This is the second in a series of weekly updates featuring Dragon Con Guests, information that is helpful to reporters, and general excitement that is Dragon Con. We encourage you to follow us on Twitter at @dragonconmedia.
- Walk Of Fame Highlights
- PRESS RELEASE DRAGON CON ADDS Esports TO GAMING LINEUP
- DCMR Podcast #2017-1
- Tour For Inexperienced Reporters At Dragon Con
- Other Events
- Popular Question This Week
- Reach Out To Us!
- 2017 Comics And Pop Artist Alley
- Request An Interview With A Comic Creator
- Featured Comic Creators This Week
Reminders:
- Now is the time to consider and request interviews!
- Each team member must apply for media access and use a unique email
- Use the DCMR website and DCMR for a cornucopia of information about reporting from Dragon Con
- If you would like in person interviews with a Dragon Con spokesperson before Dragon Con, please contact us or the appropriate form
- Let us know if there are topics you want covered or questions you have about Dragon Con
2017 Walk of Fame Highlights!
Every Monday we celebrate our Walk of Fame Guests! This week we highlight the Stars of Starship Troopers and Mystery Science Theater 3000!
https://www.dragoncon.org/mediarelations/2017/07/24/2017-walk-of-fame-highlights/#more-2252
Dragon Con Guest List:
https://www.dragoncon.org/?q=featured_list
PRESS RELEASE DRAGON CON ADDS eSPORTS TO GAMING LINEUP
Offering Cash Prizes Up To $10,000, Video Game Tournaments Will Be Live Streamed on Twitch
Over 140,000 Square Feet of Gaming Space Dominates AmericasMart, Featuring ‘Round the Clock Gaming Plus Panels With Top Game Designers, Voice Actors, and Industry Experts
ATLANTA – July 19, 2017 – Dragon Con, already one of the largest gaming conventions in the nation, has added cash-prize eSports tournaments, streamed over the Twitch platform, to its slate of game-specific programming.
Some 82,000 people are expected to attend Dragon Con, Atlanta’s internationally known pop culture, fantasy, and sci-fi convention, in 2017, filling downtown over the four-day Labor Day weekend, Sept. 1 to Sept. 4, with events and activities across AmericasMart Buildings One and Two and five host hotels – Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Marriott Marquis, Hilton Atlanta, Westin Peachtree, and Sheraton Atlanta.
Taking up more than 140,000 square feet in AmericasMart Building One and the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, gaming at Dragon Con will feature the full array of gaming including PC and console games, board games, miniatures gaming, role-playing games, collectable card games, and even LARP games. There will be an expanded selection of free cabinet-style arcade games as well as arcade games from Japan and Asia not usually seen in the United States.
https://www.dragoncon.org/mediarelations/2017/07/24/press-release-2/
2017 Podcast 2: Registration
Podcast Two: Registration (File: https://www.dragoncon.org/mediarelations/2017Podcasts/DDCMR_podcast_2017_2.mp3)
Dragon Con Registration Manager, Gabby, joins Dan Carroll, Director of Dragon Con Media Relations, to talk about the DCMR Media Access Application Life Cycle, services provided in the Dragon Con Media Relations Room (Greenbriar Room), how to be a good citizen reporter, and things to avoid at Dragon Con as a reporter.
Tour for inexperienced Reporters at Dragon Con
Join the new reporters’ tour for Dragon Con 2017! We will walk through Dragon Con for 90 minutes to two hours, depending upon other commitments. This tour is provided to new Dragon Con reporters who are covering Dragon Con for your first or second time. We also open this to returning reporters who have not covered Dragon Con in several years. Date: Friday September, 1, 2017
Time: 11AM
Where: TBA
1) We will provide you the location to start the tour before August 30th. Please pay attention to your emails.
2) The tour will cover 3-4 host hotels and will involve brisk walking. Please let us know if you have mobility issues. We will work with you on providing alternate considerations.
3) The tour begins at 11:00 AM, though it is possible that circumstances could delay it until 11:30 AM.
https://www.dragoncon.org/mediarelations/new-reporter-walking-tour-friday-sept-2/
Other Events
Be prepared for invitations to the following open events for reporters:
- DCMR Reporters Corral at the Dragon Con Parade (Sept 2)
- DCMR Annual Information Walk-through, Mixer, and Pub Crawl (August 31)
- BloodSouth press conference (Sept 1)
- Many more events that are being generated.
