Cosplay has become a massive cultural phenomenon in the past decades, giving rise to a slew of events and conventions dedicated solely to costume play. Every year, millions of fans gather wearing costumes of their favorite characters from anime and television series, video games, comic books, and movies. Comic Con is one such event, having started off as a comic book convention and today celebrating all forms of media and entertainment in pop culture, especially cosplay. Check out the best of the best cosplayers from this year’s Comic Con New York.
Bored Panda also got in touch with Nick Roman, one of the participants of Comic Con New York. Nick is a content creator for the YouTube reviews channel RegularCars as well as the man behind his personal video project Limited Time Roman. His fascination for cosplay is what brought him to Comic Con this year (where, by the way, Nick was sporting a suit and a Sony Pictures t-shirt as his cosplay).
Nick was also kind enough to provide us with his photos featured in this article.
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Hercules (Disney)
Barbara And Adam (Bettlejuice)
Nick’s first experience with Comic Con was back in 2014 (also in New York) when he was working as a writer for Rickey.org. “I had press obligations at the time and so I ended up spending much of my day in the interview area, speaking with casts from various programs and typing up articles. So I didn't get to wander the convention floor as much as I might have liked. But I loved that experience, and it's what ignited my fandom for comic conventions.”
Newton Scamander (Fantastic Beasts)
Nebula (Marvel)
so if nebula is driving the ship do you say "metal to the pedal" instead of "pedal to the metal"
According to Nick, this year’s Comic Con New York was far more chaotic than most due to the bigger attendance, but still very exciting. “It feels like more of a community when people turn out in big numbers, even if it can get cramped. Then again, I'm typically there to just look at cool cosplay and make videos.”
Cinderella And Deadpool
Alien
When asked about the most exciting thing about conventions like Comic Con, Nick expressed his vast interest in cosplay: “I love the cosplay. The creativity and ingenuity of cosplayers is something that will never cease to impress me.”
Meg (Disney)
Mr. T
“I found the Savitar outfit from The Flash Season 3 particularly impressive, along with the Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask cosplay.” continued Nick. “There were also some clever outfits like the Rick Roll YouTube costume and Adam Savage's No Face outfit.” All of these cosplays are featured in this article.
Thor (Marvel)
Rick Astley
You can find Nick on Instagram and Twitter under the tag theromannick. He will also be publishing his own Comic Con New York video on both YouTube Channels that he’s a part of.
Harley Quinn and The Joker (DC)
John Wick
Bored Panda is extremely amazed by the cosplayers and their fantastic costumes featured in this article. However, our hardworking Panda Staff could not determine some of the characters portrayed below, so take a look and let us know about what we’ve missed!
No-Face (Spirited Away)
Poison Ivy (DC)
That's Duchess Designs! Instagram.com/duchessdesignscreations
Hela (Marvel)
The Hound And Arya Stark (Game Of Thrones)
Pennywise (IT)
Spider-Man And Spider-Woman (Marvel)
Wolverine (Marvel)
Loki And Thanos (Marvel)
Groot And Antman (Marvel)
Freddie Mercury
Ron Swanson (Parks And Recreation)
Do you have any history of mental illnesess in your family? - I have an uncle who does yoga.
Wasp (Marvel)
Robin Buckley (Stranger Things)
Iron Man (Marvel)
Historical Harley Quinn (Dc)
Sony, Spider-Man And Disney
Wolverine (Marvel)
DoodleBob (SpongeBob SquarePants)
Nurse And Pyramid Head (Silent Hill)
Deadpool (Marvel)
Kim Possible
Baby Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
Doc Ock (Into The Spider Verse)
Maurice And Connie (Big Mouth)
Captain Marvel
Bob And Tina (Bob's Burgers)
Mysterio (Marvel)
Chucky (Child's Play)
Skull Kid & Moon (Legend Of Zelda)
Power Rangers
Kitana (Mortal Kombat)
Mike Nelson (Mystery Science Theater 3000)
Star Wars Family
Wonder Woman (DC)
Marshmello And Deadmau5
Kim And Ron Stoppable (Kim Possible)
Flash (DC)
The Phantom Of The Opera And Christine
Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games)
Space Ghost (Space Ghost Coast To Coast)
This show was awesome! when CN have good quality content! and ZOrak! never forget Zorak! 304335-5d9...b04cad.jpg
Wayne Campbell And Garth Algar (Wayne's World)
Luigi (Mario)
Starbucks Bucky And Tony Stark (Marvel)
Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)
Asuka Langley Soryu (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Harley Quinn And Joker (DC)
Joseph Dredd (Judge Dredd)
Cowboy Ghost Rider (Marvel)
Moon Knight (Marvel)
Vincent Valentine and Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII)
Kamina (Gurren Lagann)
Elastigirl (The Incredibles)
Thor (Marvel)
Mera (DC)
Lex Luthor (DC)
He looks like a sexy Cory Booker (sorry about the reality bleed-in)
Kitana (Mortal Kombat)
White Tiger Zord (Mighty Morphing Power Rangers)
That's not a transformer. That's the White Tiger Zord from Mighty Morphing Power Rangers
Wonder Woman (DC)
Pennywise (IT)
The Good Fairy
It's the Good Fairy by Ryan Jude https://www.instagram.com/p/B3W9aVyDjwj/?igshid=hk7z0lxjm80p
Jango Fett (Star Wars)
Guy Fieri
Darkman
Captain Marvel
"Just casually gonna blow Mickey Mouse outta here, what are YOU up to?"
