Subject: Shame you didn't go for AWA
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Posted on: 2016-09-01 18:59:00 UTC
I kinda refuse to support D*Con anymore for personal reasons, but I live like thirty minutes outside of town if you want a local to show you around while you're in town. (I know a great pizza place, and an equally great burger joint if you don't mind bars full of smoke, both a short MARTA ride away.)
I'm at D*C this year! Anyone else?
-July, on hiatus until the burning ends
Sadly, I am on the other side of the country (in a westerly direction, this time), but I hope you enjoy it - that con is epic. The steampunk was out of control the year I went, in the best possible way - and, if memory serves me, the protest Girl Genius and several other comic artists were holding had ended, since they finally stopped inviting one guest who was… I don't actually remember. A sexual harasser of some sort.
Point being, it's on the up and up from what I recall, and have fun! And if you go into the rooms off the underground food court, beware - several hours will pass while your hindbrain still thinks it's daylight. I think this happened to us at least twice.
The protest ended because one of the staff members, who was banned from attending and had a restraining order keeping him from coming within 1000 feet of any of the hotels but who also had an iron-clad contract meaning that as long as the con was being held he would get a cut of the profits, finally died. Other than that you're mostly correct.
I kinda refuse to support D*Con anymore for personal reasons, but I live like thirty minutes outside of town if you want a local to show you around while you're in town. (I know a great pizza place, and an equally great burger joint if you don't mind bars full of smoke, both a short MARTA ride away.)