The 2019 spring Salt Lake City FanX Comic Convention has wrapped on April 20th. Salt Lake City Utah hosts one of the most active and vibrant cosplay communities in the country, and they turn out when convention time rolls around with creative and elaborate costumes spanning fandoms and generations. Between conventions they host numerous meetups to coordinate and help each other create top-notch costumes and foster a safe community to combat harassment and assault.
Presented here are 50 killer cosplays from the two day min-convention that had more cosplay than we could possibly capture in two days.
Captain Marvel and Unicorn
Captain Marvel and Unicorn
Wonder Woman, Black Canary, and Harley Quinn
Wonder Woman, Black Canary, and Harley Quinn
Susie Myerson, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and another Susie Myerson
Tina Belcher complete with a backpack palying "Turn Down for Butt"
Princess Mononoke, Katara as The Painted Lady, and Prince Zuko
A Mandalorian assassin taking aim
The Rocketeer and Penny
Avatar Korra and Avatar Aang
Peter "Starlord" Quill introduces Gamora to Terran ice cream
Four Fangirls
Marie Antoinette, sans cake
The Adventure time Family: Lady Rainicorn, Jake the Dog, Marceline the Vampire Queen, and Finn the Human
Cosplay families
Little Hela, Thor, and little Loki
Samwise Gamgee, Frodo Baggins, Meriadoc Brandybuck, and Peregrin Took
David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust
Predators
Umbrella Academy: Luther Hargreeves, Klaus Hargreeves, Vanya Hargreeves, Allison Hargreeves
Captain America, Aquaman, Captain Marvel, and Black Widow
Spider-Punk
Korg and Lady Loki
Coraline
Hera Syndulla, and Star Wars twi'leks
We expect even more stellar cosplays when Salt Lake City's Fan Xperience returns in September 5-7, 2019. For more information on Salt Lake City's FanX convention visit https://fanxsaltlake.com. For more information on Utah's Cosplay Meetups visit https://www.meetup.com/topics/cosplay/us/ut/salt_lake_city/ and Cosplay Utah's public Facebook Group.
Kyle J. Steenblik is a resident of Davis County Utah, husband, and father of two children. A local film critic, author, and Podcaster (Utah Outcasts, The Nerd Dome Podcast), with a passion for comedy, fantasy, art, the natural world, science, and discovery, and road trips to various landmarks, and historical sites around the United States. Kyle has been a longtime activist in the hopes of leaving the world a better place for his children. Whether that is through standing up to inequality, injustice, or by adding a little laughter or a good story.
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