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WonderCon 2010 Costume Gallery – Part 1 [Cosplay]
By Great White Snark | April 5, 2010
I heard some speculation that 2010’s WonderCon costumes would feature a lot of Black Widow (of Scarlett Johansson in tight black leather in Iron Man 2 fame), Kick-Ass, and Airbender cosplay in honor of this summer’s comic book movie slate.
But not so much. Instead, the costumes at WonderCon 2010 featured a lot of the usual: lots of creativity, impressive effort, and often-tragic use of spandex.
New challenge to myself this year: name as many of the costumes, as possible. Feel free to correct/help/judge me in the comments.
Cammy and Chun-Li costumes from Street Fighter. I’m showing you this one first to lull you into a false sense of security.
Henchman 21 and a crossplay Monarch (?) costume from The Venture Bros. I’m not 100% on my Venture Bros. knowledge, so help me out, here.
Zatanna costume. Good effort overall, but some better coverage of the pelvic area next time would be neat. Just saying. Respect the spandex, and it will respect you.
Wonder Woman, Black Canary, and Green Lantern costumes. From left to right, notice how you get increasing degrees of indifference.
Werewolf costume. Apparently not scary enough.
Tusken Raider Queen costume. So cool. So original. So entirely-hand-made. So not sure if this fits in existing Star Wars canon.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume. Extra points for bulbosity. Bulbousness? Being round and big.
Team Fortress 2 Soldier costume. Spot-on crossplay; she pretty much nailed the character in spite of not being a stocky, grizzled dude.
Team Fortress 2 Scout costume. Also nailed the character, but had the benefit of being a dude.
Sub-Zero costume from Mortal Kombat. Shook my hand after I took his picture. That’s a first.
Custom Stormtrooper costume. I refuse to take photos of dime-a-dozen Stormtrooper costumes and variants, unless they’re something really special. So congrats to this guy for winning my approval and stuff.
X-Men Storm costume. Way too happy to be in character, but excellent costume, nonetheless.
Star Trek and “Power Rangers parody” costumes. Isn’t Power Rangers a parody of a parody of itself, already?
Solid Snake costume from Metal Gear Solid. Good costume. Not funny.
Snow White costume. Handmade. Great likeness. Super not funny.
Silk Spectre II costume from Watchmen. Not-at-all-tragic use of spandex. [applauding]
Silk Spectre costume. You haters of the Watchmen movie really need to focus on all the good things that it gave us.
Scarecrow costume. Don’t underestimate the cosplaying ingenuity required for wearing a brown suit and a potato sack with cut-out eyeholes.
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Topics: Conventions and Events, Costumes | 20 Comments »
Tags: Conventions and Events, cosplay, Costumes, WonderCon
April 5th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
The girl in The Venture Bros. picture is Dr. Girlfriend (Monarch’s wife).
April 5th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
well, now Dr. Mrs. The Monarch. :)
April 5th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
I believe the female Monarch is actually “Dr. Mrs. The Monarch” aka Dr. girlfriend once she marries the Monarch.
April 5th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Whoa, that Silk Spectre costume is great!
Personally, I like this Scout better *cough*me*cough*, despite lacking the being-a-dude benefit.
http://tinypic.com/r/2a5k56e/5
April 5th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Very cool, Meg. Crossplay is where it’s at.
April 5th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
I’m pretty certain that the “Stormtrooper” is really a Mandalorian. That’s based on the outfit and the fact I’ve been playing too much KotoR II lately.
April 5th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
We met Sub Zero too!
Here’s the video of his backflip at Wondercon April 3rd 2010!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz6CR94KB7g&feature=digest
April 5th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
People sometimes ask me why I enjoy going to geeky conventions, and usually in costume no less. They always underestimate the number of hot girls willing to show in wearing next to nothing playing their favorite characters.
April 5th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Pretty sure your TMNT is actually the Daniel the turtle from the cartoon Supa Pirate Booty Hunt (http://www.supapiratebootyhunt.com/).
April 6th, 2010 at 10:32 am
That is not a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, it’s the turtle from those “Can you draw me?” art school commercials. He even has the little pirate hat(though it’s not easy to see here.
April 6th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Hey! that’s not a TMNT! That’s Daniel the Turtle from the animated series Supa Pirate Booty Hunt :)
Check out the show at their website http://www.supapiratebootyhunt.com it’s awesome. CHECK IT please.
April 6th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
That;s not a TMNT, thats Daniel the Turtle from Supa Pirate Booty Hunt the animated series. http://www.supapiratebootyhunt.com“
April 6th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Yep! That is definitely Daniel the turtle from Supa Pirate Booty Hunt. Those other celebrity turtles just wish they were as cute as him!
April 6th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
“Hey thats not a TMNT, thats Daniel the Turtle from Supa Pirate Booty Hunt the animated series. Everyone check out the show at their website http://www.supapiratebootyhunt.com“
April 6th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Turtle is from SupaPirateBootyHunt. NOT TMNT!!!
April 6th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Your lack of knowledge on some of these costumes has me suspecting they are traps for the unwary nerd to get all angry at you not knowing what they are. Custom stormtrooper? He’s a custom Mandalorian bounty hunter, you sneaky devil!
April 6th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Paul, you know how indifferent I am to the Star Wars expanded universe. It’s all painted Clone Trooper costumes to me.
April 8th, 2010 at 9:37 am
GWS, that’s not Monarch crossplay … it’s actually Mrs. Dr. Girlfriend. Dr. Girlfriend married the Monarch and that’s her new costume.
April 11th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
WonderCon Snow White not funny? I somehow got her to flip me off…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orU5fU8U6jg
More costumed nonsense in part 1…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLblWl3gdck
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