{"id":121,"date":"2010-09-08T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/2010\/09\/08\/dragoncon-2010\/"},"modified":"2014-12-14T18:45:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T18:45:03","slug":"dragoncon-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/2010\/09\/08\/dragoncon-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon*Con 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p> $\"\"$ <\/a>Dragon*Con 2010<\/a> is a wrap. What a show. I\u2019m still assessing it. This show\u2019s definitely on my radar from here on. This was my first Dragon*Con as an exhibitor and guest artist, and I was massively impressed. Huge turnouts at panels, a thriving art show, great energy, great people, terrific marketing, superior guest services from the D*C staff \u2014 they\u2019ve really got their act together. The audience is here, no question about it.\n

Best of times with Lou Anders, Irene Gallo, Vincent & Michelle Villafranca, Donato Giancola, Todd Lockwood, Marc Scheff, Jim Minz, Jennifer Heddle, Deanna Hoak, Mary Robinette Kowal, Cherie Priest, Farah Mendlesohn, Kate Baker, Stu & Stephen Segal, Mike Resnick, David Alastair Hayden, great artists, authors (shoutout to all of the Pyr authors), fans, and friends new and old \u2014 too many for my bleary memory to remember on the fly here.<\/p>\n

Really enjoyed meeting the mighty Sidebar Nation<\/a> crew for the first time. Terrific cats. Love listening to their podcasts. They\u2019re the real deal and know their stuff. Did a short fun interview with them. Hopefully down the road, we\u2019ll chat again at greater length.<\/p>\n

I exhibited in the D*C Art Show and of all of my pieces for sale, only one will be coming home. Everything else on the walls sold out. Plenty of small prints sold and I sold out of all of my art books before the last day even began.<\/p>\n

Shoutout to Stu Segal for coordinating the Hugo Awards Breakfast and Stroll with the Stars. The man is tireless. Special thanks to all who make Dragon*Con run so smoothly, including John and Anne Parise who ran the Art Show. Congrats on a huge success and an amazing weekend.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a link to a Flickr set of photos from this year\u2019s D*C.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"