Otakon 2013: Photo Gallery
by Joey S, Photographer For the last 20 years, Otakorp has gathered some of the most dedicated fans of Japanese animation for their annual anime convention, Otakon. During the last few years the convention has been held at the Baltimore…
Heroes of Cosplay Spotlight: Scruffy Rebel (Victoria)
by Bill Watters, Editor/Photographer After the premiere of Syfy’s new series last night of Heroes of Cosplay, we wanted to catch up with one of the shows featured cosplayers. Victoria, who goes by the nickname of Scruffy Rebel, was kind…
Heroes of Cosplay: Interview with Yaya Han
by Bill Watters, Senior Editor/Photographer Our Bill got to sit in on a group phone interview with one of the main personalities from the upcoming SyFy network original series Heroes of Cosplay Yaya Han. The show airs tonight after Face Off. Q: …
SDCC 2013: Mab’s 5 Day Con Diary
by Mab, Mary Anne Butler, Reporter/Photographer I will totally admit my opinion of SDCC has changed over the last two years. Especially this year. I don’t know how many of you noticed, but this was the first time in what,…
Oz Comic-Con Melbourne 2013: Overall Event Coverage
Oz Comic-Con Melbourne, 2013. That time of year had come again where the masses of fans had all gathered in the one venue to share their love of comics, videogames, movies, television and all things geek pop culture.
Gallery: Iron Man 3 Premiere Cosplay Photos
Photos by Thomas Ignatius The AMC Bay Street 16 in Emeryville, CA was gracious enough to once again host our group of cosplayers to help celebrate the opening of Iron Man 3. (Previous costumed premiere events at this venue have…
Supanova 2013: Melbourne Coverage
Sticking very much to tradition, the numbers of costumed attendees of Supanova Melbourne 2013 seemed to largely outweigh the amount of non-costumed folk, thanks to the gaze-stealing powers of their beloved attire. Just about every character, genre or media format you could think of was on display: videogame icons, television and movie characters, DC and Marvel superheroes, cartoon characters and of course the anime aficionados.
Editorial: CONsent and striking a chord in cosplay fandom
by Bill Watters, Editor and Photographer Earlier this week, Sushi Killer wrote a great opinion piece at 16-bit Sirens entitled, The Beginnings of CONsent. At it’s core is a much needed statement about the lack of respect nearly all cosplayers…
WonderCon 2013: Gallery 1
Photos by staff photographers Bill Watters and Mary Anne Butler WonderCon 2013 once again brought members of the CO family down to Anaheim, CA as opposed to the mid-northern area of San Francisco for the second year. Here are just a…
WWStL: Welcome to St Louis
by Connie Armijo, Reporter So the first day was exactly what I expected. There were tons of people lined up and waiting anxiously to get in. I remember seeing all of the little kids excited and possibly not knowing what…
ComicsOnline Podcast S13E19 – London Super Comic Con
SPOILER ALERT! You’re listening to the ComicsOnline Podcast. Season Thirteen. Episode Nineteen. London Super Comic Con! This episode Kevin and Dune record at London Super Comic Convention. Guests include David Monteith and Barry Nugent from Geek Syndicate, Tim Wilson Jon…
Movie Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
by Kevin Gaussoin, Karissa Barrows, Matt Sernaker, Bill Watters, and Mary Anne Butler, ComicsOnline Staff The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the long-awaited prequel to Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings 3-film saga. While the LotR series were comprised of one…
ComicsOnline Podcast S13E06 – Faire Leia
SPOILER ALERT! You’re listening to the ComicsOnline Podcast. Season Thirteen. Episode Six. Faire Leia. Recorded November 1, 2012. This episode Kevin and Dune are joined by Bill and Mary Anne. Topics include gender-bent Leia, renaissance faires, Disney’s purchase of Star…
ComicsOnline Podcast S12E15 – DragonCon Preview
This Episode, ComicsOnline’s Bill Watters interviews DragonCon’s Director of Media Relations: Dan Carroll. Atlanta plays host this week to Dragon*Con, America’s largest costumed convention. With over 50,000 attendees anticipated (and that’s with a hurricane in the area as well), the…
Gallery: SDCC 2012 – The Masquerade
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con’s cosplay events was again headlined by their annual masquerade contest. With over 30 entrants, the evening showcased some of the great talent to be found. This year SDCC wisely set up additional viewing areas as…