VOTE NOW for your favorite fan submitted CON*Tourage photo for April!

The first deadline has passed for entering the new monthly CON*tourage PHOTO CON*TEST. Overall, we had a great response for it being our first month seeking submissions. We’ll be awarding a PAIR of CON*tourage VIP PARTY PASSES to our Dragon*Con 2012 parties (21+) to the “Best Photo” (picked by some members of the CON*tourage CRUE) but we’ll also be giving away a VIP PARTY PASS to the most popular…or “Liked” photo on Facebook.

HERE’S HOW TO VOTE:

1.) Become a Fan of the CON*tourage Facebook Fan Page (if you aren’t already) by clicking the Facebook “Like ” Button, found HERE.
2.) Then click HERE to see all of the entries (15 photos total).
3.) Next click “Like” under the photo(s) you like best!
4.) Deadline to “Like” (Vote) for a photo is May 11th (11:59 p.m., EDT)
PRIZE: The photo with the most “Likes” will get a VIP PARTY PASS (21+) to the CON*tourage events at Dragon*Con 2012.
NOTE: Stay tuned to see who CON*tourage will be awarding the “Best Photo” to, being picked by some members of the CON*tourage CRUE.
Do you want to enter the May CON*tourage PHOTO CON*TEST? Read all about it HERE. That next photo entry deadline is May 31st, 2012 (11:59 p.m., EDT) We’ll be giving away CON*tourage VIP PARTY PASSES for Dragon*Con again….so don’t delay….ANYTHING GOES!

Geeky Superheroines expected to hit beaches this Summer

With the Summer season well on its way and Dragon*Con just a little over 4 months away, bathing suit-shopping tops the list of high-stress activities for many females. Not because of negative body image issues but more how exactly are geeky chicks going to wave their superhero-geek flag high in a season known for wearing less? Well Spencer Gifts has released a new line of “Officially Licensed” bikinis for those fem geeks out there who want to show their love for a favourite superheroine.

Supergirl, Batgirl and Wonder Woman styled bikinis are now available online!

Send your own Superheroine swimsuit photos to contourage@gmail.com and we’ll be happy to share them with the rest of the geek world in the upcoming months!

INFESTATION: Halfway to Dragon Con to hit Atlanta on 3-31-12

WARNING: An INFESTATION will happen in Atlanta on March 31st, 2012! An infestation of Superheroes, of Stormtroopers & Jedi, of Monsters and Pirates. An INFESTATION of Kilt-Wearing Men and Scantily Clad Women. An infestation of Leather and Lace. An infestation of ALL types of COSTUMES…and most threatening of them all, an INFESTATION of ZOMBIES!

‘The Shelter’ (voted BEST NEW CLUB by Atlanta’sCreative Loafing readers) will be the setting for this fun & unique event, hosted by CON*tourage (and produced by RockEgos) on March 31st, 2012 from 9 pm–3 am

Already lined up for the evening:
• DJ/VJ Anthony, Atlanta’s premiere video DJ, and DJ Ghost, will keep ‘The Shelter’ moving until the early morning hours. Anthony, who played Dragon*Con in 1992, 2004, 2009 and 2010, adds a video element to the dance club experience ~ mixing and beat matching the actual music videos to create a fluid and energetic night that pleases multiple senses.
• Makeup Artists will be ready to help turn willing partiers into zombies.
• Billy Tackett, known as the Zombification Specialist™ and the Father of the Zombie Mash-Up, will have his art featured and will also be the evening’s Guest of Honor Artist.
• Photographers will be set up around the venue to snap photos of partiers as the INFESTATION unfolds.
• A PANCAKE CHOWDOWN (from 9 p.m.–11 p.m.).

Visit the official website: www.InfestationAtlanta.com

3.31.12 In Atlanta — SAVE THE DATE!

CON*tourage will be announcing very soon what all of the 3-31-12 hype is about. It’s an event not to be missed!

NEW YEARS EVE PARTY (Battle & Brew, Marietta, GA)

December 31, 2011 8:00 pmtoJanuary 1, 2012 2:00 am

Come party it up at metro Atlanta’s premiere gaming bar….BATTLE & BREW!!

