Costumes of Comic-Con 08: Days 1 and 2

by Barb Dybwad { Jul 26th 2008 at 10:00AM }

We're only halfway through the pandemonium that is Comic-Con this year, and the International Masquerade is still to come -- but in the meantime we wanted to bring you just a taste of the eye candy available on the show floor and in the clogged halls of the SDCC. Us? We're wearing our patented bedraggled blogger hobo look. These are the people who made an effort.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Boom! @ Jul 26th 2008 10:14AM

Wait, I remember the next-gen Bionic Commando having a bionic arm with weiners on it.

comtar @ Jul 26th 2008 11:41AM

Just in case you didn't know, because of massive making fun of arm wieners, they actually removed them and changed their color. So they are the same color as the arm now.

That's official...

Rumor though is the game will have in the options to change the color of the arm wieners, so if you want them back to hot dog color, you are more then welcome to change it back manually. Also you are supposedly able to change it to whatever color you want, I always thought they'd look better in green or blue myself...

Moorio - XBL: peacebyanymeans @ Jul 26th 2008 10:15AM

I'm loving the Hank Venture as Batman one.

aMac @ Jul 26th 2008 11:49AM

Haha, well spotted

Zorink @ Jul 26th 2008 8:00PM

It would have been the best one there if he was with a skinny guy dressed as Princess Leia.

Lord Bowser @ Jul 26th 2008 10:19AM

I admire these people for putting so much energy into these costumes. They truly are in love with these characters and, for the most part, they all have a genuine sense of creativity. But simultaneously I feel they're rather pathetic, in a tragic sort of way. No disrespect intended.

And I can't take any guy who wears mascara too seriously.

Jakka (Not sure why he got banned?) @ Jul 26th 2008 10:41AM

"But simultaneously I feel they're rather pathetic, in a tragic sort of way."

How do you know that they're not just doing it for fun and taking a piss? Me and my mates did cheerleading a couple of years ago.Does that makes us hot and/or gay?

Lord Bowser @ Jul 26th 2008 10:59AM

Cheerlead all you want, just make sure you send me the photos.

I meant no malice in my comment. It's a genuine feeling I have. I don't look down on anybody who does this sort of thing, I even proclaimed my admiration for such artists, but I cannot suppress the fact that I feel there is a sadness in such devotion. I'm a man of inaction, so maybe it's a sort of jealousy.

Yourself @ Jul 26th 2008 12:08PM

I think cosplay is (psychologically speaking) okay on a Halloween-type basis. I.e. the costume is intended to display your creativity and/or to make people laugh. Dressing up as a fictional character (or I guess a non-fictional one is the same case) seems horribly unhealthy, considering that it seems to belay some serious identity issues - you're happier or prouder to be someone else's creation than your own. I think if serial cosplayers were truly genuine in their desire to display their own talent, they'd a.) create their own costumes or b.) be a fashion designer I guess?

Nonetheless, it can't hurt to do it once in your life.

Noshino @ Jul 26th 2008 12:34PM

Nah Yourself, I have friends that like designing costumes and they all just make them because of their love for the characters.

Now designing is one thing, and cosplaying a completely different one, that's what I don't understand, if they have such admiration for the characters, if you look nothing like the character, why cosplay it when you are just being pretty much making fun of the character?

Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ Jul 26th 2008 6:30PM

I don't really see the sadness in this. It's something they enjoy doing. You'll never find a cosplayer who goes into a DMV wanting to change the name on his license to "The Bat." So there is really no identity crisis there.

It's just some people found this an enjoyable thing to do, they did it, this is all just joking around and having fun, and for some reason it's sad...

Oooookay... whatever. If these people can geek out at an event like this in much the same way some shallow preppy whore in college can dress up as "bimbo nurse 2008" on October 31st, I don't see an issue. This is an event that cosplayers own. It's their holloween. Just because it falls outside of the date set forth by social norms doesn't make it tragic or sad.

Misfit Toy @ Jul 26th 2008 10:23AM

Slide 54...Pimp "Bling-Bling" Boba.

