It's Prime Time!

Greetings All,

    Dragon*Con is just over 90 days away!  It will be the first exploitation of all this training and working out.  My costume for D*C 2012 will be Prime from Malibu Comics Ultraverse series.  Many (and I mean MANY) people have asked why that character.  The complex answer is I wanted a character that would be a blend of obscure and yet still be identifiable (at least to comic nerds).  I see so many of the same old characters at D*C.  Some are done exceptionally well, others….not so much. 

Cosplay comes with a unique set of challenges: 

1.        What costume is right for you?  If you are 6’6” (which I am not) you are probably going to have a tough time pulling off a convincing Link from Legend of Zelda. 

2.       How well will your costume translate?  There are so many characters in all forms of media that have costumes the really don’t work in real life. 

3.       How workable the costume?  Steampunks find out fast that the dazzling appointments to their costumes make for a lot of effort over time.  Spartans find that they can’t go anywhere outside the host hotels (no shirts no shoes, no service and all that). 

The list could go on for miles.  By the way, the simple answer is I just wanted too, ok! 

     When I go in costume I like to be fully immersed in the character.  If the character requires a different hair color, then I will pay a visit to Ms. Clairol.  I have done everything for costumes from green body-paint to black pomaded hair.  This is the first time I have gone to these extremes in dieting and working out for a costume though.  While it is not the only reason I started this mad quest, it is the most immediate one.  Look for me and the handful of others I have suckered into this crazy hobby in the Dragon*Con parade this year!

Super-Jerry