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| name = Dragon Con | image = | caption = | status = Active | genre = Multi-genre | venue = Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta Hilton and Towers, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Westin Peachtree Plaza, AmericasMart | location = Atlanta, Georgia | country = United States | first = 1987 | last = | organizer = Rachel Reeves, David Cody Co-Chairmen[1] | filing = For-profit | attendance = 80,000+ in 2017[2] | website = {{URL|dragoncon.org}} }}Dragon Con (previously Dragon*Con and sometimes DragonCon) is a North American multigenre convention, founded in 1987, which takes place annually over the Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. {{As of|2017}}, the convention draws attendance of over 80,000,[2] features hundreds of guests, encompasses five hotels in the Peachtree Center neighborhood of downtown Atlanta near Centennial Olympic Park, and runs thousands of hours of programming for fans of science fiction, fantasy, comic books, and other elements of fan culture. It is owned and operated by a private for-profit corporation, with the help of a 1,500-member volunteer staff. Dragon Con has hosted the 1990 Origins Game Fair and the 1995 North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC).[3] HistoryDragon Con was launched in 1987, as a project of a local science fiction and gaming group, the Dragon Alliance of Gamers and Role-Players (DAGR). It was founded by a board of directors including John Bunnell, David Cody, Robert Dennis, Mike Helba, Pat Henry, and Ed Kramer.[4] The name "Dragon" for the club was derived from Kramer's Dragon Computer (a European version of Radio Shack's Color Computer), which hosted a local Bulletin Board System ("The Dragon") that initially served as a central hub for both organizations. The inaugural Dragon*Con flyers debuted at the 1986 Atlanta Worldcon, ConFederation. Within a year, Dragon*Con had been selected to be the host of the 1990 Origins convention,[6] to take place at the Atlanta Hilton. The 1987 inaugural Dragon*Con took place at the Pierremont Plaza Hotel, drew 1400 fans,[5] and featured Guest of Honor Michael Moorcock, Lynn Abbey and Robert Asprin, Robert Adams, Ultima creator Richard "Lord British" Garriott, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons Gary Gygax and Toastmaster Brad Strickland. Miramar recording artist Jonn Serrie delivered his keyboard arrangements from within a real NASA flightsuit and Michael Moorcock performed onstage with Blue Öyster Cult's Eric Bloom, singing "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" and "Black Blade". Thomas E. Fuller's Atlanta Radio Theatre Company performed H. P. Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu, which was broadcast via radio live from onsite.[6] The 1988 convention included guests Alan Dean Foster, Fred Saberhagen, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Gary Gygax, and Larry Elmore. The convention grew rapidly. In 1989, it drew 2,400 fans (many to see Guest of Honor Anne McCaffrey), and the event had moved to the Omni Hotel and Convention Center. In 1990, the convention had doubled again, added a Comics Expo, hosted the Origins convention, this time with Guest of Honor Tom Clancy, and expanded to include the Atlanta Sheraton hotel. In 1991 the first "Robot Battles" robotic competition event was added to the list of Dragon*Con events, making it the second oldest robotic competition event in the world.[7] In 1993, Dragon*Con was the home of the Wizard Fan Awards.[8] By 1995, when Dragon*Con hosted the North American Science Fiction Convention, attendance had grown to over 14,000 fans, and Dragon*Con was also hosting the International Starfleet Conference. In 1999, Dragon*Con's TrekTrak introduced the first Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant, an annual event that has since garnered national media attention.[9][10][11][12] In 2000, Ed Kramer ceased to have an active role in managing the convention, but still owned 34% of the company. In 2011, Kramer sued the organizers, leveling charges that he wasn't receiving his fair share of the con's profits.[13] Kramer's relationship with the convention was fully severed in July 2013 in a cash-out merger, at which point the name of the convention and business officially changed to "Dragon Con" (replacing the asterisk with a space).[14] At the convention's 20th anniversary in 2007, there were 22,000 attendees, and the convention continued to grow, drawing 27,000 attendees in 2007, 40,000 in 2010, 57,000 in 2013,[6][15] and over 80,000 in 2017.[2]
