An excellent Rocketeer and Betty.
I seem to remember having a dream about this during the summer of 1977. Oh, the shame I felt...
Reading! It's fundamental!
It's about fucking time someone represented as Usagi Yojimbo!
The first post-reboot movie Uhura that I've seen, but I'm betting there will be a lot more at cons to come.
A mother-daughter TOS combo, with the daughter rocking a standard crew uniform while mom represents as Number One from the show's pilot, "The Cage."
A happy TOS family. This just warms my heart.
Subtle and rather funny.
The Mighty Thor and Loki head for the bar.
The Sorcerer Supreme weaves a spell (no, he's not flashing the "metal horns").
The Huntress and the Green Lantern.
The Golden Age Flash, a favorite of mine since childhood.
The Baroness strikes again!
Pamela Shaw's awesome tattoos.
Seriously, what's not to love about "Jedi Tigger?"
Two convention guests from the Village.
The T-1000 waits in line for a Dairy Queen foot-long chili dog.
And speaking of foot-longs...
There was a huge Steampunk presence this year, and I applaud its supporters for their rampaging DIY creativity.
An excellent Stargirl. Extra points for that fantastic Cosmic Rod!
It's the Scooby Gang!
A STAR WARS family heads for the courtyard.
10 out of 10 for this one: a superb Silver Age Star Sapphire. 
Smoking will kill you, and Death ought to know...
"Sith Monkey! That funky monkey!"
A diminutive Gene Simmons.
Enter the Silver Samurai!
A HIGHLANDER fan serves as a walking shrine to Duncan MacLeod.
Shaggy indulges his munchies as Daphne and Scooby await theier share of Scooby Snacks.
Poison Ivy sexes-up a fortunate support pillar.
And just for the hell of it, here's the Rocketeer and Betty again, rendered in period-appropriate sepia.TO BE CONTINUED (on Saturday; tomorrow's FIST OF THE NORTH STAR FRIDAY and we all know how important that is!)
re: Uhura.
ReplyDeleteStill saving myself for Nichelle Nichols. Sexy Soul Sister of the Stars, You!
/dirtbombs references.
The shrine isn't to Duncan MacLeod, it's Baltar from the new Battlestar Galactica. He sets himself up as a religious figure at one point in the show; that costume had me in stitches.
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