Cloud/Lightning (Final Fantasy)
Ashe and McCree (Overwatch)
Savitar (DC)
Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Sheikah Warrior (Legend Of Zelda)
Zatanna And Miss Martian (DC)
Sniper (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.)
Sabrina Spellman (Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina)
STEEL (DC)
Is this...a little person or are his costume measurements a little off? I'm totally not saying this to be a d**k I just dont know the character and he looks........very small
Prowler (Marvel)
Those hands/gloves are going to make a pit stop a perilous venture! 💦
Kylo Ren And Rey (Star Wars)
Barret, Cloud & Vincent (Final Fantasy VII)
Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers)
W.B. Mason
Winter Soldier (Marvel)
Guyver
The Guyver - Bio Booster Armor (That´s where my love for anime started in the 90ies) Guyver-5d9...702cc1.png
EVA-01 (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Scorbunny (Pokemon)
Spider-Man (Marvel)
RPD Officer And Chris Redfield (Resident Evil)
The Punisher (Marvel)
Please stop sexually harassing the cosplayers. They dress up to have fun & express themselves, not to have strangers hit on them. Show some decency.
Mysterio (Marvel)
Carnage, Venom & Black Cat
Not sure on either of the first two without masks, first looks cool, venom doesn't really convince me at all but black cats on the money
Venom Wolverine And Venom Daredevil (Marvel)
Flash Thompson, Agent Venom (Marvel)
Redcloak (Order Of The Stick)
Fabulous webcomic. Sincerely fabulous. Must-read for any rpg player. www.giantitp.com
Beetlejuice
Supposed to be a mash up of Beetlejuice and Darth Vader for some odd reason.
Red/Gold Ranger Hybrid (Power Rangers)
Venomized Wolverine, Ghost Rider & Daredevil
Batman (DC)
Tahm Kench (League Of Legends)
Thanos (Marvel)
This is a mixture of various characters, the arm is Yu-gi-oh, the face thanos, the hair Goku God mode, it has the Kratos Knives on the belt, one hand is the gauntlet, the other the iron man armor, and it has a bracelet on the iron man arm, but I don't recognize that. If you ask why I know so much, my daughter is a little fan of anime and heroes. And I only like Superman LOL
Before you complain that these cosplays aren't good quality, you have to remember most cosplayers make their own costumes with their time, money, space, & supplies. You know when you watch a movie & the credits show how many people took care of costumes, makeup, hair, accessories, & special effects? That's what cosplayers do, usually with a tiny budget & not a lot of training. Keep that in mind before you jump down their throats & insult their costumes.
No complaints, they are all freaking awesome!! Hard to pick a favourite!
Load More Replies...All of these are cool and all but just think about how hard it was for these people to go to the restroom
I don't watch some of the shows/movies that are involved, but I surely can appreciate the time, effort and dedication that went in to the costumes. Some are downright amazing!
Before you complain that these cosplays aren't good quality, you have to remember most cosplayers make their own costumes with their time, money, space, & supplies. You know when you watch a movie & the credits show how many people took care of costumes, makeup, hair, accessories, & special effects? That's what cosplayers do, usually with a tiny budget & not a lot of training. Keep that in mind before you jump down their throats & insult their costumes.
No complaints, they are all freaking awesome!! Hard to pick a favourite!
Load More Replies...All of these are cool and all but just think about how hard it was for these people to go to the restroom
I don't watch some of the shows/movies that are involved, but I surely can appreciate the time, effort and dedication that went in to the costumes. Some are downright amazing!