Sean Patrick Flanery Panel – Page 2 – The Dork of All Trades

Between June 2nd – June 5th the Philadelphia Convention Center, located a few blocks northeast of City Hall, was overrun with comic book nerds, celebrities, and cosplayers for Wizard World Philadelphia. I had the pleasure of attending Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; and I had so much fun! This is the second blog of three, leading up to our Podcast episode covering the event on Thursday (DOAT Ep 75)

20160603_173023 — Captain Cosplay was one of the best Cosplayers I have ever met. and Brett as Winter Soldier.

Wizard World has a large variety of events, attractions and fun things to do throughout the weekend. By far one of my favorite things to do is Cosplay. We talk about Cosplay (and famous cosplayers) on Ep 33, but We barely touch on how awesome all of these fairly unknown cosplayers who go to cons week in week out. Here are my favorite Cosplays I’ve seen this weekend. Friday:

20160603_141125 — This Cosplayer (as Shane from TWD) was working the Zombified Photo Booth, Bless his Genes, because on Sat/Sun he cosplayed as Jon Bernthal’s Punisher.

20160603_141409 — Rufio… Rufio… Ru.. Fi.. OOOOO This total badass actually screamed BANGARANG! after I took this picture, which was followed by a round of Crowing between Him, myself, and others on the Con Floor. (10th Doctor Photobomb)

20160603_143304 — A Fantastic Lara Croft asked to get a picture with Demi (Wonder Woman) and Brett (Winter Soldier)

20160603_143417 — Amazing concept of Darth Vader, If Anakin was burned during the Battle with Obi Wan while wearing his Darth Vader armor

20160603_144102 — Jason Voorhees stalked the con, he snuck up on everyone and scared the shit out of me multiple times

20160603_173003 — We talk about Michael Mulligan (Captain Cosplay) on this weeks episode. an absolute inspiration on social media and in real life.

20160603_124406 — The Best Cosplay on Friday, Battle Damaged Winter Soldier

Saturday:

20160604_085504 — Brandon, Anya and Johnny Cosplayed as Aquaman, Black Canary, and Green Arrow

Anya and I were asked to join the the DC Cosplayer Meet up.

20160604_130444 — lydia and Beetlejuice stayed in character all day long and even won an honorable mention in the Official Cosplay Contest

20160604_134804 — John Green Arrow, and Aquaman!

20160604_150906 — Speedy and The Green Arrow @ the DC Meet Up

20160604_172000 — Wings In! Awesome Cosplay by Ivy Star!

20160604_172340 — Cap and Friends; Brett and the girls from Queersplay Cosplay

20160604_172522 — Some guy pretending to be Hugh Jackman and Demi

20160604_173937 — Two Ivys? Double the Trouble, Double the fun

20160604_174017 — Brett and goddamn Hugo Weaving

20160604_202912 — Cosplay Contest! lego Bat Family

20160604_203801 — Demi as Poison Ivy; and Groot!

20160604_203826 — Brett as the Winter Soldier; Best Winter Soldier in the Official Wizard World Cosplay Contest! if only that was a real award

20160604_205107 — Drag Queen Rita and the Power Rangers!

Sunday:

20160605_161857 — Sunday was a very awesome, relaxed day. we took it Easy

20160605_150120 — Classy Ivy and Harley. right after the Sean Patrick Flannery Panel

20160605_120942 — Flame Empress Armor Erza. I love Fairy Tail!

20160605_163645 — Anya (Harley Quinn) was super excited to meet Philly Jesus

20160605_163754 — After 3 days we finally found the wall. it was a great con. Had a lot of fun.

There was some amazing cosplayers that we got to meet this weekend. We could only feature so much, but we look forward to seeing more amazing cosplays in any con we get to attend.

UPDATE: Shortly after posting this Blog, Wizard World Officials posted the following message in regards to the Cosplay Contest on Saturday.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/wwprogramming/

The Wizard World Programming team wishes to apologize to our Wizard World Philadelphia costume contestants entered into the “Best Anime Character” category.

We have since been notified that the cosplayer who won the category, while amazing, was not a character that qualified for this award.

We sincerely apologize to the contestants who took hours, days, weeks, or months working on their anime-based costumes just to see their work overshadowed by an out-of-category winner. This is obviously not our intention and we will make sure to avoid this mistake moving forward at future events.

Everyone looked incredible this weekend and nobody should feel otherwise because our selected winner was chosen for the incorrect category. This was unintentional and NOT a sign of potentially bad costumes in the Anime category. Quite the contrary. The Anime category commonly wows us with the craftsmanship put in and Philly’s was no different.

We appreciate your understanding and hope you’ll forgive us for this mistake.

Although I was at the Wizard World Cosplay Contest, I did not wait to see the judges results. It is unfortunate to hear that all of the amazing anime cosplays I saw during the contest were overshadowed.

**(We were not asked nor invited to promote, endorse, or review this convention; but as fans of nerd culture and as a media outlet we felt it was our duty to share these amazing people who love the things we love. To get to share their art, work, costume or story with the world inspires us to be more, to grow both as creators and humans… Thank You)

Written By: Johnny

Between June 2nd – June 5th the Philadelphia Convention Center, located a few blocks northeast of City Hall, was overrun with comic book nerds, celebrities, and cosplayers for Wizard World Philadelphia. I had the pleasure of attending Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; and I had so much fun! This is the first blog of three, leading up to our Podcast episode covering the on Thursday (DOAT Ep 75).

As many of you know, I am @DBZSnaps on Instagram; which is to say, I am a huge fan of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball Super. In the past few years going to cons after I started the account I have actively sought out Dragon Ball Cosplayers and featuring them on my page. So here are all of the Dragon Ball related pictures I’ve taken at Wizard World Philly 2016.

20160604_152025 — I thought this Roshi was so convincing I took a picture of him on 2 separate days thinking they were different characters.

20160603_140453 — This Goku Cosplayer I met in 2014. He has entered the Cosplay contest each year since. I love this guy for repping Dragon Ball. This year, he was the only DBZ Cosplay entered in the official Cosplay Contest.

20160603_145724 — I respect anyone willing to suit up as Gohan, my favorite character. these guys were awesome.

20160604_123114 — Android 17 genderbend cosplay by the amazing cosplayer, Alexa Michelle. follow her on Instagram and Twitter.

20160604_123751 — Buff Goku is the best Goku

20160604_124829 — TAIYoKEN: Awesome Krillin cosplay.

20160604_131102 — Super Saiyan 3 hair is hard to pull off, but this guy has it mastered; just like he mastered the Kamehameha pose!

20160604_173609 — genderbend goku is the best goku!

20160604_175619 — This is the first Majin Buu cosplay I have ever seen, and I loved it!

20160605_121833 — Each year my now Fiancee and I dress as Harley Quinn and Future Gohan. the fact that we found another Harley and DBZ character Couple was amazing.

I do want to thank Nitemare Child Design for the awesome Ki prop. They make tons of kid friendly props, including NERF guns designed as video game weapons, Soft Foam Pokeballs, Soft Foam Energy blasts, Rubber knives and Rubber Ninja Stars.

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