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[[File:Dramacon.jpg|frame|Dramacon - [[Needs More Love]]]]
 
Dramacon is an [[OEL Manga|original English-language manga]] by Svetlana Chmakova about a perky girl named Christie who falls in love with a [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]] cosplayer over the course of [[Rule of Three|three]] volumes, each of which involves one annual three-day anime convention. While the love story is the main focus of the book, in essence it really about the oddities of pop culture conventions, and the fans and people of the industry who attend them.
 
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: A lot of questions raised in the manga aren't answered, so they get answered by Chmakova in the end of book three.
* [[Animesque]] - one of the better ones.
** [[SturgeonsSturgeon's Law|Not that that's saying much, mind you...]]
* [[Artist Disillusionment]] - Lida, but not enough to make her quit.
* [[Attempted Rape]] - {{spoiler|Christie's current/first (and soon-to-be-ex) boyfriend goes a little berserk over Christie being too friendly with Matt and tries to have his way with her that night}}.
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* [[Bishonen]] - Matt. So very much.
** Lampshaded in the illustration on the back of the Ultimate Edition, which has convention badges for the main characters, with Matt's reading "Resident Bishonen."
* [[Bland -Name Product]] - In spades. "Mcburger Queen," "Daylodge," "Taco Hut," "Pawky," "Photoo-Shoop," "[[Tokyo Pop|Mangapop]]," "''[[Sailor Moon|Sailing Moon]]''," "''[[Wolfs Rain|Wolf's Reign]]''," "''[[Fruits Basket|Fruity Basket]]''," and "''[[Fullmetal Alchemist|Half Metal Alchemist]]''," "''[[Yu-Gi-Oh|Yo-Gi-U]]''," and "''[[Megatokyo|Minitokyo]]''."
* [[Black Best Friend]] - Beth and Raj.
* [[Brick Joke]]: {{spoiler|Sexy Joe, a one-off joke in volume one, briefly returns in volume three. And yes, it is hilarious.}}
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** And that's ''after'' the teeshirt saying "Your village called, their cosplayer is missing''. Apparently the glomp shirt is less offensive.
** Twice in the second book, Lida Zeff (popular manga artist) gets the 'Fan Club Glomp'. And Matt gets glomped by a random fan. {{spoiler|It causes a scuffle.}}
* [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]] - Good Angel's quite the drama queen.
* [[Half Truth]]- Bethany convinces her mother to let her go to the convention by describing it as an international culture exhibit.
* [[He's Okay]] - Brett assures Christie that the raccoon [[Drives Like Crazy|currently plastered to his front bumper]] at the start of the first book is "just resting."
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{{quote| '''Monica:''' Come on! She's your best friend! You ''owe'' her a good meddling in her love life!<br />
'''Christie:''' Or lack thereof. }}
* [[Shout Out]] - Ties in with [[Bland -Name Product]] above. On the back of volume 1, there's a picture of Christie dressed as [[Fruits Basket|Tohru, with Yuki, Kyo, and Hana]] plushies in the bag next to her. There's also the hats at Matt's table in the Artist Alley, which have an angry looking mouse hat and a bored looking cat hat. Christie's kitty hat is clearly Kyo. There's also many other shout-outs by way of cosplayers, like the [[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|guy with an arrow pointing up on his head and someone with hair-loopies]], and when Beth's cousin buys a [[Naruto|headband]] with a [[Teen Titans (Animation)|T in a circle]] on it.
** Also to fellow Tokyopop OEL manga MBQ (as in, McBurger Queen) which started its run at about the same time.
* [[Shown Their Work]] - In volume three, Hyu-Jeong, Monica, and Matt all comment (with varying degrees of politeness) on Christie's use of satin for her first handmade cosplay. Most experienced cosplayers will tell you to avoid using shiny fabrics like satin unless you really know what you're doing, as it tends to show off every wrinkle and flaw, and low quality satin can make a costume look cheap and flimsy.
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]] - Matt. Again.
* [[Unreliable Narrator]] - Christie at the start of the second book.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]] - Incredibly prevalent and infuriating in the third book. To name the most glaringly obvious:
** What happens to Christie and Matt, Bethany and Raj, and {{spoiler|Derek and his fiance}}?
** Does Bethany take the art job?
** It pretty obvious she will, especially {{spoiler|after patching things up with her mother.}}
*** It's more obvious in the compilation. {{spoiler|Christie and Matt had a date at the zoo just before separating to start their new long-distance relationship. Bethany didn't get to meet the guy from [[Manga Pop]], but he left her a message to say that they're still interested, so she'll probably take it when they next meet. Bethany and Raj is still open.}}
* [[Why Couldn't You Be Different?]] - Bethany's mother, who doesn't approve of Bethany 1) liking anime and 2) not wanting to be a lawyer. {{spoiler|They get better}}
* [[Writer On Board]] - At one point Bethany is confronted by a kid who claims that [[OEL Manga]] is not "real" manga. He's 10, <s>dressed as [[Naruto]]</s> has a black headband and a [[Yu-Gi-Oh|Yo-Gi-U]] t-shirt, and communicates only by shouting.
** And swearing. And {{spoiler|being racist}}.
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