The Cult of Jon the Fed Ex Guy, est. 2019. It was the first time we ever witnessed the live birth of a D*C in-joke.
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover:
In 2019 my wife Anne and I attended our very first Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the longest-running science fiction conventions in America. We once again made the eight-hour drive from Indianapolis and returned for our fourth nonconsecutive Labor Day weekend at that amazing colossal southern spectacle. We can’t conscientiously afford to do D*C every year, but we’ll see how long we can keep up an every-other year schedule before we’re too old or overwhelmed to handle it…
Our belated coverage of Atlanta’s annual Dragon Con Cosplay Parade continues! We amateur enthusiasts took way too many photos that took me too long to sort in between juggling life aspects offline, away from all this week’s rage-filled historical significance. We’re nearing the end, though! Not far now! Here’s another round of cosplayers! Please let me know if we old folks misidentified any characters. Enjoy still!
The Cult of Jon began when someone left a cardboard Fed Ex standee unsupervised in a hotel hallway, and…well, things escalated, as tends to happen. And it involved googly-eye stickers.
An in-joke of older vintage: the visually specific Cult of Marriott Carpet. They have mascots!
Well before our intro to D*C, attendees developed an unhealthy obsession with the hypnotically unsightly carpets at the Marriott Marquis Atlanta. And over time…well, things escalated, as tends to happen.
And ye shall recognize the cult by their stained-glass kaleidoscope-wear of primary colors,
Ye shall know their name is Marriott as you bear witness to their mark upon all creatures great and small.
MY MARRIOTT IS SEEN ON THE SOCIAL SCREENS / DRAGON CON KNOWS WE’RE GOOD IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
Moving from cults to cult classic: Dr. Lazarus and one of the wee aliens from Galaxy Quest.
Fred Kwan and a beryllium sphere from same.
Moving from the homage to the original: Star Trek!
More Trek fans!
Still more Trek fans receiving preferential treatment from this writer!
Switching SF franchises: the Fifteenth Doctor.
The Sixth and Thirteenth Doctors.
TARDIS fashions in full effect.
Kaylee from Firefly.
The Skeptics group, celebrating science and science-based contrarian expression.
Our next guest needs no introduction because she brought her own.
A Colonial Marine from the Aliens Legacy: Aliens Costume Group.
Cobra collaborators from the world of G.I. Joe.
Snake-Eyes, the only Joe who matters.
Hulk Hogan.
Lt. Dangle from Reno 911!
…and we’re nearly out of costume photos! To be continued! Other chapters in this very special MCC miniseries:
Part 1: The Stars in Our Galaxy
Part 2: Some Cosplay!
Part 3: Slightly More Cosplay!
Part 4: The Cosplay Parade, Star Wars Division
Part 5: The Cosplay Parade, Video Game Division
Part 6: The Cosplay Parade, Marvel and DC Comics Division
Part 7: Pimp My Cosplay Parade Rides
Part 8: More Than Cosplay at the Parade
Part 9: Did We Mention There Was a Cosplay Parade
Part 10: The Cosplay Parade Is COMING TO GET YOU
Part 12: The Cosplay Parade Marches Into the West
Part 13: A Conclusion of Convivial Concatenation
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