Video of Shatner and Nimoy
At Dragon*Con 2009
By James H. Burns: Here’s an entire record of a Shatner-Nimoy panel from Dragon*Con 2009, available at You Tube.
By James H. Burns: Here’s an entire record of a Shatner-Nimoy panel from Dragon*Con 2009, available at You Tube.
Ed Kramer will no longer own part of Dragon*Con following a cash-out merger agreed to by directors and shareholders of Dragon Con/ACE, Inc., producer of Dragon*Con. The old company is merging into Dragon Con, Inc., a new corporation whose ownership … Continue reading
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution interviewed past Dragon*Con guests who plan to stay away due to the boycott in its March 27 edition. It was the Connecticut charges, and a detailed account of Kramer’s saga published in Atlanta Magazine last fall, that … Continue reading
Dragon*Con’s management has responded on Facebook to the storm over its continued financial connection to Ed Kramer. The controversy was energized by Kramer’s extradition from Connecticut to Georgia, where he has been facing child molestation charges since 2000, and a … Continue reading
Kaja & Phil Foglio posted today on the Girl Genuis Webcomic Facebook page that they will not be going to Dragon*Con this year because of co-founder Ed Kramer’s history as an accused pedophile, and because Kramer’s significant income from his continued … Continue reading
Atlanta Magazine’s recent article about Ed Kramer notes Dragon*Con’s reliance on volunteers, with a stinger: By all accounts, the event has always had a small payroll, instead relying on up to 2,000 volunteers, with first-timers paying $20 a head for … Continue reading
With Dragon*Con approaching you’d naturally expect Access Atlanta to run a feature about this major hometown event. But would you expect it to be devoted to a veteran fanzine fan? More than 40,000 Klingons, Jedi knights and devotees of science … Continue reading
(1) WANDAVISION VIEWS. Camestros Felapton gives plenty of spoiler warning before starting his analysis: “WandaVision: Episode 6 – All-New Halloween Spooktacular! (spoilers)”. Safe to assume that all WandaVision reviews are spoiler filled. Before the fold, I’ll say that in terms of TV … Continue reading
(1) RECONVENE REPORT. [Item by Cat Eldridge.] ReCONvene, the one-day virtual con of NESFA, was this afternoon, so I paid my ten dollars and attended via Zoom. It was worth devoting much of the afternoon to it for just one … Continue reading
(1) 2022 WORLDCON BIDDER Q&A. Goobergunch posted notes from today’s online question session with the Chicago and Saudi Arabia bids for the 2022 Worldcon: “CoNZealand, Day -30: Nobody Expects the Fannish Inquisition”. Normally, most people vote for Worldcon site selection … Continue reading