jitterypillow wrote:
Never been to a Dragon Con, but I went to the San Diego Con twice, and WizardWorld Chicago three times.
Dragon*Con is like Mardi Gras for dorks. During the day, it's your basic science fiction/fantasy/comics convention. This year they had William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Mike Mignola, Eric Powell and a shitload of other people.
At night, though, it's just a giant party. They have concerts (mostly techno goth bands), an "after hours" costume contest, a burlesque show (that was lame) and just a ton of drinking and partying. It's a lot of fun, if you can discount the fact that I've caught really bad colds the past two years. (Tons of people in enclosed places are breeding grounds for germs.)