Scheduled eventsProgrammingAs of 2008, Dragon Con was a 4-day event comprising approximately 3500 hours of panels, seminars, demonstrations, and workshops, with over 30 specialized programming tracks that include writing, alternate history, art, anime, gaming, science fiction and fantasy literature, comic books, costuming, space, science, online media, independent film, podcasting, Asian cinema and culture, robotics, filk, scientific skepticism, Star Trek, Star Wars, Military Scifi Media, X-Files, apocalyptic themes, Anne McCaffrey's Pern, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, British and American science fiction television, dark fantasy, the Dragon Con Independent Short Film Festival, and general programming which specific Guests of Honor attend (e.g., Clive Barker's Lost Souls and Storm Constantine's Grissecon).[21][22][23] As of 2017, Dragon Con is a 5-day event, beginning the Thursday before Labor Day.[24] Music and filmFrom its origin, music has also been a significant feature of Dragon Con, with performances by groups and artists such as Abney Park, Blue Öyster Cult, The Crüxshadows, Celldweller, Ego Likeness, Scintilla, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Bella Morte, Chick Corea, Edgar Winter, Emerald Rose, Ghost of the Robot, Godhead, Iced Earth, Voltaire, Jefferson Starship, The Misfits, GWAR, Man or Astroman?, The Bloodhound Gang, Spock's Beard, and Mindless Self Indulgence.[25] The Dragon Con Independent Short Film Festival presents the "finest independent short films of the fantastic".[26] Awards are distributed for a number of categories. GamingDragon Con hosts a variety of gaming sessions and tournaments. Opportunities include board games, miniature games, collectible card games, console games, live action and other role-playing games, and tables hosted by gaming companies, as well as panel sessions.[27] AwardsIn 1998, Dragon Con established the Julie Award, in honor of Julius "Julie" Schwartz, bestowed by a panel of industry professionals in honor of "universal achievement spanning multiple genres".[26] Schwartz presented the award each year prior to his death in early 2004. The inaugural recipient was Ray Bradbury; additional recipients of the award include Forrest Ackerman, Yoshitaka Amano, Alice Cooper, Will Eisner, Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman, Carmine Infantino, Anne McCaffrey, Jim Steranko, Peter David, and Paul Dini. In March 2016,[28] Dragon Con announced the introduction of "Dragon Awards", a fan-voted award "to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy literature, comics, gaming and filmed entertainment". The award process consists of a nomination step, where each voter can nominate one work of choice in every category, and a voting step where the nominated works are voted for to receive the award. The nominations and votes are collected electronically. Participation is freely available to everyone, without any pay or requirement of membership.[29] The finalist shortlist for the first edition of the awards was announced on August 11, 2016;[30] the winners were announced on September 4.[31] Additional awards include the Futura Award, paying homage to the Fritz Lang masterpiece Metropolis; the Parsec Awards; and the Georgia Fandom Award, renamed in 2008 as the Hank Reinhardt Award, after its first recipient. OtherIn 2002, Dragon*Con began hosting a parade through downtown Atlanta, which ran from Centennial Olympic Park to the Marriott Marquis, and featured thousands of costumed participants.[32] The parade is an annual event. Economic impactIn 2015, Dragon Con attracted some 70,000+ attendees[33] and had a direct economic impact of $65 million, as reported by the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.[34] According to statistics provided by Georgia State University, Robinson College of Business, Dragon Con brought in over $21 million.[35] Dragon Con routinely raises funds for designated charities. In 2005, Dragon*Con raised USD $20,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Charity efforts continued with USD $104,000 sent to the Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency in 2016, including a USD $50,000 corporate match. In 2013, fans voted in advance to determine the charities.[27] From 2005 through 2012, the con raised and donated almost $224,000.[27] ControversyIn 2016, two Dragon Con cosplayers, claiming an association with Adult Swim and Cartoon Network and wearing "Make FishCenter Great Again" (a parody on "Make America Great Again") hats, dressed as the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks.[18][36][37][19] Images of the cosplay were widely shared on social media sites as Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter.[18][19] Bleeding Cool{{'}}s Rich Johnston speculated they were cosplaying as the game Rampage,[37] while Facebook commenters drew a connection with the anime Terror in Tokyo.[36] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dragoncon.org/?q=teams_and_departments|title=Teams and Departments - Dragoncon|author=|date=|website=www.dragoncon.org|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208112013/http://www.dragoncon.org/?q=teams_and_departments|archivedate=2015-02-08|df=}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://mediarelations.dragoncon.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Dragon-Con-Wrap-Up-2017.pdf|title=Dragon Con Wrap Up 2017 final|publisher=Dragon Con|accessdate=2017-09-07|format=PDF}} 3. ^{{Cite book|title=Here be dragons: Tales of Dragon*Con|author1=Wurts, Janny |author2=Resnick, Mike |author3=Asprin, Robert |year=2008|isbn=978-0-8095-7331-8|publisher=Wildside}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/5050k-bond-for-dragoncon-1181076.html|title=$50K bond for DragonCon founder Kramer|publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=September 16, 2011|accessdate=September 18, 2011|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924082848/http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/5050k-bond-for-dragoncon-1181076.html|archivedate=September 24, 2011|df=}} 5. ^{{Citation|url=http://www.ajc.com/ajccars/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/02/26/dragoncon_founder_suit.html|title=Dragon Con founder sues successor over finances|author=Smith, Ben|newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=February 26, 2009|accessdate=March 12, 2012}} 6. