Linguini (with Remy!) from Ratatouille and the Swedish Chef, who had BETTER NOT HARM KERMIT.
It’s that time again! This weekend my wife Anne and I attended the eleventh edition of the Indiana Comic Convention at the Indiana Convention Center in scenic downtown Indianapolis. They’ve stopped 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 2025 was another opportunity for fans to look at walls covered with old comics, build lightsabers, buy 3D-printed knickknacks, overstock on Funko Pops, respect the anime fandom whose population dwarfs us older generations, and navigate those vast crowds. This year the showrunners occupied more square footage than ever, and last year’s edition was by no means dinky. Geek life had more space to thrive and sometimes enjoy some breathing space in between some of the narrower alleys of thriving pop-culture commerce
While we recuperate and wait for our feet to forgive us for their punishment, please enjoy this modest collection of cosplayers who brightened our two days around the show floor. The jazz-hands photo ops and other sights will be shared in the other chapters. 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 are humbly welcomed for any we might’ve misidentified!
First up is our Friday collection, a modest roundup shot while our brains were slowly shifting back into comic-con mode after the three-month pause since our last one.
Disco Mandalorian!
One of the Illuminati from Warhammer 40K.
Anne’s friend Jennifer as a Handmaid.
Batman’s old foe Professor Hugo Strange.
Michelle Tanner from Full House.
Hey, Vern! It’s Ernest P. Worrell!
Paul Atreides, the Lisan al Gaib himself from Dune: Part Two.
Peg Bundy from Married…with Children.
Spider-Man Noir, soon to star in his own Marvel series.
An entire Slytherin family!
And then there was Saturday, where we redoubled our photographic efforts before we collapsed.
Frodo Baggins, one of many fans excited to greet guest Andy Serkis in his first Indy appearance.
Dr. Evil and Frau Farbissina with Mini-Me.
Elizabeth Liones from The Seven Deadly Sins.
Crossing the animation streams: Rick and Cartman.
Kronk, Kuzco, and Yzma from The Emperor’s New Groove.
Disney Princesses Tiana and Aurora.
Cadet Tilly from Star Trek: Discovery.
Moon Knight, fist of Khonshu.
Into the Spider-Verse with Spider-Man 3‘s symbiote Spidey, Spider-Gwen a.k.a. Ghost-Spider, and Spidey Classic.
One dreamer’s wish for a scary Halloween costume became…income taxes! Using an actual IRS Form 1040 for tax year 2023.
Michonne from The Walking Dead.
Gandalf chilling out in an aisle wide enough to let a Balrog safely pass. NOT THAT HE WOULD LET IT.
Neo from The Matrix series.
Bluey and Bingo and a mini-Bluey who has better things to do.
Yosemite Sam and a Middle-Earth envoy.
It’s peanut butter and jelly time! Ironically, we met them on the opposite end of the exhibit hall from the peanut-butter-and-jelly stand.
Al and Peg Bundy from Married…with Children.
The Winter Soldier and old WWII buddy Steve Rogers.
Captain America! Anne thinks she’s funny photo-bombing here, little realizing she just got double-photo-bombed because HEY GUYS I FOUND WALDO!
“Oompa, Loompa, doopity-domicon! Enjoy your weekend at Indiana Comic Con!”
To be continued! And then concluded!
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