September 10, 2004

Every year Dragon*Con brings together costumed hordes of science fiction, anime, fantasy, film and role-playing game enthusiasts in the nation's largest gathering of its kind. Dragon*con takes place over Labor Day weekend in Atlanta; this year it was September 3-6. The convention takes over the Hyatt Hotel and the Marriott in downtown Atlanta as well as various other venues in the area. Many participants attend in full costume of their favorite character. The vast majority of these costumes are made by hand, costing anywhere from $60 to $3000 in materials. Some costumes come together in a few hours; others take an entire year. In the photographs below and on ensuing pages, EntertainmentStuff brings you a small sample of the wide array of characters at this year's Dragon*Con.

Scroll through our photo album showing off some of the interesting costumes that we saw.


Darth Vader's costume came together over the course of a year. When he's not leading the empire, Vader is a Computer Network Technology student at Harrison College and a part-time grocery bagger.