Best of DragonCon 2008 Costumes!

Posted by Shag on September 11th, 2008

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.

Iron Man suits

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!

Axl Rose

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

Iron Man!

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.

Erotic Hypnotic from Convention Vixens

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

Lego Fett

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

Hancock prisoners

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

Weeping Angels

An impressive Supergirl.

An impressive Supergirl

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

Yip Yip from Sesame Street

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

Starman Jacket

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

Gingerbread Man

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

Cobra Commander and his Cobra Hos

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

1950s Zombie Family

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!

Ghostbusters

The sexy stewardesses

Sexy Stews

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

Chuck Buy More Team

The arms on this Doctor Octopus were really impressive.

Doctor Octopus

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

Hermione after dark

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

Santa Skull

And for you fans of the Star Wars Lego game…

Lego Cantina Band

 

Ron Jon’s - a geek connection

Posted by Shag on May 13th, 2008

If you’re anything like me, you’ve made the drive to Orlando numerous times.  And if you’ve ever taken I-75 south from Lake City and then gotten on the Turnpike to Orlando, you know there is really only one thing that makes the drive bearable.  The Ron Jon Surf Shop billboards. 

In fact, you may remember this specific billboard…

Ron Jon Surf Shop Billboard

I recently discovered a geek connection with this particular billboard.  The model of this billboard also has done some modeling for A COMIC SHOP in Orlando.  She did a series of Supergirl and Batgirl photos.

SupergirlBatgirl

Not necessarily newsworthy, but I thought it was interesting.  And nice to look at.   :)

 


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