Costumes: We are GROUP!

   Another ComicCon down, another 5300 photos to sort through.  It was a fantastic year for the event though. The space had a more open feel and there were a lot of new faces and some of our favorite old ones.  

   So as we try to figure out if our constant old-man shuffling is a result of walking around for three days, or the result of some drunken injuries that none of us remember, here's the first gallery of photos from BCC2014.  The group photos.

Avengers Assemble.  Perhaps my favorite interpenetration is the  fresh-out-of-the-muscle-machine Steve Rogers
using the cab door as a shield.  

Agents of SHIELD A-List style. 

Well, this is awkward...

So many Buckys.  So many badass Buckys.

Some like their Justice Leagues a little Dark.

"Lady Gentlemen in Redddddd..."
Picture perfect DC costumes. 

OK, everyone! Strike your character's best-known pose!

The Fantastic ... Five. Thing, Torch, Mr. Fantastic and sometimes FF members
Crystal and She-Hulk.

I found my new picks for the next Marvel vs Street Fighter.
I especially like the green camo variant Punisher.

Hey, not all Guardians have a talking racoon.  Some have a bunny!

Too soon?  Unintentionally topical?  Nah.  But a great group cosplay
nonetheless.  Clever girl ...

Our favorite lantern cosplayers came back.  

Medieval Mario, Luigi and Toad.  Had to do something before
the invention of plumbing. 

Jack, Elizabeth Swan and ... is that Tia Dalma?  Well done.

This cosplay family caused pretty much all of us
to keep shouting "Saga!" over and over ....
Which reminds me.  Go buy Saga!  Right now.

There were even more member of the Suicide Squad (from costuming group Cosplay 10/6) walking around the convention floor.  This may have been the largest and most complete cosplay group ever.

Costumes: Battle Royale

Ha!  I told you Lady Thor was at Comic Con.  It's a shame she didn't meet up with the other female Avengers, but sometimes you gotta fly solo, I guess. 

Also, despite the sheer height of her opponent (not to mention those giant horns) our Thorina seems at least a match for the Lady Loki who was walking around Comic-Con all day.

Also also, since I am the king of good ideas, I say why wait for the matchup to come to us at all?!  Comic-Con officials, get on this train; costume contests are cool and all but with all that convention floor space, wouldn't it be more awesome to pit comic book enemies against each other in a fight to the death.  That would make winning those gift certificates all the sweeter.
I would feel bad, though for anyone dressed as the nemesis of Harley Quinn or Black Widow (do they have any?) or they would be killed instantly.

Also thanks goes out to Chi from London, who has allowed me to link his photos from the con.  They are far better than mine.  This is his FB.  This is his Flickr.  bask in awe.

Costumes: The Lady Avengers

Saving the world with smile power.

This trio of lady Avengers gets props for originality.  Lady Hulk, I see has picked modesty over green-tinted nudity, and Lady Stark has chosen designer shades over that unflattering helmet.  I mostly approve here.

Not pictured: female Thor (Thorina?) Although, I did see one wandering Comic-Con, and Hawkeye (He's pretty much a girl anyway).  I think these women definitely missed an opportunity to recruit some long-suffering friend-zone guy to be their cross gender Black Widow.  

"Please, Andrew?  You'd look soooo cute."

"well ...ok."

"And can you buy our tickets?"

"Um.  I guess so."

"Andrew can't find his red wig"