While cosplayers are present at virtually every major convention celebrating comics, gaming, fantasy and science fiction, it’s Atlanta’s Dragon*Con that has become a a kind of Mecca to which most of the scene’s most dedicated hobbyists and professionals pilgrimage every year. The cosplay phenomenon can be compared to that of b-boying, where the primary inspiration is expressing creativity, performing and earning props from other people like themselves.

You can see what we mean in this gallery of fabulous photography by Pat Loika — convention photo master and host of the popular Loikamania podcast. Earlier this week we showed you a selection of Pat's photos featuring exclusively Marvel cosplayers, since there were just so many of them on point. Here's a non-Marvel gallery from Dragon*Con that expresses just how much fun cosplayers are having without us.

 

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  • Flashback: The Cosplay Of Comic-Con 2014

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