{"id":24842,"date":"2022-07-25T07:14:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T07:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ap-photos-the-character-and-the-spectacle-of-comic-con\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T07:14:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T07:14:39","slug":"ap-photos-the-character-and-the-spectacle-of-comic-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ap-photos-the-character-and-the-spectacle-of-comic-con\/","title":{"rendered":"AP PHOTOS: The character and the spectacle of Comic-Con"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"info-0-2-44\"><span class=\"Timestamp Component-root-0-2-64 timestamp-0-2-47\" data-key=\"timestamp\" data-source=\"2022-07-23T18:37:16Z\" title=\"2022-07-23 18:37:16 - Sat Jul 23 2022 18:37:16 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)\">July 23, 2022 GMT<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"socials-0-2-48 socials-1-0-2-62\"><svg class=\"SvgSprite\"><use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/dist\/spritemap.svg#sprite-share-facebook\"\/><\/svg><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-comic-con-photos-cosplay-celebrities-7d5931f3dff0c5da3b65b5a3f68475fe\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Component-root-0-2-66\"><svg class=\"SvgSprite\"><use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/dist\/spritemap.svg#sprite-share-twitter\"\/><\/svg><\/a><svg class=\"SvgSprite\"><use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/dist\/spritemap.svg#sprite-share-email\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<p><textarea tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"Component-area-0-2-71\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-comic-con-photos-cosplay-celebrities-7d5931f3dff0c5da3b65b5a3f68475fe<\/textarea><svg class=\"SvgSprite\"><use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/dist\/spritemap.svg#sprite-share-link-small\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-72 paragraph-0-2-31\">SAN DIEGO, Calif.  (AP) \u2014 Comic-Con is back in person, and back in character.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-72 paragraph-0-2-31\">The spectacle was everywhere in and around the San Diego Convention Center amid the crowd of tens of thousands of fans<!-- --> at the first full-attendance version of the pop culture phenomenon since 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-72 paragraph-0-2-31\">They came to watch panels and previews from movies like \u201cDungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,\u201d and from TV shows like on Amazon&#8217;s \u201cLord of the Rings: The Rings of Power\u201d<!-- --> and Apple&#8217;s heavily Emmy-nominated dystopian drama \u201cSeverance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-72 paragraph-0-2-31\">And as they were in years&#8217; past, the cosplayers were the self-made stars of the show, drawing gawking from convention-goers and photographers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-72 paragraph-0-2-31\">While spot-on cinematic authenticity is the goal for some of the costume wearers, others use their characters as a starting point for broader creativity or expressions of identity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-72 paragraph-0-2-31\">Kaleigh Kailani of Los Angeles dressed as an especially electric Mad Hatter, with long, shimmering green hair, purple top hat, striped tights and a skirt that looked like layered tutus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-72 paragraph-0-2-31\">In a Marvel meets Marie Antoinette mash-up, Kerri Zehrung added a powdered wig and lampshade skirt to her Iron Man costume, and Jasmine Preston gave the same transformation to Spider-Man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-72 paragraph-0-2-31\">San Diego locals Lisa Lower and Shawn Richter used almost the entire color spectrum for their outfits, adding rainbow elements of the LGBTQ pride flag to the metal mask of the Mandalorian from the \u201cStar Wars\u201d galaxy, with an umbrella, suspenders and feathers to boot . <\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-72 paragraph-0-2-31\">One group of cosplayers were done up in giant masks and plastic clothes as Funko Pop dolls of characters including Wonder Woman, Batman, and Ursula the Sea Witch from \u201cThe Little Mermaid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-72 paragraph-0-2-31\">When they weren&#8217;t acting out their roles, cosplayers led more pedestrian lives.  They had to get their fictional weapons tagged as safe by security guards.  They sat and looked at their phones.  Paul Forest of Toronto, dressed impeccably as the original Mr.  Spock from \u201cStar Trek,\u201d got a shoeshine from Daniel Golden, who was dressed as his superior officer Captain Kirk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 23, 2022 GMT https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-comic-con-photos-cosplay-celebrities-7d5931f3dff0c5da3b65b5a3f68475fe SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Comic-Con is back in person, and back in character. The spectacle was everywhere in and around the San Diego Convention Center amid the crowd of tens of thousands of fans at the first full-attendance version of the pop culture phenomenon since 2019. They came to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ap-photos-the-character-and-the-spectacle-of-comic-con\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AP PHOTOS: The character and the spectacle of Comic-Con<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[1118,10917,597,9793,109,10839,2766,2112],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21262,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/comic-con-returns-in-full-force-with-costumes-crowds\/","url_meta":{"origin":24842,"position":0},"title":"Comic-Con returns in full force with costumes, crowds","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"SAN DIEGO (AP) \u2014 The pop culture extravaganza that is Comic-Con International is back to its old extravagance. 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