With no track record to lean on, they nevertheless managed to attract top name guests. While it doesn’t seem so radical today, it was audacious for its time and, eventually, it upended the staid convention scene.Ĭhipping in $300 each, Pat Henry, David Cody, John Bunnell and Robert Dennis rounded out with a few of their friends planned the first Dragon Con for the fall of 1987. In the early going, that meant bringing a science fiction convention and gaming convention together in the same hotel. They could go to any convention and have a good time, but only for so long before boredom set in.Īnd that gave them an idea: Combine fandoms and genres into a single convention for fans who, like them, were interested in different things. ![]() They were all science fiction fans, but some of them also enjoyed gaming while others liked comic books. It was certainly true for Dragon Con’s founders. The established conventions were successful, and the organizers stuck to their formulas.īut most fans had multiple interests. Gaming conventions were for gamers, literature shows were for readers, and comic book shows were retail events. ![]() There was a time, before Dragon Con, when every convention focused on its one genre.
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