San Diego Comic-Con is a never-ending parade of visual overstimulation. At this convention, the attendees are just as much as part of the show as the exhibitors and panelists. That’s because a large percentage of them come in costume. And by costume, I don’t mean something that can be purchased at the Halloween store. Those are present of course, but most of the costumes are painstakingly handmade by someone. Hours of gluing and stitching are represented on the convention hall floor, and cosplayers are almost always happy to stop for photos. Even in a crowd of gold medalists, a handful of costumes stand out. Here are my favorites of the costumes that crossed my path.Â
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San Diego Comic-Con is three weeks away. Do you know where your costume is? Believe it or not, you can still put a costume together for the convention and have time to spare. In fact, both of the costumes I’m wearing this year will be put together in July. As in I haven’t even bought any of the pieces for construction yet. I might be an extreme example, but procrastination is common in the cosplay world. You should join us; we won’t judge you on your lateness.
Homemade outfits created with old bags from the San Diego Comic-Con.
(via LATFG)
I know you think the tabloids make thing up, but OMGWTFBBQ the Weekly World News was right.
BatBoy Lives!
Seems Bat Boy made an appearance at New York Comic Con and Kid Robot caught him in the act.
Man, I hope this doesn’t mean that those other things I read are true. >.<
(via BuzzFeed)
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Even if you didn’t attend, the shirt still applies. I mean, you were alive when Comic-Con was going on right? So, you survived through the period of time that Comic-Con was going on without getting stabbed in the eye by an attendee. Good for you.
Product Page ($20 via Nerdist)
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Here is a picture of Baby Thor—taking his rightful place on the high chair of Odin.
Click here to check out the Thor trailer from Comic-Con.
(Marvel via GeekoSystem)
Before you get too excited, no—these  Tron sneakers from adidas don’t actually have embedded lights. It uses “glow in the dark stitch detailing and reflective TRON disk screenprints to echo the lighting, color schemes and self-illuminated costumes featured in the film.”
Interesting…because the black shoes shouldn’t “glow” blue. But I digress…
So, from the right angle, your shoes will look straight out of Flynn’s Arcade. And pairing them with one of these glow-in-the-dark Tron hoodies is a must. Look for the shoes to arrive in December 2010.
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Details are still a but fuzzy, but word is that two Comic-Con attendees got into an argument this past Saturday over whether one was sitting too close to the other in a crowded room. The argument resulted in the guy pictured here stabbing the other near the eye with a pen.
Rumor has it that the injuries were minor, but images and video of the suspect clearly show him wearing a blood-stained Harry Potter shirt similar to the ones currently sold at at Hot Topic.
Seriously, when a nerd wearing a Harry Potter shirt gets violent, you know something needs to be done about crowd control. Perhaps it’s time to move to a bigger venue.
(via Wired)
Both died before their time…tragic.
At any rate, Firefly and Star Trek fans both have a shirt to lust after at this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego. The shirts are designed by the creator of the Hijinks Ensue webcomic and will be distributed by Quantum Mechanix. No details on a price or availability have been announced so far.
(via i09)
Comic-Con 2008 is ready to roll later this month and HasbroToyShop will be there with these new special edition Indiana Jones and Star Wars Mighty Muggs T-Shirts. Unfortunately, this stuff is so new that there is no word on pricing, a release date, or the size of the initial run. The Indiana Jones version is pictured after the break.
