More registration line, seen here covering thee sides of the building.
The registration line wrapping around the Hyatt.
My chunk of line, briefly behind me I could see the line wrapped completely around the building, which is its own block.
More line inside.
Getting ready for the first morning of con. Chilled margarita backpack.
The EFF Track presents "Presidential Candidates' Policies on Intellectual Property".
The speaker for the "Presidential Candidates' Policies on Intellectual Property" panel.
A remote controlled drinkbot named "BAR2D2". Its creator also did well in the robotics competition.
I forget the name of this guy but I know the character from my youth.
It was a pretty excellent spot-on costume.
Adult swim nametags I got while waiting so I can keep the names straight.
More nametags.
Here comes the adult swim writers' panel.
Adult swim writers in dragon character and costume for Dragon Con.
Dragons answering a surprising number of dragon-based questions, and showing preview clips for new 2009 stuff.
Adult Swim decided to interpret Dragon Con rather literally, so they created "[adult swim]'s Dragon Panel", and all showed up as dragons (except for their boss).
[adult swim]'s Dragon Panel was described as: :Dragons will be on hand to answer questions about Dragons, Dragon culture, [adult swim], [adult swim] culture, and golf." This was entirely accurate.
Taking questions from the microphone in the back of the room.
Tossing bean bags into the crowd, which were then redeemed for t-shirt prizes.
Adult swim dragons after their panel.
See also http://tinyurl.com/6fm6l8.
Better view of the full dragon costumes.
Dragon Con chairman Pat Henry.
Some sponsoring/supporting writers, assorted artistic riff-raff.
TNA Wrestling girls.
The line for the MST3K panel, Extends well out of sight in both directions, must have eventually exited the building somewhere.
The MST3K panel: Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson, and the moderator.
Frank Conniff, Trace Beaulieu and Joel Hodgson
Frank Conniff
Trace Beaulieu and Joel Hodgson at the signing table. They were very nice and accommodating of everyone's outlandish requests.
Trace Beaulieu and Joel Hodgson
Cyn, unknown, Twitch, Di, Hunter
Elizabeth and Daecon
Voltaire performing works from his new self-published album.
Voltaire was very amusing and has a fantastic stage presence.
Imported water from Norway. Sells for $7-9 at the supermarket, $20 or more at the hotels. As far as I know only the adult swim panelists had these.
The full panel of writers from Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Squidbillies.
Fans while waiting for the Venture Brothers panel.
The writers of The Venture Brothers making their dramatic entrance. I missed the bit where they burst into the room through a large paper screen.
The writers of the Venture Brothers getting some art of them presented to them by a fan.
The woman who was sitting next to me (we waited in line for 2+ hours for our seats) gives Jackson a picture she drew of him.
The moderator for the skeptics vs. believers panel.
The skeptics.
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The believers.
The skeptics for skeptics vs. believers.
The believers for skeptics vs. believers.
The whole skeptics vs. believers panel.
The setup for "Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow: Recruiting Session & Bake Sale".
Introduction of Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
Ready to head to the Crüxshadows concert.
We saw Hunter on the way to the concert.
Hunter, Laura, Rutledge, and Juju outside the Hyatt just before the Crüxshadows concert.
A craptastic shot of Rogue, of Crüxshadows.
The Crüxshadows.
Parting Crüxshadows shot.
Random shot of opportunity of some interesting costumes.
Waiting for breakfast at the diner in the Peachtree Center.
The beginning of the "US Customs Searches at Borders" panel in the EFF track.
The presenter for the "US Customs Searches at Borders" panel.
Lori Lipman Brown, Director of the Secular Coalition of America presents the panel "Pastafarian? Zoroastrian? Atheist? Monotheist? Can't we all just get along?"
One of the lightweights in the preliminary robotics competition.
Dean Haglund does improv.
Dean Haglund put together an X-Files episode in 60 minutes with audience participation.
Dean Haglund selects some people from the audience to participate in an improvisational scene.
Dean Haglund performing a classic improv routine with an X-Files theme.
Dean, with arms provided by an audience member.
Dean Haglund picks up idea cards from the audience.
This guy writes an X-Files fan blog and contacted Dean before the show to arrange to be "randomly" selected from the audience to participate in the scene. At the end of the scene (using lines provided from the audience and picked from a hat), he read one as his proposal, and she said yes.
The newly engaged X-Files fan couple with Dean Haglund.
The fans running the Kingdom of Loathing table in the Marriott.
First year I have seen a Kingdom of Loathing fan presence at con.
The player name sign in log at the Kingdom of Loathing table. They had around 200 players sign in by Sunday.
Jonathan and Laura at Trader Vic's in the bottom of the Hilton.
Three of the four artists on the webcomic panel.
Big blister between my two biggest toes, another on my big toe and another on my little toe. There is also one on my other foot.
Me, in my [adult swim] shirt that I got in their panel.
The speakers for the "Williams Street: Down a Dark Alley" panel about [adult swim].
The [adult swim] speakers argued about some minor points and didn't hold my interest for more than half the session.
From a clip of the original [adult swim] introduction video (with the "get all the kids out of the water!" guy).
The MC for the robot battle finals.
Seeding the stage with hazards for the battle robots.
A heavier bot named Shit Storm.
