When you think of a geek, you usually think of the thick glasses, reading Batman comics and usually getting beat up by high jocks. Of course, not to mention the embarrassment of going to a comic con in handmade costumes of our favorite super hero or TV show character.
Nowadays, we see a lot more geek culture and it’s become a cool, social aspect to embrace that quirky side of being a geek. It’s now cool to strut in our amazing cosplays—cosplay, not costume—and enjoy the fascination of comic cons. Because of comic con, geeks are now taking over and it’s awesome to see what geeks can do.
Usually, with cosplays, we think of the superhero costumes, the weird anime girls or the Star Wars characters with their plastic light sabers. Well, …show more content…
Recently at the New York Comic Con, a cosplayer was dressed as the Hulkbuster from The Avengers: Age of Ultron. The Hulkbuster was 9.5 feet tall and weighed about 100 pounds! That is definitely not your average super hero with tights!
And of course, with more creative cosplays, they are definitely going to comic cons to show off their passion of being a geek. Comic cons definitely rose up in numbers of people attending each year.
The Denver Comic Con--started in 2012--had 27,700 attendees its first year and risen up to 101,500 attendees in the 2015 comic con in June! Comic con has brought a lot of geeks together and really made it a welcoming community.
In fact, all comic cons made it a goal to spread this kind of culture that being a geek is a cool thing to do now. Some cons being created are specifically for anime, video games, or movies so that anyone who’s ‘geeking’ out on Star Wars, there’s a con for that!
So what is comic con about then? Well, it’s a mixture of meeting celebrities, looking at cool props from your favorite show, and obviously comic books. But it’s also a way to bring fellow geeks into a culture of expressing your
Nowadays, we see a lot more geek culture and it’s become a cool, social aspect to embrace that quirky side of being a geek. It’s now cool to strut in our amazing cosplays—cosplay, not costume—and enjoy the fascination of comic cons. Because of comic con, geeks are now taking over and it’s awesome to see what geeks can do.
Usually, with cosplays, we think of the superhero costumes, the weird anime girls or the Star Wars characters with their plastic light sabers. Well, …show more content…
Recently at the New York Comic Con, a cosplayer was dressed as the Hulkbuster from The Avengers: Age of Ultron. The Hulkbuster was 9.5 feet tall and weighed about 100 pounds! That is definitely not your average super hero with tights!
And of course, with more creative cosplays, they are definitely going to comic cons to show off their passion of being a geek. Comic cons definitely rose up in numbers of people attending each year.
The Denver Comic Con--started in 2012--had 27,700 attendees its first year and risen up to 101,500 attendees in the 2015 comic con in June! Comic con has brought a lot of geeks together and really made it a welcoming community.
In fact, all comic cons made it a goal to spread this kind of culture that being a geek is a cool thing to do now. Some cons being created are specifically for anime, video games, or movies so that anyone who’s ‘geeking’ out on Star Wars, there’s a con for that!
So what is comic con about then? Well, it’s a mixture of meeting celebrities, looking at cool props from your favorite show, and obviously comic books. But it’s also a way to bring fellow geeks into a culture of expressing your