Dragon*Con!

After finding out I needed glasses on Sunday, I called my parents to break the news.

They took it well.

Then, as the conversation went on, I found myself chatting with my dad about Dragon*Con. The "chatting" soon turned to "fangirl gushing," and before you could say "sonic screwdriver" I'd managed to convince them to come see the madness for themselves this year. Muahahaaaa!


We immediately Priceline'd ourselves some hotel rooms, and now...we wait. In giddy anticipation.

I was so jazzed I decided to look over my photos from D*C last year. Since we left on the first Cake Wrecks tour just 2 weeks after the con last year, it was months and months (and months) before I even downloaded them off my camera. Anyway, I know they're 9 months old now, but I thought you guys might like seeing some of my favorite costumes, so we can geek out and count down the days together. ('Cuz you're all going, right? If it will help entice you, John and I will be playing the Twitter game again this year: find us and win a prize!)

Here we go, in no particular order:

You can always tell the seasoned costumers. Most of them never even speak; they just turn, strike the pose, nod when you thank them, and move on.

C'mon, a cute Stay Puft? That's a win.

Punisher/Iron Man? (Hey, I don't claim to understand them all.)

The biggest crowd pleasers are often the funny ones:

These are the Storm Troopers who had their suits stolen by Luke & Han in the movie. Hehehe. They wandered the lobbies in their boxers and flip-flops, griping loudly about the Rebel scum and causing riotous laughter everywhere they went.

Another great one - which I didn't get a photo of - was a guy dressed as the old knight guarding the grail from Indiana Jones. His costume was awesome, but the best part was the tray he was carrying around: on it was the grail, a coffee mug (I think), and a McDonald's soda cup, along with a plaque that read "Choose Wisely." Hah!

Just another reason Dragon*Con is awesome: Where else can you take a photo of a female Draco Malfoy just as Emperor Kuzko randomly walks by?

"No touchie!"

Or Mighty Muggs Chewbacca next to Twilight's Edward?

This photo desperately needs dialogue/thought bubbles. Suggestions?

There were at least 4 truly excellent Chewbacca costumes there (5 if you count the Mighty Mugg one), one of which was worn by none other than MythBusters' Adam Savage. We spent the weekend hunting for him, and managed to find the other three, but never Adam.

That is *not* Adam Savage. Heh.

I had to sprint after the Dread Pirate Roberts here:

Actually, I yelled out, "Westley!!" to get him to turn around. Glad that worked.

Any Elvira fans out there?

I remember watching Mistress of the Dark a lot growing up. Come to think of it, I really should ask my folks about that. (Dad?)

Oh, and for everyone's sake, that's the most skin I'll be posting with these costume shots. Any of you who've been, though, know there's much more on display than this. (About ten feet away was a women in body paint. And pants. I think.)

After the famous Big Daddy costume, I think this may have been the best there:

There were several costumes from movies that weren't even out in theaters yet, like 9 here. Just look at the level of detail, right down to the shoes:

So. Cool.


John tells me this guy is a Dark Elf,

or a Drow:

Correction: apparently he's Drizzt Do'Urden. Thanks, guys!

All I know is his skin looked like black velvet. I've never seen body paint look that matte before.

Oh, and in this photo he's fighting off some guys dressed as garden gnomes. They weren't as impressive, though. :)

Here's one for you Terry Pratchett fans:

He was on stilts: probably 8 feet tall.

Not a costume, but this might be the coolest tattoo sleeve I've ever seen:

Labyrinth is one of my favorite movies ever, so I nearly swooned when I saw this girl's arm. Look at the blue-haired worm! And the Firey! And Sir Didymus! (See how I got all the angles? Yeah. I was pretty insistent I get it all on film.)

Yeesh, this is getting kind of long, huh? Stay tuned for the second half in my next post!