{"id":1779,"date":"2009-09-04T05:05:28","date_gmt":"2009-09-04T09:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2009-09-04T05:00:41","modified_gmt":"2009-09-04T09:00:41","slug":"out-of-office-autoreply-dragoncon-here-i-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/09\/04\/out-of-office-autoreply-dragoncon-here-i-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of Office AutoReply: Dragon*Con At Last!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assuming all is well with air travel, I should be in Atlanta this morning!!!  Me and 30,000 of my closest friends all weekend long!  Dragon*Con is the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the US.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the 6th largest convention in the city of Atlanta, has over 500 guests (actors, authors, artists, bands, etc),\u00a0 and offers over 2,750 hours of panels, seminars, demonstrations, and workshops. Check out the <a title=\"Dragon*Con website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dragoncon.org\/\">DragonCon website<\/a> for details on the event!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below are a few snapshots from Dragon*Con 2008.\u00a0 I typically take about 400 pictures each event.\u00a0 While these aren&#8217;t really the best quality shots, they do give you an idea of some the diverse things going on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Shag's Dragon*Con photos on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onceuponageek\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view all my Dragon*Con photos on Flickr<\/a>.\u00a0 Also, for some of my favorite Dragon*Con shots <a title=\"Dragon*Con photos from the past\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/08\/29\/dragoncon-is-here\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> and <a title=\"Dragon*Con photos from 2008\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/09\/11\/best-of-dragoncon-2008-costumes\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0 Finally, you can read about my 2008 Dragon*Con exploits by clicking <a title=\"Dragon*Con 2008 Day 1\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/09\/03\/i-survived-dragoncon\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, <a title=\"Dragon*Con 2008 Day 2\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/09\/03\/i-survived-dragoncon\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, <a title=\"Dragon*Con 2008 Day 3\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/09\/08\/dragoncon-day-3-michael-dorn-michael-rosenbaum-and-firestorm\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a title=\"Dragon*Con 2008 Day 3 continued\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/09\/09\/dragoncon-day-3-contd-alcohol-snake-eyes-werewolves-and-the-beastie-boys\/\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Shag and Captain America.\u00a0 Check out my t-shirt.\u00a0 Eat that, Steve Rogers!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onceuponageek\/sets\/72157607100094632\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Shag with Captain America at Dragon*Con 2008\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3091\/2826363157_aa8d8e0d77.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Shag and Iron Man.\u00a0 Again with the t-shirt backing up Tony Stark&#8217;s <em>Civil War<\/em> position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onceuponageek\/sets\/72157607100094632\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Shag with Iron Man at Dragon*Con 2009\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3184\/2826363625_b8faf40ef1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Gareth David Lloyd &amp; James Marsters from the <em>Torchwood <\/em>panel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onceuponageek\/sets\/72157607100094632\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Gareth David Lloyd &amp; James Marsters\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3269\/2827221902_d620ece588.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Comic writer Peter David<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onceuponageek\/sets\/72157607100094632\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Comic writer Peter David at Dragon*Con 2008\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3241\/2827197556_23be00f55c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Comic writer Mike Baron<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onceuponageek\/sets\/72157607100094632\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Comic writer Mike Baron at Dragon*Con 2008\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3157\/2827197414_4f5084150c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Convention Vixens\" href=\"http:\/\/conventionvixens.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\">The Convention Vixens<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onceuponageek\/sets\/72157607100094632\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Convention Vixens at Dragon*Con 2008\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3062\/2826359781_0430c33556.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You never know who you&#8217;ll run into at Dragon*Con.\u00a0 Race and Serv with Axl Rose.\u00a0 &#8230; yeah, right.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onceuponageek\/sets\/72157607100094632\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Axl Rose with Serv and Race at Dragon*Con 2008!\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3267\/2826364181_e7a87667d9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Unique Geek Board of Directors dinner<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onceuponageek\/sets\/72157607100094632\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The Unique Geek Board of Directors Dinner at Dragon*Con 2008\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3097\/2826364871_c3a7fd05bf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Iron Man!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onceuponageek\/sets\/72157607100094632\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Iron Man at Dragon*Con 2008\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3139\/2827206698_bbab0ff103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Adam West and the Batmobile in the parade<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onceuponageek\/sets\/72157607100094632\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Batmobile with Adam West at Dragon*Con 2008\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3112\/2827209746_73f2f79f6d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Speed Racer&#8217;s Mach 5 in the parade<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onceuponageek\/sets\/72157607100094632\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Speed Racers Mach 5 at Dragon*Con 2008\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3181\/2826373593_f8c7821a23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This Marvel vs. DC shot shows you just a tiny fraction of comic book costumes to be 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