We are firming up details for 2017, and will be presenting information to our reporters very soon.
Popular Question This Week
Q: I just listened to the DCMR Podcast on Inteviews At Dragon Con, and I think I heard that Dragon Con reporters cannot request interview with guests on site? Is that right?
A: That is right. We respect our guests’ time and their desires to enjoy Dragon Con. Walk of Fame Guests are available for interview by invitation only. Reporters can request any other guest interview, but those guests need to approve those interviews prior to the convention.
Q: That Aquarium event looks interesting, and it looks like it is amazing to photograph,
Reach Out To Us!
Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions! Is there something you need more information? A topic you might want covered on the DCMR Podcast?
- Email: medirelations@dragoncon
- Subject: Your outlet, your name, your question
- Body: Provide the details of your question/concern/suggestion succinctly
This format allows us to directly find and respond to questions of immediate important.
2017 Comics and Pop Artist Alley
Dragon Con Comics & Pop Art returns to the Americas Mart in 2017, bigger and better than ever – now conveniently located in close proximity to the hundreds of exciting dealers in the Dragon Con Vendor Hall.
With close to 150 illustrators, sculptors, painters, and writers in attendance, Comics & Pop Artists Alley offers an eclectic array of creators from comics, animation, pop surrealism, lowbrow, and art toy design. Attendees have the opportunity to meet their favorite creators, get autographs, purchase comics and art, and attend fan panels over the course of four fantastic days.
The Atlanta Art Collectors will also be on hand again, presenting an incredible tribute to Jack Kirby and Will Eisner on their centennial year. Fans will be able to see amazing original works of art from dozens of illustrators who’ve blazed trails in comics and fantasy art.
Hours of Operation:
- Friday: 1pm – 7pm
- Saturday & Sunday: 10am – 7pm
- Monday: 10am – 5pm
Request an Interview with a Comic Creator
This year you can request to interview Comic Creators and Artists in the Comic And Pop Art Alley. Use this form to request to interview a Comics Guest:
https://www.dragoncon.org/mediarelations/request-comicliteraryartist-interview/
Featured Comic Creators This Week:
Van Jensen
Van Jensen is a former newspaper crime reporter and magazine editor who broke into comics as the writer of Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer, which was named one of YALSA’s Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens. He is the writer of Two Dead from Simon & Schuster, Cryptocracy from Dark Horse, as well as a graphic novel adaptation of the first James Bond novel, Casino Royale. Read more about him:
https://www.dragoncon.org/mediarelations/2017/07/21/local-atlanta-featured-comics-guest-van-jensen/
Peter David
Peter David is a prolific author whose career, and continued popularity, spans nearly two decades. He has worked in every conceivable media: Television, film, books (fiction, non-fiction and audio), short stories, and comic books, and acquired followings in all of them.
In the literary field, Peter has had over a hundred novels published, including numerous appearances on the New York Times Bestsellers List. His novels include Tigerheart, Darkness of the Light, Sir Apropos of Nothing, and the sequel The Woad to Wuin, Knight Life, Howling Mad, and the Psi-Man adventure series. Find out so much more about him:
https://www.dragoncon.org/mediarelations/2017/07/21/peter-david-returns-to-dragon-con/
Kelly Sue DeConnick
Kelly Sue DeConnick began her comics career writing the English adaptations of Japanese comics for Tokyopop and VIZ. After 7 years and more than 10,000 pages on books like Slam Dunk, Blue Spring, and Sexy Voice And Robo, she transitioned to American comics with 30 Days of Night: Eben And Stella (IDW).
https://www.dragoncon.org/mediarelations/2017/07/19/kelly-sue-deconnick-coming-to-dragon-con/
Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti
Amanda Conner started out in comics working on small projects for Marvel and Archie. She had been working as an illustrator for New York ad agencies Kornhauser and Calene and Kidvertisers. She worked on a number of launches and campaigns such as Arm & Hammer, PlaySchool, and Nickelodeon, to name a few.
Jimmy Palmiotti is a multi award winning character creator with a wide range of experience in advertising, production, consulting, editorial, film writing, development and production, media presentation and video game development. Just a few of his clients include Nike, Nickelodeon, Universal pictures, Disney, Warner Brothers, DreamWorks, Lion’s Gate, Vidmark, Starz, Fox Atomic, Alliance films, New Line, Spike TV, MTV, 2kgames, Midway, Radical games, Activision, and THQ games.
