Although cosplay has been present for decades within the comics, anime, and sci-fi/fantasy fandoms, social media has played an integral role in the thriving communities of costuming that exist, such as Cosplay.com and the Superhero Costuming Forum. Over the years, the cosplay community has evolved into a creative outlet for many fans to establish and showcase some impressive feats of homemade disguise, craftsmanship, and sartorial superheroics at conventions. In honor of the caped crusaders of the convention scene, ComicsAlliance has created Best Cosplay Ever (This Week), an ongoing collection of some of the most impeccable, creative, and clever costumes that we’ve discovered and assembled into a super-showcase of pure fan-devoted talent.
Though New York Comic Con 2014 kicked off this past Thursday, October 9, the high-profile panels and festivities bring out more intense fans, and that means more cosplayers. For those of you who can't attend the four-day-long nerd fest, check out our NYCC cosplay photo gallery and see what you've been missing.
It's time to defog your glasses and put the comics down, because these cosplaying GIFs of sexy, curvy superheroes is something you'll never see in the books.
Cosplay girls are a video game nerd's dream come true. Have trouble talking to women because you spend twelve hours a day trying to beat Fire Emblem: Awakening on lunatic difficulty? Fear no more! You'll surely have a few things in common with these beautiful cosplay girls who dress up as some of video games' most legendary and tantalizing characters...
Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee may have been the big guest star of the recent London Super Comic Con, but it's the super cute British cosplay babes in this sweet video from the Con that's making us regret not hopping across the pond to enjoy the geeky celebration...