Complete info. here: http://www.con-tourage.com/2011/12/28/contourage-endorses-new-years-eve-party-to-be-hosted-by-gamer-bar-battle-brew-in-marietta-georgia/

“REVENGE OF THE SITH” novelist to be CELEBRITY GUEST at CON*tourage Parties during DRAGON*CON 2011!

With less than 3 days before DRAGON*CON, CON*tourage is excited to announce that Matthew Stover, a New York Time Best Selling novelist, will be a celebrity guest at their events. Stover is the man behind the words for the novelization of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and other Star Wars novels.

Matthew Stover is a New York Times Best Selling Novelist

A little more about our celebrity guest: Matthew Stover is an American fantasy and science fiction New York Times Best Selling novelist. He graduated in 1983 from Drake University and settled in Chicago. He is an avid martial artist and a student of the Degerberg Blend, a Jeet Kune Do concept that mixes approximately twenty-five different fighting arts from around the world. This combat style influences the way Stover writes his fight scenes, for which he has won considerable acclaim. He is perhaps best known for his four Star Wars novels, including the novelization of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. He has also written three science-fiction/fantasy hybrid stories featuring a hero named Caine: Heroes Die, Blade of Tyshalle, and Caine Black Knife, with a fourth Caine’s Law planned for release in 2012. Here is Stover’s page on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Stover

Stover’s latest project is ”OverWorld: The Chronicles of Ankhana.” Find out more about this project here: http://overworld.tv/

If you make it out to our parties, be sure to come up to Matt, introduce yourself and let’s make him feel welcomed…as he’s new to this whole “CON*tourage thing.” And if you are a fan of PUNK….you’ve already got something in common with him! Find out all of the details on what CON*tourage has planned for DRAGON*Con 2011 by clicking HERE.

So you wanna be a pirate!

Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End

With so many different costumes at DragonCon it’s hard to stand out from the crowd. There are many things to consider however, when choosing a costume and one of my main points is ease of use. It’s tough going to the bathroom in that Batman costume, so I chose a Pirate as one of my main costumes for CON. Having made that decision, I went about finding the best sites on the internet to build the perfect Pirate costume. Keep in mind that there are many types of pirates, including the famous to the infamous and, of course the swabby.

Building a pirate costume requires lots of choices and a good amount of time to complete. If your crafty with the sewing machine, you can make a lot of what you’ll need yourself. For those of us, myself included, who are tailor-challenged, then cobbling together a costume from bought items is the only way to go. You want to purchase stuff that will stand up to the rigors of CON*life, so make sure you shop around and get the highest quality for the best price. Also, many of the pirate type costume pants and coats DO NOT HAVE POCKETS, so you’ll want to get a belt bag or pouch to carry your stuff in.

Here is my collection of excellent sites that sell pirate gear. I have purchased items from many of these sellers and I can tell you, these are the best-of-the-best! If you have any links that you would like to share, email me at webtodd@hotmail.com and I’ll share them with the community.

http://www.sodhoppers.com/
http://www.pendragoncostumes.com/
http://www.armory.net/Clothing_Header.cfm/SectionId/clothing_men/start/25.htm
http://www.kristismart.com/index.php
http://www.twinrosesdesigns.com/index.html
http://www.caboots.com/
http://tobeapirate.com/
http://www.topnotchcostumes.com/index.html
http://tudorshoppe.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT
http://www.bestbuyswords.com/movieproducts.html
http://www.dearbloodymary.com/goth_products.html
http://majesticvelvets.com/index.html
http://stores.ebay.com/ALTERED-EGO-COSTUMES_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm
http://www.authenticwardrobe.com/Pirate/pirate.html
http://jas-townsend.com/index.php

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the links! (Please note that this was originally written in October of 2008. It is part of my article re-gentrification program bringing back my old articles from the static site so they don’t get lost in the shuffle.)

