Photo Gallery: The Marvel Comics Cosplay Of Dragon*Con 2014

While cosplayers are present at virtually every major convention celebrating comics, gaming, fantasy and science fiction, it’s Atlanta’s Dragon*Con that has become a a kind of Mecca to which most of the scene’s most dedicated hobbyists and professionals pilgrimage every year. The cosplay phenomenon can be compared to that of b-boying, where the primary inspiration is expressing creativity, performing and earning props from other people like themselves. You can see what we mean in this gallery of fabulous photography by Pat Loika -- convention photo master and host of the popular Loikamania podcast -- whose shots from Dragon*Con express just how much fun cosplayers are having without us.