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‘Closer Look’: Live from Dragon Con 2023!

‘Closer Look’: Live from Dragon Con 2023!

Closer Look with Rose Scott

September 1, 202353m 1s

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Show Notes

For a special edition of “Closer Look,” Rose Scott and the team head to downtown Atlanta for Dragon Con 2023. The annual five-day event is one of the largest multi-media gatherings focused on pop culture, gaming, comics, film, literature, science fiction and fantasy. Rose talks with several guests about the convention, the comradery and what drew them to their artforms.

 

Guests include:

 

Dan Carroll, the director of media engagement at Dragon Con

 

Josh Duart, a cosplayer/costumer

 

Delilah S. Dawson, a New York Times-bestselling author of “Star Wars: Phasma,” “Black Spire: Galaxy's Edge,” and “The Perfect Weapon”

 

Georges Jeanty, a comic book penciler illustrator best known for his work on “The American Way,” an eight-issue American comic book limited series, and the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”: Season Eight comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics. 

 

Greg Burnham, a children's book author and co-creator and writer of “Tuskegee Heirs”

 

Marcus Williams, a professional illustrator, comic artist and co-creator of “Tuskegee Heirs”

 

Michael Cho, a Canadian illustrator and cartoonist

 

Beli Infantry Johnson, an author and student at Drew Charter School 

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