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Photos: The Best Cosplay Of Comic Con 2017
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Published Oct 6, 2017
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It's that time of the year again. New York City Comic Con is back at the Javits Center, bringing together tens of thousands of superfans, artists, writers, and actors. The Con opened Thursday and runs through Sunday (tickets are sadly all sold out) and drew in Naruto nuts, Stormtroopers in sky-high wigs, an entire platoon of Captain Americas, Ricks and Mortys, a timely Blade Runner duo, and one entire Ms. Pac-Man crew, complete with color-changing ghosts.
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Meanwhile, vendors ranging from video game giant Capcom to independent fantasy writers, eager to talk to you about the new stories they've just self-published.
The mood Thursday was decidedly upbeat. Stormtroopers rushed to pose for photos with Spidermen. Harley Quinns with decidedly different looks complimented each others' careful (and expensive) cosplay work. Comic Con may not be for everyone, but it is for anyone willing to nurture their inner child, be a little weird, and have fun. Who could say no to that?
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Scott Heins
Scott Heins is a freelance photo and video journalist based in New York City, and a frequent contributor to Gothamist + WNYC. His work often centers around labor rights, housing, and policing. In 2018-2019 he traveled to four states while covering a wave of public school teachers strikes, with work featured in The New York Times, The Intercept, Getty Images, Splinter, and Bloomberg Photos. Scott is a dues-paying member of the National Writers Union's Freelance Solidarity Project.
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