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=http://www.dragoncon.org/history.php |title=History of Dragon.Con |publisher=dragoncon.org via Wayback machine |accessdate=September 18, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509160845/http://www.dragoncon.org/history.php |archivedate=May 9, 2008 }} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://robotbattles.com/history.htm|title=History of Robot Battles|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516173208/http://www.robotbattles.com/history.htm|archivedate=2008-05-16|df=}} 8. ^Wizard Fan Awards {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304160035/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/wizard.php |date=2012-03-04 }}. 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2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203032915/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/05/anger-over-twin-towers-cosplayers/|archivedate=3 December 2017|df=}} 19. ^1 2 {{cite web|last=Sandle|first=Tim|title=Dragon Con sci-fi fans trigger 9/11 controversy|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/odd+news/twin-tower-clad-cosplayers-cause-a-storm-in-georgia/article/474098|work=Digital Journal|publisher=digitaljournal.com|date=5 September 2016|accessdate=29 November 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042700/http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/odd+news/twin-tower-clad-cosplayers-cause-a-storm-in-georgia/article/474098|archivedate=1 December 2017|df=}} 20. ^{{cite web|url=http://mediarelations.dragoncon.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dragon-Con-Wrap-Up-2016-final.pdf|title=Dragon Con Wrap Up 2016 final|publisher=Dragon Con|accessdate=2016-09-07|format=PDF}} 21. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.dragoncon.org/fan_tracks.php|title=Programming 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troopers|publisher=Salon|date=|accessdate=2007-08-31|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606163306/http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2001/09/11/dragoncon/index.html?pn=1|archivedate=2011-06-06|df=}} 26. ^1 {{citation | url = https://issuu.com/dragoncon/docs/program_book_-_complete | title = The Dragon*Con 2005 Program Book | volume = XIX | date = August 2005 | editor1-first = Eugie | editor1-last = Foster | editor2-first = Cassy | editor2-last = Gordon | publisher = Dragon*Con, Inc. | location = Atlanta, Georgia | access-date = August 24, 2018}} 27. ^1 2 {{citation | url = https://issuu.com/dragoncon/docs/dragoncon-2013progressreport-web_ve | title = Dragon*Con Progress Report | date = 2013 | publisher = Dragon*Con, Inc. | location = Atlanta, Georgia | access-date = August 24, 2018}} 28. ^{{Cite web|publisher=Dragon Con|title=The Dragon Awards|url=http://awards.dragoncon.org/2016/03/31/the-dragon-awards/|date=2013-03-31|accessdate=2016-08-19|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181153/http://awards.dragoncon.org/2016/03/31/the-dragon-awards/|archivedate=2016-08-18|df=}} 29. ^{{Cite web|title=Official Press Release|publisher=Dragon Con|url=http://awards.dragoncon.org/2016/04/04/official-press-release/|date=2016-04-04|accessdate=2016-08-19|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816181425/http://awards.dragoncon.org/2016/04/04/official-press-release/|archivedate=2016-08-16|df=}} 30. ^{{cite web|title=The #DragonAward voting is up and running! 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Mack Robinson College of Business |url=http://www.rdhawan.com/Robinson/Conf_Aug07/Cannon.pdf |accessdate=2008-03-22 |page=22 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715160301/http://www.rdhawan.com/Robinson/Conf_Aug07/Cannon.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-15 |df= }} 36. ^1 {{cite web|last=Frye|first=Patrick|title=2016 Dragoncon Twin Towers Cosplay Costume Takes NYC 9/11 Jokes Too Far, Cartoon Network Adult Swim-Inspired Costumes Had Flaming Barbie Dolls Jumping To Their Deaths From World Trade Center|url=https://www.inquisitr.com/3486767/2016-dragoncon-twin-towers-cosplay-costume-nyc-911-jokes-funny-cartoon-network-adult-swim-costumes-flaming-barbie-dolls-jumping-to-deaths-the-world-trade-center/|work=The Inquistr|publisher=inquistr.com|date=6 September 2016|accessdate=29 November 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040253/https://www.inquisitr.com/3486767/2016-dragoncon-twin-towers-cosplay-costume-nyc-911-jokes-funny-cartoon-network-adult-swim-costumes-flaming-barbie-dolls-jumping-to-deaths-the-world-trade-center/|archivedate=1 December 2017|df=}} 37. ^1 {{cite web|last=Johnston|first=Rich|title=Cosplay Controversy At Dragon*Con – 9/11 Or Rampage?|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/09/06/cosplay-controversy-at-dragoncon-911-or-rampage/|work=Bleeding Cool|publisher=Avatar Press|date=6 September 2016|accessdate=29 November 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043301/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/09/06/cosplay-controversy-at-dragoncon-911-or-rampage/|archivedate=1 December 2017|df=}} External links
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