Once Upon a Geek

I’m closing out my DragonCon 2009 coverage with my favorite costume photos. Some have been shown here previously, but they bear repeating. To see all of my DragonCon photos, be sure to visit my Flickr page. If you have a favorite costume that I left out, be sure to mention it in the comments. A small handful of these photos were taken by folks other than me. In those cases, I’ve linked to their original photo.

A really great Bumblebee from “Transformers”

These ladies were having a blast in their gender-bender “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” costumes.  They were totally in character and so were the screaming fans!

Cookie Monster Michael Jackson.  Really funny, but is it too soon?

The Convention Vixens return to DragonCon.  You can find more on the ConVixens by clicking here.

Star Wars Jedi impaling a Clone Trooper.  This was a really neat and creative costume.  The lightsaber was connected to the trooper on both sides and was lit up.  Impressive, most impressive.

A really good Snake Eyes from “GI Joe”

Is this the future of Marvel Comics now that they’ve been bought by Disney?

The Ghostbusters!  This group won the Hall Costume Contest for Best Movie Group.  The detail on their costumes is amazing!

The popularity of the new “Star Trek” film inspired quite a few simple, yet effective costumes.

The most in character group at the convention! Tony Stark (from “Iron Man”), his assistant Pepper, and his security guards.  Tony was dead-on and never broke character. The security guards actually frisked anyone who wanted their picture with Tony.  Pepper was sure to inquire if you had an appointment.  Brilliant!

The most creative costume at the convention in my opinion.  The two-person AT-AT from “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back”!

With the popularity of the “Blackest Night” comic book this year, there were quite a few different Lantern Corps represented.  Here is a member of the Sinestro Corps…

… and here is a member of the Red Lantern Corps.

A really great Supergirl!

The second most creative costume at the convention in my opinion.  He perfectly captured Peter Parker’s Spider-Sense tingling from the comics.

An astonishing “Doctor Who” look-a-like.  Several people were doing double-takes to ensure it wasn’t really David Tennant.

An impressive Catwoman from the “Batman Returns” film.

Spaceman Spiff from “Calvin & Hobbes”.  Notice the stuffed tiger on his shoulder!

“Watchmen” – Thankfully Doctor Manhattan went for the briefs, rather than what was shown in the movie.

Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld

An impressive Silver Surfer from “Fantastic Four 2″

A really well done “Barbarella”

If you’ve never seen “Logan’s Run”, then go rent it right now.

A recreation of the famous picture taken in Times Square at the end of World War II

Really clever way to represent the video game “Mario Cart”

The Harry Potter/Hogwarts bad-girl thing continues to be popular.  Understandably.

Remember, the Visitors are our friends.

A really obscure Boba Fett costume from Star Wars.  This particular version of the costume was only used in his first appearance in the animated portion of the 1978 televised “Star Wars Holiday Special”.  Like I said… really obscure, but also really neat that someone took the time to make this particular variation.

An eight-foot Sasquatch from the Alpha Flight comic book!

A fun Stormtrooper variant in the parade – the Indianapolis Colts Trooper!

And finally Max from “Where the Wild Things Are”.  This young lady was having a blast hopping around as Max!  She mentioned that lots of people didn’t know what her costume was supposed to be.  That surprised me, but I guess they’ll all figure it out next year after the movie comes out.

I’m closing out my DragonCon 2008 coverage with my favorite costume photos.  Some have been shown here previously, but they bear repeating.  To see all of my DragonCon photos, be sure to visit my Flickr page.  If you have a favorite costume that I left out, be sure to mention it in the comments.

The Iron Man suits were definitely the coolest overall costumes at the con. Simply breathtaking.

Axl wins as the most subtle yet effective costume at the con. This guy was in character too!  He made a comment that the “Chinese Democracy” album would be out really soon.  Too funny!

This “Iron Man” was hilarious and very unexpected.  Definitely the funniest costume at the con.

Quite a few people were talking about the Convention Vixens.  Here is “Erotic Hypnotic” from that group.  You can find more on the ConVixens by clicking here.

Lego Fett was amazing!  Very creative (and time consuming I imagine)!

A very funny and creative costume if you’ve seen the movie “Hancock”.

Here is a great Doctor Who-related costume.  It’s from the VERY creepy episode “Blink” in which statues come to life.

An impressive Supergirl.

Another fantastic and unexpected costume.  The Yip Yip guy was great the way he moved his mouth!

I saw two different guys as Jack Knight’s Starman this year.  This jacket was really cool. Well done!

Another funny costume.  This one comes from the movie “Shrek”.

Surrounding Cobra Commander with hot chicks was a stroke of brilliance!  Hail Cobra and his Hiss Ho’s!

A creative idea turning a nice suburban family from the 1950s into zombies.

There were a few groups of Ghostbusters this year, but these guys are friends of mine.  They worked really hard on their proton packs and they turned out amazing!

The sexy stewardesses

Just because I love the TV show “Chuck” so much, the “Buy More” staff!  Subtle costume, but smart.

The arms on this Doctor Octopus were really impressive.

The whole Hogwarts bad-girl thing was huge this year.  Understandably.

I have no idea what it’s supposed to be, but it looks friggin’ cool (and is insanely tall).

And for you fans of the Star Wars Lego game…

Don’t worry, it’s almost Friday.  Sometimes a Thursday just needs a little 1980’s cartoon action…

See, now didn’t that cheer you up a bit?  There are very few things that Bravestarr can’t make feel a little better.

Here are a few geek-related motivational posters I just had to share.  Thanks to Michael Bailey of Views from the Longbox for creating these and allowing me to post them.