Pancake Chowdown at Dragon*Con

September 5, 2010
11:00 amto1:00 pm

We are hosting a Pancake Chow-Down Feast on Sunday Morning at DragonCon. Join us for Maddie “Mad-Dog”‘s famous flapjacks and hang out with the CON-tourage crew. We will all be re-cooping and getting ready to party our hardest Sunday night before the mighty Dragon*Con 2010 is over. Man, I can’t wait, this year is going to be epic!

Hero VS Villain Party at Dragon*Con

September 4, 2010 11:00 pmtoSeptember 5, 2010 4:00 am

 

Hero VS Villain Party

CON*tourage HERO vs. VILLAIN PARTY, Saturday Night at Dragon*Con will kick off at 11pm. We will be giving away comic-themed prizes while they last and we will be holding a contest with special prizes for the best Hero Costume male or female, and the best Villain Costume Male or Female. CON*tourage will be serving Super-Punch. Valid ID required. We will also have snacks and kicking “Super” music from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. We challenge you to CHOOSE YOUR SIDE and come dressed to battle! We will be admitting VIP passholders at 10PM and everyone else at 11PM and the party will go on till 2AM.

CON*tourage will be admitting VIP passholders at 10 p.m. Saturday night, and everyone else with REGULAR passes at 11pm. The party will keep kicking ass until 2 a.m.

—–> HOW TO ACQUIRE….

……… A REGULAR PARTY PASS (good both both nights):
We will be handing out REGULAR (free) passes at the “Meet & Greet” on Thursday night at the Hyatt Bar, starting at 8pm, as well as a few other designated times (on Friday and possibly Saturday…if passes are left) which we’ll announce later once Dragon*Con gets closer. We’ll also use TWITTER to tweet where we are if you want to snag a regular pass. But PLEASE PLEASE NOTE that we will, more-than-likely, quickly run out of passes, if demand is high like it was at Dragon*Con 2009, for access to our parties. We do apologies in advance for anyone who isn’t able to get a pass but we can’t give out unlimited amount of party passes. We’d suggest you CON*sider making a donation to the parties which will get your a VIP pass (see below) or finding us EARLY during Dragon*Con to get a regular pass. You MUST have a party pass, either VIP or regular, when coming to the parties, to get in as we’ll have security at the party entrance checking. Also…if the party is full, we may as you to come back later, but if you have a VIP pass (see below) you can get in to the party 1 hour early and beat the crowd.

……….. A VIP PARTY PASS (good for both nights):
CON*tourage parties are for the people…by the people! How does one secure a VIP pass, you may ask….and what IS a VIP pass? A VIP pass will get you into BOTH of our parties (HEAVY METAL and HERO vs VILLIAN) 1 hour early. This means you are GUARANTEED entrance 1 hour early which will beat the Regular pass-holder crowd, as well as have early access to party booze, food AND mayhem. In order to reserve a VIP pass, we are asking people make monetary donations to the party, which will be used to help purchase the booze, drinks, decorations and supplies used for the parties.

$15 – 1 VIP pass
$25 – 2 VIP passes
$50 – 5 VIP passes

If you’d like to reserve a VIP pass(es), please  click on the DONATE button on the right side. MAKE SURE you note your “real” NAME too, with your PAYPAL.com payment. If you don’t mind sharing your CELL NUMBER (if you have text capabilities that is) please also note that too as we will send out a message noting the location of the passes/partys. Those who have a reserved VIP passes can pick them up at the CON*tourage “Meet & Greet” Thursday night in the Hyatt bar area, starting at 8pm at other designated times which we’ll announce later once Dragon*Con gets closer. We will STOP accepting PAYPAL donations for VIP passes Monday, August 30th or until we run out before then. Party-goers WILL be able to make donations at Dragon*Con at the “Meet & Greet”, and at other times that we’ll announce. You MUST have a party pass, either VIP or regular, when coming to the parties, to get in as we’ll have security at the party entrance checking. Also…if the party is full, we may as you to come back later, but if you have a VIP pass you can get in to the party 1 hour EARLY and beat the crowd.

