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Star Wars Celebration Orlando's Very Best Cosplay (Day Four)
Star Wars Celebration Orlando's Very Best Cosplay (Day Four)
For four days, Star Wars Celebration captivated fans of all ages with remarkable panels, early peeks at the latest Star Wars adventures, amazing merchandise and spectacular cosplay. Typically the final day of a convention is a day of rest for the cosplaying faithful, but this Star Wars Celebration, there was no rest for the weary. With no new Celebration for another two years, cosplayers turned out in their Easter Sunday best for the final day in Orlando.
Movie Theaters Issue Strict Rules on ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Cosplay
Movie Theaters Issue Strict Rules on ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Cosplay
Cosplay has become part of the communal fan experience. Dressing up as your favorite characters in increasingly elaborate fashion has gone from niche hobby to a pop culture phenomenon, especially when it comes to Star Wars. But, as cosplay has become almost omnipresent at fan functions, there’s one place where it won’t be welcome. Three of the biggest movie theater chains in the U.S. have enacted some strict restrictions on Star Wars cosplay during upcoming screenings of The Force Awakens.
This 10-Foot Tall Hulkbuster Cosplay From New York Comic-Con Is Amazing
This 10-Foot Tall Hulkbuster Cosplay From New York Comic-Con Is Amazing
If you’ve been to enough Comic-Cons (or at least browsed enough Comic-Con photo galleries), it becomes harder and harder to be impressed by the cosplay. But, then you see something like this 10-foot tall Hulkbuster from New York Comic-Con, and it’s hard for even the most jaded comic book fan to not be really, really impressed.
Photo Gallery: The Marvel Comics Cosplay Of Dragon*Con 2014
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 maestro and host of the popular Loikamania podcast -- whose shots from Dragon*Con express just how much fun cosplayers are having without us.

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