It’s day three of DragonCon, and all of us are chugging along as excited as ever. With the short supply of gas in Atlanta, I took MARTA to the event. And from the number of stormtroopers and wizards in the subway, I can only venture to guess that others had the same idea.

• Joined in on the morning panel on The Many Faces of Batman, where many of the writers of the Batman comics series brought their thoughts to the table. Discussions ranged from the history of Batman to the latest Batman movie.
• The appearance of Carmen Argenziano, Alexis Cruz, Gary Jones, and Paul McGillion brought with it a renewed interest in the Stargate television series.
• Star Trek’s Enterprises’ Connor Trinneer talked about his experiences on the show in this one hour panel.
• Can you be fired for blogging? Panel members Amy MystrysCam and Cherie Priest led the Blogger’s Rights panel, and generated some interesting discussions on bloggers, online journalism, and fair use.
• In a Nuts and Bolts of Producing a Webcomic, successful web-based comic strip authors and artists showed us how it’s done. Featured Jennie Breeden, Robert Balder, Jeffrey Darlington, Bill Holbrook, and Erin Lindsey.
• I love Dad’s Garage. So you can imagine my surprise when Dean Haglund, of Lone Gunman Extraordinaire fame, and Gary Jones joined forces to unexpectedly present a complete hour of improv comedy.

Last year at DragonCon 2004, I learned quite a bit about the science fiction genre, especially in television and film. Thus, this year I was able to better appreciate many more of the panels hosted at this fantastic Atlanta event.

• Spent an hour with some of the creative minds at RedStorm Entertainment, makers of the popular Tom Clancy video games Rainbox Six and Ghost Recon. Discussions turned to difficulties in console development for the upcoming Xbox 360, differences between PC and console development, and future directions for the company.
• Gigi Edgley (Chiana), Virginia Hey (Pa’u Zotoh Zhaan), and Raelee Hill (Sikozu Svala Shanti Sugaysi Shanu) from Jim Henson’s Farscape described their experiences when working on and off the set in this Q&A session.
• The cast of Serenity, one of the most anticipated science fiction movies of the year, joined us to talk about their experiences in the filming of the Firefly series and the upcoming film, stories from the set, and their disappointments in the premature cancellation of this western in space. Featured Morena Baccarin (Inara Serra), Adam Baldwin (Jayne Cobb), Ron Glass (Shepherd Derrial Book), and Jewel Staite (Kaylee Frye).
• There can’t be a DragonCon without Star Trek. Robin Curtis (Saavik) from The Search for Spock and The Voyage Home, LeVar Burton (Geordi LaForge) and Marina Sirtis from The Next Generation, Max Grodenchik (Rom) from Deep Space Nine, and Connor Trinneer (Trip Tucker) from Enterprise appeared in this StarTrek Celebrity Cavalcade, with guest stars featured from every Star Trek series.
• This year brought with a fair amount of digital and computer art. In a Fantasy Art Session with Photoshop CS2, Claudia McGuire with Adobe Systems presented some of the new features of Photoshop CS2, such as the spot healing tool. Adobe features a fully functional 30-day trial of Photoshop CS2.
• Digital Iron Artist brings the tradition into the 21st Century by pitting two digital artists against each other using only a computer. Despite the numerous technical difficulties, the panel was quite entertaining. Featured Joshua Strickland and Philip Straiger.