cosplay Archives

With convention season in full swing it seemed like a good time to explain what Rule 63 was in reference to Cosplay In the list of internet rules published anonymously back in roughly 2007, rule 63 states: "For every given male character, there is a female version of that character; conversely for every given female[...]

Okay, so what are Top Cow doing, that you can only buy if you go to San Diego Comic Con and line up for hours? There's the cosplay variant above! There's the ultra-limited THINK TANK Volume 1 Hardcover, limited to 1000 with only the first 100 getting bookplated.   Limited to 200 is the mini-lithograph by Marc Silvestri,[...]

I'm a huge Tim Burton fan so it was fun to be able to just see it.  What costume are you working on for SDCC this year? I will be doing Rogue for Thursday, ME1 Liara for Friday, Alyx Vance with my lovely Gordon on Saturday, and possibly Tinkerbell for Sunday. How long have you been cosplaying? I think[...]

Last year, Bleeding Cool ran an article on 2 Images Solutions, who were specialising in photographing cosplayers in fixed positions and rotating them, to create fully rotatable animated imaged A clever, interesting take on cosplay photography We liked it. And then, courtesy of The Outhouse, we found out what they were being used for Pillows with[...]

Five minutes of the finest cosplay at Heroes Con in North Caroline this past weekend Slow mo…. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITHppqnjIVI[/youtube]   Five minutes of the finest cosplay at Heroes Con in North Caroline this past weekend Slow mo…. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITHppqnjIVI[/youtube]   [...]

Anthony DiMatteo snaps away at Denver Comic Con for Bleeding Cool... if you recognise yourself, get in touch and we'll add your details.  

The line stretched around the entire mammoth building, meandering at points like an ouroboros, cosplayers and their munchkins in tow asking in disbelief, "Really? The end is where?" Once inside the center, processing was lightning quick, an indication that organizers are probably beside themselves with ticket proceeds Friday's tickets were completely sold out. Fiona Staples is here,[...]

Both to win today. Lets start with Corona Summer. We're giving away $250 worth of Corona bits and bobs – 2 Corona coolers, 2 portable speakers, 2 picnic blankets, 3 T-shirts, and 5 magnets divided between five people who tweets the following; I'm totally going to win a load of Corona Summer stuff at https://bleedingcool.com/?p=250797 and attaches a cool[...]

Courtesy of Jitan Vaghela of Monster Photography World, a look at some of the cosplay on display at MCM London Expo this past weekend… [...]

The video is dark (Sorry, not everything can be perfect) but if you look close at the end there had been a "Jedi Master" standing in front of the stage the whole time, cloaked out and everything. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKuQqxxkqNg[/youtube] There was some amazing cosplay again on Saturday There was a Team Fortress crew, a nice gaggle of Spawn[...]

The cosplay at Phoenix Comic Con continues to be wild and wonderful Especially on a Saturday, when the place exploded Homestuck is the most popular costume of the show by far… If you recognise yourself, let us know and we'll add your details. And yes, all praise to the All Female Spawn Squad! [...]

That Archie kiss, the Star Wars rebel animated series and cosplay do's and don'ts, presented by Toni Darling and Yvette Artiega. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AGvt2NIv-g[/youtube] Welcome to The Weekly Bleed… That Archie kiss, the Star Wars rebel animated series and cosplay do's and don'ts, presented by Toni Darling and Yvette Artiega. [...]

Welcome on and all to Phoenix Comic Con! It opens in forty-fuve minutes. But here are a few shots from set up... The Bleeding Cool Fan Awards are there

Almost 400 attendees came through the doors and including tons of costumed kids and adults ready to compete in our cosplay contest and shop Artists and Creators set up in Artists Alley including HC Noel, GCP Comics, Vince Sneed, Rob Emm, Greg LaRocque, Marc Hempel, Neil Vokes, JT Krul, Fred Van Lente, Mike Riley, Matt[...]

Thanks to Marnie Ann Joyce for this stunning display of cosplay photography from C2E2 If you recognise yourself, or a friend, get in touch and we'll add your details… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ ©2013 Marnie Ann Joyce (for Depth[...]

  The woman pictured, dressed as The She-Hulk, is wanted after an assault on a seventeen year old woman outside a McDonalds in York.   The York

Faye Nelson Ramsey and Taylor Ramsey spent much of Friday at C2E2 getting cosplay pictures since the rest of the weekend gets a bit too crowded TARDIS' and steampunks, Squirrel Girl Leeloo dominated the day Some of these are outstanding! (even the White Sox Fett!) If you recognise yourself or a friend, get in touch[...]

Also thanks to photographers DTJAAAAM, Pat Loika and  http://www.asphotography.ca/ for supplying the images, as well as all the cosplayers involved And for the record, I'm the Cyclops and HAWKGUY in some of these images, please be gentle in the comments section. Rich adds: If you recognise yourself in the photos, let us know and we'll add your[...]

We know Seattle has its superheroes, with the likes of Phoenix Jones. But it seems it may also have its Jedi as well... This suspect device that closed

Alex Wilson sends in cosplay photos from C2E2 at Chicago… I think the UP house is particularly fine If you are a cosplayer featured, or if you know who they are, tell us and we'll add your details!   That's Ashley Garren! Alex Wilson sends in cosplay photos from[...]

David Nieves writes; Over a thousand fans of comics and cosplay gathered at the giant fanboy warehouse known as Frank and Son's Collectible in City of Industry California this past Saturday While there are always cosplayers at every convention in southern California, this was the first to be dedicated to the phenomena known as cosplay. The Frank[...]

The cosplay of ECCC Can you see yourself there? The top bathroom photo was by Fantagraphics' Jen Vaughn.     [...]

Thanks again to Tom Huxley for his shots from the show last weekend.

WHY DOES SUPERMAN NEED A MASK? When children's hospital window cleaners cosplay… STAN ALIVE Heidi MacDonald goes to the Stan Lee Kids Universe launch event. The Kids UNiverse is produced in conjunction with 1821 Productions and thus far includes two titles: the very promising sounding KITTENS VS MONSTERS by Dani Jones and a game for the ioS platform called[...]

If you've never heard of Nigri then listen up. If comics are the meat and potatoes of a convention, then cosplay is the dessert that always comes with it There were plenty of sweet costumes this weekend, from both the Comic and Anime universe Where there's cosplay, there is also Jessica Nigri Nigri's been in cosplay[...]

No, the main question is… which characters can you cosplay as? Well, there's the Whistling Skull himself If you have any steampunk cosplay hanging around, and a skeletal mask of sorts you can probably put that all together for effect Just don't forget the whistle! Then there's The Cat if your tastes are a little more furry[...]

Model - Anna Psylocke Sheldrick Photographer - Adam Potts Hair / Make Up / Costume - By model Location - Central London Photos copyright Adam

I looked at all the cons this year and it all came down to a couple of things:(1) Did the con need to help me find anything or was their program informative enough? (2) Did they have a nice food area and Cosplay area? (3) How was their access to social networking? (4) Not that[...]

Tony Harris, at the centre of a controversy last month over the motivation of certain cosplayers and how this reflected upon the rest of the comics industry. He's now addressed the matter again, though in a more private fashion, and without asking people to retweet it He writes on Facebook; Well I had hoped to NOT address[...]

Superman says there's no shame in cosplaying It's on the record, in Superman #14, out today. Can we use that as an excuse to run photos of other people copslaying as Supergirl? Yes, yes we can.     Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London.   So Supergirl turns up at your doorstep And[...]