Comic-Con 08: Four Days, Four Hundred Cosplay Photos. Welcome to the Ultimate Geek Gallery.
Comic-Con 08: Four Days, Four Hundred Cosplay Photos. Welcome to the Ultimate Geek Gallery.
Posted 12/25/2008 at 7:02am
| by Norman Chan
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It was a herculean task. Team Maximum PC at this year’s Comic-Con International consisted of only two people, and there was no way we could attend every packed panel at the event. So instead of bringing you movie and television panel reports you’ve probably already read on SlashFilm or AintitCoolNews, we wanted to be your eyes on the show floor. And that meant showing you what stood out most in the 500,000sq ft space of the main exhibit hall: the cosplayers. Our quest to document as many unabashed costumed geeks as we could find yielding 400 photographs of comic-book, anime, fantasy, science fiction, and film characters. We saw dozens of jokers and batmen, numerous video game-inspired outfits, and even steampunk-era Ghostbusters. The impressive level of creativity and enthusiasm that we saw in these cosplayers was an awesome reminder of why we love geek culture. We hope you can appreciate it as well.
Bonus challenge: Can you name all of the characters?
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BestNaruto
September 24, 2011 at 9:44am
This is the best cosplayer I've ever seen, I really want to get it for Halloween, how can I get this cosplay costume ?
arkarkwin
July 25, 2011 at 10:12am
Page 6, second from the last row. The Spartan is missing some part of the costume, Muscle.
chrlesdikkenson
August 29, 2009 at 7:34am
wow…nice dress up! Well I can only
identify the superman, batman, and the Spiderman… may be my 6 years
old nephew will able to identify all of the characters. He is always
busy with watching cartoons!
saracarol001
August 28, 2009 at 11:16pm
It’s so funny that I’m trying hard but can’t stop laughing… just watch the superman! I don’t know such a heavy superman will able to fly and rescue people..! thanks for sharing the nice photos I wish I could try out some of the costumes.
linux_dork
May 20, 2009 at 8:45am
AHHHHHHHHHHH
YOU NEED TO BLUR OUT FAT SUPERMAN BELOW THE WAIST
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Conpix
April 13, 2009 at 10:12pm
If you want to see hundreds more high resolution cosplay photos, check out http://conpix.net
Mike
iLoveiCandyiKill
March 11, 2009 at 3:11pm
Do I see Firefly cosplayers?! 8 down 2 across really looks like it.
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Bigtown Kuntree
March 04, 2009 at 12:45pm
I'm thinking she is not the Little Mermain (she's showing to much and she's not using seashell for a bra. I believe that she is Poison Ivy.
GoBOOM
February 09, 2009 at 1:31pm
My guess is The Little Mermaid. She's pictured on page 11 with the other Disney Princesses.
winmaster
December 26, 2008 at 8:11pm
Did you guys see the stupid mario brothers? There were quite a few pictures of Mario, but none of them were the right one:
Stupid Mario Brothers Home: http://www.youtube.com/user/richalvarez?ob=4
Comic Con Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljAVfcq1vPk
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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
justchad
December 26, 2008 at 12:28am
does anyone by chance have a pic of the tore up wolverine from last years NY comic con? It was a really great costume buy my camera screwed upand I lost the shot :(
-Chad
ghot
October 11, 2008 at 1:05pm
There oughta be a law....that comes with every spandex et al purchase....potbellies, thunder thighs and spandex, just DON'T mix :)
Not to mention....some of those women had...well...adams' apples ^^
dorerd
September 23, 2008 at 7:18pm
There, but for the grace of God, go I. I would like to thank MaximumPC for showing my wife that, while I am a geek (comics, Magic: the Gathering, D&D, etc., etc.), I'm not alone.
Also, is the guy in the red Cobra outfit on page 1 Kevin Spacey?
I also would like to see an index. I recognize a good number, but there are some I just can't tell.
Seriously, it looks like a great deal of fun.
tzecco
September 21, 2008 at 9:53pm
Wow. Someone actually went as Harry Dresden from the Dresden Files. At least I think that's what the kid in the duster, fedora and staff was going for.
Aktrez
August 06, 2008 at 11:33am
The Snow White on Page 1 as well as a few of the other girls featured here are all from www.girlsentertainmentnetwork.com
Stop by to check out our coverage of the con from a cosplayers point of view as well! :)
Boundless
August 04, 2008 at 9:22pm
Cobra Commander (page 1) and Indiana Jones (Page 10)... same dude. Wife picked that one out. Guess that's what happens when you have two perfectly lame costumes in the closet, and only one event a year to bust them out for.
Antilogic81
December 26, 2008 at 1:27am
Don't you mean Capt. Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly sans browncoat? The suspenders and lack of a fedora makes it pretty cut and dry - no offense mind you.
darkliquids
August 03, 2008 at 7:31am
I'm just curious who is the redhead with a bush on hear head-is that some character?
Maximum pc is for geeks-geeks like comic books.. totally related.
