costumes

This year's New York Comic Con sums up its policy on weapons with one sentence in its final paragraph: "Basically, don't be an idiot." Sounds good, but in every crowd of 80,000, there are going to be a few idiots. That's even if the crowd is not going to include people hoping to snag a prize for Most Realistic Orc...

Here at ComicsAlliance, we value our readership and are always open to what the masses of Internet readers have to say. That's why we've given Senior Writer Chris Sims the punishment pleasure of stepping into the grand tradition of the Answer Man as he responds to your reader questions...

Party City, if your mission was to blow our minds, you can go ahead and start patting yourself on the back. As spotted by Robot6, the store is now offering exclusive pre-orders for both adult and child-sized costumes of Tyrese Gibson's controversial super hero...

Melbourne, Australia has just broken the Guinness World Record for largest number of people in superhero costumes gathered in one place. A little over a week ago, 1245 people dressed up like their favorite comics characters and headed for Federation Square to be tallied up by Guinness officials ...

The 2010 International G.I. Joe Collectors Con took over Rhode Island this past weekend, prompting cosplay-minded fans to dust off their military fatigues, toy guns, and black hoods and cosplay it up as their favorite colorful Joes and Cobras...

One aspect of comic book culture that has its fair share of pluses and minuses is cosplay. While some costumes are terrifically inventive, others are just flat out terrible both in terms of design and respect for the person wearing it. Indeed, there are both clunkers and winners out there in the company manufactured and homemade costume departments - and we've got the rundown on both...

It's the Friday before Halloweekend 2009 and, for whatever reason, that means I can force my passion for pugs upon you all with an image gallery dedicated to their ability to do things like keep the Earth safe from asteroids and alien invaders...

In the spirit of the season, Tim Leong and the Ghost of Comic Foundry magazine have released a printable Halloween mask that is guaranteed to terrify. As Tim explains:With Halloween just a few days away, everyone is scrambling to come up with some sort of costume (and no, "Sexy Gollum" does not count)...

Halloween is just around the corner, and if you haven't picked a costume, you'd best get on that, stat. Personally, I'm going as Batwoman, and while most fans will agree that comic book costumes are a solid choice, every once in a while someone spins their love of the medium into something special...

Halloween is less than a month away now, meaning that those of you who've yet to start thinking about a costume are getting ever closer to achieving that dreaded status of "waiting until the last moment." Some of you may be looking to comic books for inspiration, and both DC and Marvel have a number of licensed costumes available for you to choose from...