Outlantacon 2009 - An Atlanta based geekvent for the LGBT Community

If your into sci-fi, comics or gaming and just happen to be in the Atlanta area the first weekend of May, then be sure to check out OUTLANTACON.

OutlantaCon is a science fiction and gaming convention that is held twice a year for the GLBT community and its supporters.

The upcoming May 1-3rd convention guest list includes:

• Andy Mangels - Comics & Media Author & DVD producer (Star Trek, Star Wars, Iron Man, Justice League Quarterly )


• Joe Castro - Writer, Producer & Director


• Jai Husband - Senior Animation Director, Turner Broadcasting


• Joseph D. Carriker, Jr. - Developer / Writer — Vampire: The Requiem


• Tucky Williams - Actress (Dead Moon Rising, Shadow's Light)


• J.M Mc Dermott - Author, Last Dragon


• Kayelle Allen - Author (Surrender Love, The Tarthian Empire series)


• Kiernan Kelly - Author (Seti's Heart, Shifting Sands: In Their Own Skins)

The panels and main events will include:

• In the End: Greased Love Poles, Brown Winker Stinkers, and Other Mood-killer Metaphors in Fiction


• Horror and the Occult


• Buffy: "Once More With Feeling"


• No Laughing Matter: Writing Humor in Gay Romance


• "Make It So": The Star Trek Phenomenon


• Sexuality in Gaming and Storytelling


• Playing God: Creating a Character and Giving It Life (Writing Workshop)


• The Pink TARDIS: Gay Themes in Doctor Who


• Comics


• Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down: Demo in Erotic Rope Tying


• And much more!
  

OutlantaCon will be held at the Holiday Inn Atlanta Northeast in Doraville. Room rates are a low $79 a night and membership for the entire weekend is $35 through April 15 and then $45 at the door. Register through their web site at http://www.outlantacon.org/.