DragonCon 2009: Day One - Best Costume So Far, Initial Thoughts, and an Unexpected Gift from Above.

Posted by ScuzzBuster

September 5, 2009

elvis Day One - DK Pick for Best Costume: Sith Elvis!
Any of the literally dozens of loyal readers we have at Deviant Knowledge probably are at least aware of the the annual Labor Day idiocy that happens in Atlanta, GA each year called Dragon*Con. For those not familiar, formerly a smaller and more narrowly targeted affair, it’s now described on their own website as “the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the US.” This year is my first opportunity to attend and after 14 hours on day one I was stunned by how huge and well run of a program this is so far. I’ve been to many cons over the years: GenCon, Star Wars Celebrations, several Trek, Doctor Who and general Sci-Fi cons and so far this seems to be about the most well-oiled of any of them–of course, hell is bound to ensue as the weekend hits.

wiimote Runner Up Best Day One Costume: WiiMote!
My personal pick for runner up favorite costume for Day One is this lovely lady doing double duty as a WiiMote. She looks happy in the photo, but afterwords she got might cranky when I tried to press her B button. As things wind down this week, we’ll be posting a page full of some great Con pics as well as get any vids that may be worth a look on our YouTube Channel, which is pretty light right now.

Last but not least, Dragon*Con 2009 gave us an unexpected present: the first official Avian Review of DEVIANTKNOWLEDGE.COM. Shortly after a panel, my son and I stepped out in front of the Hilton Hotel in time to have a very serene looking flock of birds fly overhead to which they offered their thoughts on Deviant Knowledge…or at least on my son’s Deviant Knowledge Shirt:
dkreview

On a side note, for anyone that stumbles across our pages and finds their picture and would like proper name credit or a higher res version of the pic emailed to them, just drop us a line. I’m going to make a good faith effort to get more info from the attendees, but I probably will fail miserably.

Well, it’s been a blast! Check back for more Dragon*Con 2009 coverage in the coming days!

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