Heavy Metal II Party at Dragon*Con

September 3, 2010 11:00 pmtoSeptember 4, 2010 4:00 am
Heavy Metal Party 2
The Heavy Metal II Suite Party

Check out this video teaser for the HEAVY METAL PARTY II on YouTube!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPUEcjKYrQU

Time to break out the Metal t-shirts, leather, big hair, studded belts and bracelets….and come release your inner rocker as CON*tourage hosts it’s HEAVY METAL PARTY II on Friday Night during Dragon*Con 2010.

Prizes for best rocker-inspired outfits/costumes. The infamous DJ Nemesis will be spinning well-known metal songs (i.e. AC/DC, Ozzy, Motley Crue, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister, and TONS more!) through-out the evening for party-goers fist-pumping fury. (Nemesis will also be hosting the DRAGON DANCE the following night – Saturday – in the Marriott Atrium Ballroom, starting at 2 a.m.)

Axl Rose, Ozzy and others will also perform live during this wickedly rockin’ HEAVY METAL PARTY II.

CON*tourage will be serving up some wicked DEVIL’S HORN punch too (while it lasts – valid ID required.)

CON*tourage will be admitting VIP passholders at 11 p.m. Friday night, and everyone else with REGULAR passes at midnight. The party will keep kicking ass until 3 a.m. or until your party hosts get hauled away by the police.

—–> HOW TO ACQUIRE….

……… A REGULAR PARTY PASS (good both both nights):
We will be handing out REGULAR (free) passes at the “Meet & Greet” on Thursday night at the Hyatt Bar, starting at 8pm, as well as a few other designated times (on Friday and possibly Saturday…if passes are left) which we’ll announce later once Dragon*Con gets closer. We’ll also use TWITTER to tweet where we are if you want to snag a regular pass. But PLEASE PLEASE NOTE that we will, more-than-likely, quickly run out of passes, if demand is high like it was at Dragon*Con 2009, for access to our parties. We do apologies in advance for anyone who isn’t able to get a pass but we can’t give out unlimited amount of party passes. We’d suggest you CON*sider making a donation to the parties which will get your a VIP pass (see below) or finding us EARLY during Dragon*Con to get a regular pass. You MUST have a party pass, either VIP or regular, when coming to the parties, to get in as we’ll have security at the party entrance checking. Also…if the party is full, we may as you to come back later, but if you have a VIP pass (see below) you can get in to the party 1 hour early and beat the crowd.

……….. A VIP PARTY PASS (good for both nights):
CON*tourage parties are for the people…by the people! How does one secure a VIP pass, you may ask….and what IS a VIP pass? A VIP pass will get you into BOTH of our parties (HEAVY METAL and HERO vs VILLIAN) 1 hour early. This means you are GUARANTEED entrance 1 hour early, which will beat the regular pass-holder crowd, as well as have early access to party booze, food AND mayhem. In order to reserve a VIP pass, we are asking people make monetary donations to the party, which will be used to help purchase the booze, drinks, decorations and supplies used for the parties.
$15 – 1 VIP pass
$25 – 2 VIP passes
$50 – 5 VIP passes

If you’d like to reserve a VIP pass(es), please click on the PAYPAL.com button on the right side. MAKE SURE you note your “real” NAME too, with your PAYPAL.com payment. If you don’t mind sharing your CELL NUMBER (if you have text capabilities that is) please also note that too as we will send out a message noting the location of the passes/partys. Those who have a reserved VIP passes can pick them up at the CON*tourage “Meet & Greet” Thursday night in the Hyatt bar area, starting at 8pm at other designated times which we’ll announce later once Dragon*Con gets closer. We will STOP accepting PAYPAL donations for VIP passes Monday, August 30th or until we run out before then. Party-goers WILL be able to make donations at Dragon*Con at the “Meet & Greet”, and at other times that we’ll announce. You MUST have a party pass, either VIP or regular, when coming to the parties, to get in as we’ll have security at the party entrance checking. Also…if the party is full, we may as you to come back later, but if you have a VIP pass you can get in to the party 1 hour EARLY and beat the crowd.

——> Suite location TBA.