Gallery: Iron Man 3 Premiere Cosplay Photos
Photos by Thomas Ignatius The AMC Bay Street 16 in Emeryville, CA was gracious enough to once again host our group of cosplayers to help celebrate the opening of Iron Man 3. (Previous costumed premiere events at this venue have…
Supanova 2013: Melbourne Coverage
Sticking very much to tradition, the numbers of costumed attendees of Supanova Melbourne 2013 seemed to largely outweigh the amount of non-costumed folk, thanks to the gaze-stealing powers of their beloved attire. Just about every character, genre or media format you could think of was on display: videogame icons, television and movie characters, DC and Marvel superheroes, cartoon characters and of course the anime aficionados.
Editorial: CONsent and striking a chord in cosplay fandom
by Bill Watters, Editor and Photographer Earlier this week, Sushi Killer wrote a great opinion piece at 16-bit Sirens entitled, The Beginnings of CONsent. At it’s core is a much needed statement about the lack of respect nearly all cosplayers…
WonderCon 2013: Gallery 1
Photos by staff photographers Bill Watters and Mary Anne Butler WonderCon 2013 once again brought members of the CO family down to Anaheim, CA as opposed to the mid-northern area of San Francisco for the second year. Here are just a…
WonderCon 2013: Countdown to Destiny, a meeting with the Sweethearts of the Galaxy
With only $3,000 left to go, and with 24 hours remaining on the clock, the passionate cast and execs of the new webseries Sweethearts of the Galaxy have taken some time out of their busy day at WonderCon to sit…
WWStL: Welcome to St Louis
by Connie Armijo, Reporter So the first day was exactly what I expected. There were tons of people lined up and waiting anxiously to get in. I remember seeing all of the little kids excited and possibly not knowing what…
WWStL: Wizard World St Louis Comic Con 2013- A Look at the Artists
by Demi Moumas, Reporter This was my first visit to St Louis and Wizard World has made it a blast. As their first Comic Con in the city I must say it started off pretty well. Friday was the premiere…
ComicsOnline Podcast S13E19 – London Super Comic Con
SPOILER ALERT! You’re listening to the ComicsOnline Podcast. Season Thirteen. Episode Nineteen. London Super Comic Con! This episode Kevin and Dune record at London Super Comic Convention. Guests include David Monteith and Barry Nugent from Geek Syndicate, Tim Wilson Jon…
Movie Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
by Kevin Gaussoin, Karissa Barrows, Matt Sernaker, Bill Watters, and Mary Anne Butler, ComicsOnline Staff The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the long-awaited prequel to Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings 3-film saga. While the LotR series were comprised of one…
ComicsOnline Podcast S13E06 – Faire Leia
SPOILER ALERT! You’re listening to the ComicsOnline Podcast. Season Thirteen. Episode Six. Faire Leia. Recorded November 1, 2012. This episode Kevin and Dune are joined by Bill and Mary Anne. Topics include gender-bent Leia, renaissance faires, Disney’s purchase of Star…
ComicsOnline Podcast S12E15 – DragonCon Preview
This Episode, ComicsOnline’s Bill Watters interviews DragonCon’s Director of Media Relations: Dan Carroll. Atlanta plays host this week to Dragon*Con, America’s largest costumed convention. With over 50,000 attendees anticipated (and that’s with a hurricane in the area as well), the…
Gallery: SDCC 2012 – The Masquerade
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con’s cosplay events was again headlined by their annual masquerade contest. With over 30 entrants, the evening showcased some of the great talent to be found. This year SDCC wisely set up additional viewing areas as…
Supanova Pop Culture Expo 2012: Sydney
by Kerrie Hui, Reporter Finally! For the past few years I have always wanted to attend Supanova in Sydney but I have never had the chance due to scheduling conflicts. So on the morning of the (disappointingly rainy) Saturday the…
Gallery: Fanime 2012 – The Masquerade
For the thousands of attendees of the annual Fanime convention, the height of the weekend is the Sunday night masquerade contest. One part costume contest, four parts variety show, and twelve parts rock’n good time. This year had talent aplenty…
Cosplayer Spotlight: Roxanna Meta
Our exploration of the stars of the cosplay world takes us this time to the San Francisco/Bay Area, catching up with Roxanna Meta. She’s been one of the Big Three of the NorCal cosplay scene for some time, and last…