Marek Hryc @ Jul 26th 2008 1:43PM

I almost fainted laughing at that one. Best of Show!

theturtle363 @ Jul 26th 2008 3:14PM

almost as good as Elvis the Stormtrooper

ogvor @ Jul 26th 2008 3:22PM

Also my favorite.

DangerMouse @ Jul 26th 2008 10:27AM

14 is the only good one.

darkandlong @ Jul 26th 2008 10:51AM

pot-belly neon pink Spider-Man rules!

Misfit Toy @ Jul 26th 2008 11:14AM

Spiderman's illegitimate distant cousin.

Haggard @ Jul 26th 2008 11:52AM

Slide 41. Your eyes shall burn.

Ian Murray @ Jul 26th 2008 10:58AM

That Dead Space one and the Joker one really impressed me.

Also, it's cleavage season!

PSN & GAMERTAG: jorojoserojas - Wii FC: 0749-8609-3752-6926 @ Jul 26th 2008 11:24AM

I think every season should be cleavage season.

Now, skirt season is something that should be celebrated. It comes and goes so fast!

shuref00t @ Jul 26th 2008 3:31PM

Yeah, the Dead Space costume looked pretty awesome.

syrik zero @ Jul 26th 2008 6:24PM

Dead Space was the costume of the year. from what I've seen in the short videos of the game it looked dead on *hehe*

Misfit Toy @ Jul 26th 2008 11:16AM

I saw Stargate in there. I'm sorry, but I just love all things Stargate SG-1. The new movie comes out in 3 days (woot), and the MMO is coming this fall. Now if they can just get the series onto Blu-ray I'll be a happy clam.

jake18oly (XBL,PSN: RSXtypeSfan) @ Jul 26th 2008 11:17AM

The Joker mental patient is pretty amazing. Also, who are those other two Ghostbusters? I never saw them in the movies!

Dio @ Jul 28th 2008 2:25AM

It's an adult fantasy costume you can get on eBay.

mecharine @ Jul 26th 2008 11:21AM

The Mega Man costumer looks like a girl. Probably is a girl considering that waste and the flat crotch.

greggo @ Jul 26th 2008 11:34AM

if it isn't than you've been lookin at guy crotch :-D

Dio @ Jul 28th 2008 1:31PM

It could easily be a guy. Ever heard of tucking and dancing belts?
http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=16158

Rob Accomando @ Jul 26th 2008 11:22AM

That's cool.

No Olivia Munn? /cry

d1srupt0r @ Jul 26th 2008 11:46AM

pic #9 ... Green Fat Martian Princess

gwangi @ Jul 26th 2008 12:06PM

Too much time on some peoples hands.

Boffo the Sock @ Jul 28th 2008 4:07PM

Too true. Those of us who are required to post on video game blogs have not the leisure of spare time in which to do something we enjoy.

commen-cents @ Jul 28th 2008 10:08PM

so we have an awesome joker in a straight jacket then they had to balance it out with a dark knight joker who looks like hes just trying to find a sausage stand wtf...

importuner923 @ Jul 26th 2008 12:46PM

Pimpin' Boba Fett is the best. Plus you gotta love the ghostbusters one!

Mike @ Jul 26th 2008 2:00PM

God. So many not-hot women.

turnabout_gamer @ Jul 30th 2008 5:57PM

some of the guys didn't do much better ;)

Obie @ Jul 26th 2008 2:48PM

Some were awesome.
Some were hilarious.
Some were kinda sad.
Some were REALLY sad.

Still, I would be there too if I could've made it.

xLV426x @ Jul 26th 2008 3:22PM

DUDE.. isaac clark FTW!

Such a good suit

ScallionN @ Jul 26th 2008 3:25PM

Going to anime and sci-fi conventions is one of the biggest self-esteem boosts you can get. No matter how much of a pathetic slob of a nerd you might feel like before you enter the convention center, there will always be someone on a lower rung to put you at the top of your totem pole.