotels a breeze. All of our convention hotels are convenient to MARTA’s station. DCTV will be available at all five of our host hotels! Exact channels will be available closer to the convention. Although our host hotels are sold out, there is always hotel space available at our many Atlanta hotels!

ATLANTA AREA HOTELS This year Dragon Con is proudly surrounded by twenty-five Atlanta area hotels, all located within a short walk, courtesy shuttle bus, or MARTA trip away! The following chart outlines Atlanta hotels with rooms available as of June 14, 2019. For a complete, up-to-date listing of area hotels, including contact information, location, any special booking instructions, and reservation rate codes, please visit us at www.dragoncon.org

Hotel Name Cost Phone Code AC Hotel by Marriott Atlanta Downtown $247-$317 800-706-8847 DRAGON CON The American Hotel by Hilton $232-$272 800-222-8733 POG Crowne Plaza Atlanta Midtown $217–$254 404-877-9000 COM Embassy Suites Atlanta $256-$276 404-223-2300 DCI Fairfield Inn & Suites Atlanta Downtown $230–$240 678-702-8600 DRAGON CON The Glenn-Marriott Autograph Collection $259–$289 404-521-2250 DRAGON CON Hilton Garden Inn $259-$299 1(877)782-9444 DRAGON CON Hotel Indigo $269-$279 404-649-6037 DRAGON CON Omni at CNN Center $259–$279 800-843-6664 DRAGON CON Ramada Capitol Park Atlanta $169–$189 404-591-2000 DRAGON CON Springhill Suites $244-$279 (844)231-5867 DRAGON CON W Atlanta Hotel $266-309 404-582-5800 Varies by room

62 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 PARKING COURTESY SHUTTLE BUSES Parking is available throughout , Dragon Con provides courtesy shuttle bus service and in limited supply at the various hotels. Below is a between all main convention hotels and some of list of some common parking places for our attendees the overflow hotels during most hours of the day and their cost (for those of you on a budget). NOTE: and night. We are proud to again offer a dedicated Prices are accurate as of publication date, but shuttle bus that only travels between the host are subject to change. Be sure to check with your hotels, as well as TWO special shuttles for the preferred venue closer to the convention. Night at the Georgia Aquarium. For a complete  The parking decks around main hotels: $5–$30 schedule, including times and locations, check per day. our website closer to the convention, our 2019  Hilton Atlanta: $42/day valet parking; $32/ Dragon Con Quick Start Guide, or reference your day self-parking; $44/day for oversized vehicles Dragon Con App. (garage height is 6 feet)  Hyatt Regency Atlanta: $45/day valet parking ENTERPRISE & NATIONAL CAR RENTAL (Garage height is 6 feet) Dragon Con is proud to continue its partnership  Marriott Marquis Atlanta: $45/day valet with Enterprise and National Rental Car. Dragon Con parking; $50/day for oversized vehicles members are able to receive a booking discount no  Sheraton Atlanta Hotel: $42/day valet parking; matter the date or location for the rental. You can $32/day self-parking book directly at bit.ly/RentCarDCon.   Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel: $49/day NOTE: If you do not use the above link and overnight valet parking access either Enterprise or National through their respective websites, you will need the following PARKING PANDA codes: Enjoy exclusive discounts at parking garages, lots, Enterprise Code: XZ03A67 Pin: DRA and valet spaces around the convention area. Book National Code: XZ03A67 a spot now with rates up to 50% off drive-up to ensure you have a reserved space: parkingpanda. MARTA com/atlanta/dragon-con-parking. All of our host convention hotels are convenient to MARTA’s Peachtree Center station. The Hyatt and AIR TRAVEL Marriott can both be reached from the station via Hartsfield International Airport is just fifteen indoor walkways. MARTA has direct train service minutes south of downtown Atlanta and the from Hartsfield Airport’s terminals with no transfers, convention district! Delta Air Lines is pleased to with an approximate travel-time of 30 minutes from offer special discounted* airfares for Dragon Con the airport to Peachtree Center and our hotels. For 2019! To take advantage of these Travel Discounts, complete Marta details, including their fare details see below for detailed domestic and international or hours of transport, visit itsmarta.com. travel information. When booking online (bit.ly/ DeltaDC2019) use the code NMT3K in the “Meeting Event Code” field. *NOTE:  Not all fares are eligible for a discount  Discounts apply to round trip travel only  Not valid with other discounts, certificates, coupons, or promotional offers  Fare rules will determine eligibility

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Registration will again be located at the Sheraton Fans taking advantage of the online purchase option Atlanta Hotel. Dragon Con badges are not mailed out will be able to pick up their badges in Prepaid pre-show, however memberships ordered prior to Registration vs. waiting in the lines at Onsite. Start the July 13 price change will receive a confirmation your Dragon Con experience even quicker than postcard in the mail. before. Please note, badges can only be picked up Memberships are available for purchase via the on the respective day purchased. Dragon Con Store: http://store.dragoncon.net/ Stay tuned to all Dragon Con social accounts for more details as the show approaches. MEMBERSHIP PRE-SALES PRICES & DEADLINES DAY BADGE MEMBERSHIPS A Dragon Con membership covers all five days, Beginning on Saturday, July 13, 2019, Saturday ONLY all panels, events, demonstrations, concerts, and Sunday ONLY memberships will be available performances, contests, snacks and munchies in through the Dragon Con Store for $50.00 and $45.00 our ConSuite, a host of other activities, this annual respectively. Badges may only be picked up on the Progress Report, our onsite Souvenir Program Book, respective day purchased. and 2019 app. Please see the chart below for details on available The following are NOT covered in your membership memberships: fee:  Valid Days of Date Available  Most Tournament Gaming Sessions Type Attendance for Purchase Cost  Costs of Various Workshops  Certain Autographs (at the sole discretion of 5-Day Thurs.– Aug. 29 – $140.00* Mon. Sept. 2 the guest; mostly screen stars)  Celebrity Photo Ops 3-Day Sat.–Mon. Aug. 31 $120.00*  Dragon Con Night at the Aquarium 2-Day Sun.–Mon. Sept. 1 $70.00* Pricing for memberships to Dragon Con 2019 is as 1-Day Thursday Aug. 29 $15.00* follows: Friday Aug. 30 $40.00*  $125 until July 13, 2019  $140 until August 17, 2019, or at the door Saturday Aug. 31 $50.00* Sunday Sept. 1 $45.00* ONSITE MEMBERSHIPS New for 2019, we are proud to partner with GrowTix Monday Sept. 2 $35.00* to support all of our onsite membership needs. If you are planning on purchasing a membership *Please note, after August 16, 2019 a processing fee onsite, you can say goodbye to those white forms will apply to all memberships. of years past! We’ve embraced technology and will have iPads to capture your information and handle all of your registration needs in a one-stop shop. Even cooler than that is the opportunity for attendees to purchase memberships - including all single and multi-day - online.

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