That asian on p4 is awesome
dstevens
October 07, 2008 at 2:59pm
the asian on page 4 is awesome.. id consider paying for her to recieve my email address :D
dorerd
September 23, 2008 at 7:24pm
Poison Ivy from Batman would be my guess if I'm seeing the picture you mean.
webgrunt
August 01, 2008 at 2:28pm
That first photo is, from left to right, Snow White, Boba Fett, and Move Your Hand, Dammit!
frdbrlw
August 01, 2008 at 10:34am
I want to see someone make a crysis nanosuit costume that really looks good.
ericmckenna
July 29, 2008 at 7:08am
You could of got all those people to line up to get iphones. That would of been hilarious!
mkarias1
July 28, 2008 at 5:36pm
Are there any big comic conventions here on the east coast? I would love to go to this one but traveling to the west coast is a little too much money.
whpcguru
July 28, 2008 at 4:45pm
Um....well.......wow! This truly runs the gamut. From totally authentic to totally hideous. Some of these people, should have stayed home, others, I wish I could see more of, if ya know what I mean. You can tell the poeple who have some artistic talent, a few with tons of it, and others who should be ashamed. I think a few of them dressed up just to win the most ridiculously costumed award. Now, I'm not one to usually pick on fat people, but a few standouts for the most ridiculous award, The fat Darth Vader, The guy whom I can only assume was trying to be Hooty from G-Force in flip flops, showing off his Moobs, the skinny chick who actually made an ok Plastic Man, until you see her tiny chest poking out, the fat Gambit from X-Men, the chubby Leeloo from the Fith Element, and the fat Speed racer....I could go on ALL day. Some standout's who could actually win for an excellent costume, the The Crow on page 2, Isaac Clarke from Dead Space on page 5, Trap Jaw from He-Man on page 6, Karl Ruprecht Kroenen from Hellboy on page 9, and The Dark Night Joker, also on page 9. Unfortunately there probably won't be any awards for hot Cosplay chicks, thankfully though, there are enough of them to save the show.
Oedipus_Rex
July 28, 2008 at 1:09pm
Dammit! I NEED to see the full frontal shot of the mermaid. What do I have to pay for that?
Talcum X
July 28, 2008 at 11:40am
I love it! I dont know where these people get these outfits. The old Sylon "toasters", star wars everything. Its grreat!
another word: WOOOOKIE!
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Wildebeast
July 28, 2008 at 10:34am
1. Women really do make the world a better place, everyday, in every way.
2. The pictures I really want to see would be the WTF?? expressions on the faces of the "normal" customers at the Starbucks around the corner, as they walk in and see these guys.
3. I couldn't figure out why you posted a pic of Captain America, from behind. Then I realized. It must be a San Francisco thing...
4. I move that from here on, all swimsuit portions of beauty competitions be replaced with Catwoman costume ...
5. What's this got to do with either MaximumPC or minimum BS?? You did not seriously get paid for this excursion?
Thanks for the pics. :)
willsmith
July 28, 2008 at 1:58pm
We send an editor or two down every year to man our booth and hang out with readers who stop by. This year, Norm and Nathan went, and instead of just lounging all day at the booth, they decided to get a couple of stories out of it.
The basic idea is that even if you can't make it to Comic-Con, we can give you a little taste of the show.
Wildebeast
July 28, 2008 at 9:52pm
Hmm, guess I struck a nerve.
I was being a bit sarcastic, about the Comic-Con coverage. I guess there's not anything similar or better going on ---- I'd sure rather see this stuff than have another Star Trek discussion. I guess it's also related to the thing, where companies putting out the new hardware and games don't want too much publicized "before it's ready."
It's another perk of the jobs you guys do I guess... (Please don't tell me Norman got paid to stand in line for the iPhone.) Kinda makes your gig sound even better than the dude PCGamer gave a Falcon PC, who tests PS3 games at work.
Sounds like a contest, for next year, to me. "Go to Comic-Con with editor _______, takes pics of costumes for publication on the web-site..."
I was more concerned about the Captain America pic, though. (I must have guessed the correct answer for that one.)
Thanks for putting a stop to the pics of "things being licked." (I do seem to be picking on Norman, don't I?)
I've never been to a Comic-Con. If it's anything like the "Star Wars Weekends" they have at Disney MGM, this stuff really does have to be seen, to be believed.
Thanks again.
Queenof1
July 28, 2008 at 10:29am
Snake with the cardboard box, Cap'n Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones, the Spartan, and Leelo Dallas (the one with the multipass!). Can you eventually post an index for those that couldn't identify all of them?
Magaliiiii
July 28, 2008 at 3:42pm
as someone who follows the con circuit in california, i hate to say it but the majority of 'hot' women you speak of are comiccon booth-babe specialty types and are paid to be there and are usually actresses or models hired for the weekend. the actual cosplayers who are hot are usually not very big geeks, but rather they love the attention they get in a small community of (predominantly "normal-looking") people so they show up at every opportunity anyway.
...but yes. (some of) the women pictured are pretty hot.
sonyabi
March 23, 2009 at 12:19pm
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dracoress
July 28, 2008 at 3:45am
You should make this a permalink on the main page for a while :)
Thanks for the pics guys!
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