Mando, meet Andy’s room. Andy, Mando. Sheriff Woody, Jessie and Buzz Lightyear a la Mandalore.
It’s that time again! This weekend my wife Anne and I attended the ninth edition of the Indiana Comic Convention at the Indiana Convention Center in scenic downtown Indianapolis. They refrain from calling themselves “Indiana Comic Con” on paper for tiresome legal reasons that aren’t their fault, but to us they’ll always be Indiana Comic Con.
ICC 2023 was another opportunity to look at walls covered with old comics, meet people who create reading matter, boggle at toy displays, respect the anime fandom whose population dwarfs us older generations, and find space to breathe among or away from those cheerfully ever-growing crowds. Although the showrunners reserved less space than they did for last year’s edition — in fact, they moved the show back to the halls where the inaugural edition was held back in 2014 — geek life nevertheless thrived in abundance.
While we recuperate and wait for our feet to forgive us for their punishment, please enjoy this modest collection of cosplayers who brightened the day around the show floor. The jazz-hands photo ops and other obligatory details will be shared in the other chapter. We regret we can only represent a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of the total cosplay wonderment that was on display this weekend. We’re just an aging couple doing what we can for happy sharing fun. Enjoy! Corrections welcome for those we misidentified!
Thor by way of The Dude, from his first scenes in Avengers: Endgame.
The Red Skull, guardian of the Soul Stone.
Spider-Man and his BFF Ned Leeds.
Sakuyamon, from the world of Digimon. [UPDATED 5/8/2023, 10:30 p.m.: Special thanks to MCC’s commentator-at-large for identifying this one.]
DC’s mystical hero the Phantom Stranger.
Lego Jedi Knight.
Chewbacca finally got his medal.
Another Wookiee with three Jedi, Cad Bane, and Connor Kenway from Assassins Creed.
Sauron competes with the Wookiees for the Tallest Costume award.
Sally and Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Kool-Aid Man, for once respecting a wall and resisting the temptation to bust through it.
Toadette, one of many Super Mario fans on the premises this weekend.
Weird Al Yankovic, complete with trademark accordion.
Barbie! Soon to be a major motion picture! You may have heard about it!
Bob and Linda Belcher bring you today’s specials.
A whoopee cushion. No, we didn’t test her.
Midlife Crisis Crossover! 
I think that there individual is not in fact Osiris but is rather some sort of Digital Monster. Specifically, Sakuyamon. I am of course not completely certain. I may be mistaken. It is my best guess! Any and all errors my own!
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The internet tells me this is a brilliant guess, one made painful by the fact that my son was a HUGE Digimon fan growing up, though none of his deep knowledge of Digimon arcana rubbed off on me. The caption has been updated. Thanks once again for another much-appreciated contribution to quality of life for our viewers at home!
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¡De nada!
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