“DORMAMMU, CHIBI DOCTOR STRANGE HAS COME TO BARGAIN!”
It’s that time again! This weekend my wife Anne and I attended the latest edition of the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Exposition (“C2E2″), a three-day extravaganza of comic books, actors, creators, toys, props, publishers, freebies, plush dolls, variant covers, anime we don’t recognize, and walking and walking and walking and walking. We missed the inaugural 2010 gala and presciently skipped the February 2020 pre-shutdown soiree, but more often than not, whenever they send out the call to convene, we’re happy to answer.
While we recuperate and wait for our feet to forgive us for their punishment, please enjoy this collection of cosplayers who brightened our day around the show floor. The jazz-hands photo ops and other details will be shared in the other chapter because everyone loves costumes. 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 clearly not professional photographers, journalists, costume designers, or Oscars red carpet commentators. We’re just an aging geek couple doing what we can for happy sharing fun.
Enjoy! Please feel free to identify any characters we failed at recognizing!
Darth Maul and a new apprentice welcome you to the show!
Jedi Master Quinlan Vos, one of our favorites from the Dark Horse Comics era.
Darth Skeletor!
Grimdark Darkwing Duck.
Shrek and Fiona!
Slimer!
Red and Green Power Rangers.
Their old foe Rita Repulsa, now with jazz hands!
Ultron, dressed for the one-percenter high life.
The unbeatable Squirrel Girl!
Piratepool! (Remember the days of Deadpool variants? We do!)
Mr. Fantastic and Captain America.
Captain America and the Scarlet Witch.
King Triton and a tiny Flounder who really, really wants to keep swimming.
Two Strawberry Shortcakes (one from Anne’s childhood and one from the 2000s) and Blueberry Muffin.
Hedwig, with a special delivery for a certain someone.
Snipers not quite blending in in their ghillie suits.
Chicago legends Bozo the Clown and Cookie.
Also of Chicago: CubSamurai!
May the Prophets be with you! Kai Wynn from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Pokemon dance party with giant Vulpix and nonstop fidgety Squirtle who wouldn’t stop blurring.
Fallout fun with Vault-Boy, Vault-Girl, and a RobCo Industries worker transporting the cold fusion diode, the show’s season-2 MacGuffin.
To be concluded!
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