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Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) - 04.22.13

By Bethany Fong

Although cosplay has been present for decades within the comics, anime, and sci-fi/fantasy fandoms, social media has played an integral role in the thriving communities of costuming that exist, such as Cosplay.comand the Superhero Costuming Forum. In honor of the many fans who’ve displayed excellence in the mastery of homemade disguise, craftsmanship, and sartorial superheroics, ComicsAlliance has created Best Cosplay Ever (This Week), an ongoing collection of some of the most impeccable, creative, and clever costumes that we’ve discovered and assembled into a super-showcase of pure fan-devoted talent.

Check out this week’s Best Cosplay Ever on ComicsAlliance!

ABOVE: Marceline & Simon Petrikov (Adventure Time), cosplayed by Chlo-Chlo & xhee-heex, photographed by mineralblu

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Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) - 04.16.13

By Bethany Fong

Although cosplay has been present for decades within the comics, anime, and sci-fi/fantasy fandoms, social media has played an integral role in the thriving communities of costuming that exist, such as Cosplay.com and the Superhero Costuming Forum. In honor of the many fans who’ve displayed excellence in the mastery of homemade disguise, craftsmanship, and sartorial superheroics, ComicsAlliance has created Best Cosplay Ever (This Week), an ongoing collection of some of the most impeccable, creative, and clever costumes that we’ve discovered and assembled into a super-showcase of pure fan-devoted talent.

Check out this week’s Best Cosplay Ever on ComicsAlliance!

ABOVE: Power Girl, cosplayed by Queen Riot, photographed by Dave Rinker

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Classic 1966 ‘Batman’ Halloween Costumes Are Coming This Year

By Chris Sims

After years of being unable to capitalize on the classic Batman TV show, it looks like Warner Bros. and DC are wasting absolutely no time on making up for that. Since merchandising rights were sorted out, they’ve announced a new line of action figures, a digital comic series, and now, we’re getting full-on Batman ‘66 costumes for Halloween.

The costumes include Batman, Robin, Batgirl, the Riddler, Catwoman and the Joker, and for store-bought costumes, they actually look pretty good — even if the Joker doesn’t include a moustache.

Check out bigger pictures on ComicsAlliance!

I’m pretty quick to scrutinize store-bought Halloween costume replicas, but these costumes look pretty dope (though Batgirl could use a bucket of glitter).

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Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) - 04.08.13

By Bethany Fong

Although cosplay has been present for decades within the comics, anime, and sci-fi/fantasy fandoms, social media has played an integral role in the thriving communities of costuming that exist, such as Cosplay.comand the Superhero Costuming Forum. In honor of the many fans who’ve displayed excellence in the mastery of homemade disguise, craftsmanship, and sartorial superheroics, ComicsAlliance has created Best Cosplay Ever (This Week), an ongoing collection of some of the most impeccable, creative, and clever costumes that we’ve discovered and assembled into a super-showcase of pure fan-devoted talent.

Check out this week’s Best Cosplay Ever on ComicsAlliance!

ABOVE: Cable & Rogue, cosplayed by IAmYourHeroes & Jessica LG

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Kelly Sue DeConnick Curates Captain Marvel T-Shirt Collection for Charity

By Bethany Fong

Kelly Sue DeConnick (Captain Marvel, Avengers Assemble) has collaborated with WeLoveFine to guest curate a collection of t-shirts featuring Marvel Comics superheroes such as Captain Marvel and Spider-Woman. The showcase includes bright pop art designs and straight-from-the-pages artwork of two of Marvel’s favorite heroines. DeConnick will be donating her curation commission to Girls’ Leadership Institute, a nonprofit organization that seeks “to help foster and give voice to the heroines of tomorrow.”

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Best PAX East 2013 Cosplay Ever - Day 3

By Bethany Fong

As you know from our weekly Best Cosplay Ever feature, we are big fans of cosplay at ComicsAlliance. With the much-anticipated Penny Arcade Expo in Boston — better known as PAX East — in full swing this weekend, we sent our own Bethany Fong to document the costuming talents within the gaming masses at the sold out show.

You can check out the cosplay highlights of the final day of PAX East at ComicsAlliance.

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Best PAX East 2013 Cosplay Ever - Day 2

By Bethany Fong

As you know from our weekly Best Cosplay Ever feature, we are big fans of cosplay at ComicsAlliance. With the much-anticipated Penny Arcade Expo in Boston — better known as PAX East — in full swing this weekend, we sent our own Bethany Fong to document the costuming talents within the gaming masses at the sold out show.

You can check out the cosplay highlights of the second day of PAX East at ComicsAlliance!

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The Cosplay of PAX East 2013: Day 1

By Bethany Fong

As you know from our weekly Best Cosplay Ever feature, we are big fans of cosplay at ComicsAlliance. With the much-anticipated Penny Arcade Expo in Boston — better known as PAX East — in full swing this weekend, we sent our own Bethany Fong to document the costuming talents within the gaming masses at the sold out show.

You can check out the cosplay highlights of the first day of PAX East at ComicsAlliance!

Black Milk Clothing Reveals New Star Wars Designs

In collaboration with Lucasfilm, Australian fashion brand Black Milk Clothing has released the latest installment of its Star Wars Collection today (the previous installments can be seen here). Black Milk Clothing’s latest Star Wars designs include a trompe-l’oeil Darth Vader swimsuit, spandex speckled with AT-ATs, and a swimsuit featuring a light saber battle between Luke and Darth Vader. In addition to the new releases, Black Milk Clothing has also lowered their prices on their entire Star Wars collection, as well as offering free international shipping this month.

Check out the new Black Milk Clothing x Star Wars designs on ComicsAlliance!

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Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) - 03.18.13

By Bethany Fong

Although cosplay has been present for decades within the comics, anime, and sci-fi/fantasy fandoms, social media has played an integral role in the thriving communities of costuming that exist, such as Cosplay.comand the Superhero Costuming Forum. In honor of the many fans who’ve displayed excellence in the mastery of homemade disguise, craftsmanship, and sartorial superheroics, ComicsAlliance has created Best Cosplay Ever (This Week), an ongoing collection of some of the most impeccable, creative, and clever costumes that we’ve discovered and assembled into a super-showcase of pure fan-devoted talent.

Check out this week’s Best Cosplay Ever on ComicsAlliance!

ABOVE: Hawkeye (à la The Hawkeye Initiative), cosplayed by blatsuura, photographed by crosswhenwegetthere