Sunday Part2: Baltimore's Comic Con and Costume Contest

On Sunday, I went to the huge Baltimore Comic Book Convention with our friend Tom R. - as he also collects comic books like me and is a huge superhero fan. 

 (Photo:  Tom R. and me as the Green Lantern) 

We arrived there around 11am, and listened to a writer/editor of DC Comics - which publishes most of our favorites. It turned into more of an "ask the audience" event, so we didn't learn much of anything. 

We then met Steve and Jane for lunch at Panera Bread in Baltimore's Inner Harbor (best area to go to look for a bite to eat).

 When we returned to the Comic-Con at 2pm I changed into my Green Lantern costume for the big contest at 4pm. We walked around for an hour, shopping at the hundred plus comics and toy vendors, checking out the artists and writers that set up booths there. It was packed! It's a huge market. 

Comics are for Everyone

 Anyone who tells you comic books are for kids is out of touch. They're for adults- and written that way. There are comics written specifically for kids, though. 

On our way around the convention, in total I was asked for a picture about 25 times, with people and without them. Many loved the costume, and said "Green Lantern" is their favorite superhero. Of course, the character is involved in the biggest storyline of the year this year- called "Blackest Night." See: http://www.dccomics.com/sites/greenlantern/

Here's a photo of a guy who really pinned down the Wolverine character of the X-men movies. He resembled him, too. There was another guy who also resembled Edward of the book/movie "Twilight." It was amazing.

I didn't win anything despite being this year's most popular superhero in the comics- but a guy who BUILT an Iron Man suit (far left) from parts from Home Depot did win, and it was well-deserved. He only bought the mask, and constructed an entire Iron Man suit out of plumbing and duct-work parts, and painted them. He even had working lights in the palm of his hand. WOW.

All the WINNERS are pictured here: from Right to Left - some were originial costumes, so I didn't get the names of the characters. You can see the big alien Predator (also a home-made costume the guy said took 4 months to make); Harley Quinn, the Joker's female partner; two unidentifiable women; a young girl dressed as Athena, goddess from Wonder Woman fame, and Iron Man. The costume contest was amazing!