Poseidon staking out a spot from which to watch the parade.

Future Dragon*Con paraders.

A pair of Twi'leks and a human child strolling down the street.

The start of the parade and an array of colorful characters.

Dr. Frank-N-Furter strutting his stuff.

The Marching Abominables strutting their stuff.

Spiderman and Carnage battling in front of a terrified Mary Jane.

Not quite sure what she is other than creepy.

A man riding a dragon.

A furry on parade.

A furry Ghostbuster.

The Amazing Randi!

An impressive combination of juggling and unicycle riding.

An evil clown and other sorts of demond and goblins.

A fan of Sherrilyn Kenyon's "Dark Hunter".

A steampunk hovercraft.

A time machine cruising down Peachtree St.

A flesh mechanic from the Steampunk Remnant universe.

Speed Racer of course made a showing.

Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?

Members of the Atlanta Pirates and Wenches Guild.

Several Warhammer 40k characters.

President Laura Roslin and Admiral William Adama.

A troop of zombie scouts.

Sulfur and Francium from the periodic table.

A Mandalorian shouldering his blaster.

Members of the Kilted Trooper Brigade.

A jawa taking aim.

A character from "The Road Warrior".

No big deal smoking cigarettes when the world is about to end.

Lighting in the Hilton.

She brought her very own zombie to the convention.

All kinds of anime for sale.

Characters from "The Wizard of Oz".

Fights were breaking out at random.

A group of steampunk avengers.

Some good imagination in this costume.

A good look from The Joker.

A steampunk couple.

Sometimes you just need to take a break.

Sleepy didn't fare so well among these ladies.

I had the pleasure of a friendly chat with John Hollister of AAC.

Checking out the day's events.

A vampire baring his teeth.

A winged fantasy character.

Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot.

The atrium of the Hyatt.

Two women entering the costume contest.

The atrium of the Marriott Marquis.

Quite a contrast in dress.

A steampunk couple.

A group of "Forgotten Realms" characters.

A pair of Mass Effect soldiers.

The Mad Hatter, ???, and Harley Quinn.

Looking up the atrium of the Marriott Marquis.

Pinhead traveled to our dimension just for Dragon*Con.

A predator family.

A trio of Phoenix characters.

Mixing up a couple of generes.

Conan and Valeria.

Several impressive costumes.

Indiana Jones checking out some war gaming.

A few of the hundreds of gaming tables.

Two characters from "Years of War" locked in mortal combat.

But they made up soon afterward.