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Dragon*Con parade brings crazy characters

Thousands of costumed characters took part in the annual Dragon*Con parade Saturday. See the movie monsters, superheroes, Halloween creatures, cartoon characters and everything else in between today on Nelson's News.

The streets of downtown Atlanta were packed Saturday...

as Dragon*Con hosted its annual parade.

The parade included celebrities. That's Billy Dee Williams.

There were some floats.

And there were plenty of great costumes. Seriously, how awesome are the Fruit of the Loom costumes?

Dragon*Con is the The world's largest fantasy and science fiction convention.

Yet another another costume. Q*Bert, that's great!

Dragon*Con is held annually in Atlanta over Labor Day weekend.

Thousands of people made their way to Peachtree Street to watch the parade.

Here are some more photos from the 2013 Dragon*Con Parade through the streets of Atlanta.

Here are some more photos from the 2013 Dragon*Con Parade through the streets of Atlanta.

Here are some more photos from the 2013 Dragon*Con Parade through the streets of Atlanta.

Here are some more photos from the 2013 Dragon*Con Parade through the streets of Atlanta.

Here are some more photos from the 2013 Dragon*Con Parade through the streets of Atlanta.

Here are some more photos from the 2013 Dragon*Con Parade through the streets of Atlanta.

Here are some more photos from the 2013 Dragon*Con Parade through the streets of Atlanta.

Here are some more photos from the 2013 Dragon*Con Parade through the streets of Atlanta.

Here are some more photos from the 2013 Dragon*Con Parade through the streets of Atlanta.

Here are some more photos from the 2013 Dragon*Con Parade through the streets of Atlanta.

Here are some more photos from the 2013 Dragon*Con Parade through the streets of Atlanta.

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Here are some more photos from the 2013 Dragon*Con Parade through the streets of Atlanta.

What a labor day weekend!

Here are some more photos from the 2013 Dragon*Con Parade through the streets of Atlanta.

Here are some more photos from the 2013 Dragon*Con Parade through the streets of Atlanta.

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