Boston Comic Con flew by just as quickly as it came up this year. I can hardly believe it is already over! Having attended several years in a row, I can easily say that this year was one of the most memorable.
Located at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, this three-day event claims to be the largest comic book and pop culture convention in all of New England, and they may just be right. This year, Boston Comic Con added several new features to their layout and schedule that really made it worth attending. One of the new features this year was Family Friday brought by Kids Con New England, offering special rates to attending families and a wide variety of activities to kids such as face painting, coloring contests, and even Jedi Training!
This year presented a great mix of pop culture, comics, video games, apparel, and more to more than satisfy your hunger for all things nerdy. But that’s just a small part of what the Exhibit Hall had to offer, it was also lined with booths featuring novice and experienced artists and writers, most of which were incredibly talented. While some artists traveled quite a distance to set up at this convention, I was surprised to discover how many of them are local.
Attending this con were several artists from both Marvel and DC Comics. Some of the more popular included the creator of Sin City and The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller, and the writer of Batman: Death of the Family’s Scott Snyder. Also in attendance were many celebrity entertainment guests including Gotham’s Ben McKenzie, Doctor Who companions Jenna Coleman and Karen Gillan, Doctor Who and Arrow star John Barrowman, multiple stars from the CW such as Danielle Panabaker, Robbie Amell, Ciara Renee, and the lovely and talented Caity Lotz.
From left to right: Danielle Panabaker, Robbie Amell, Ciara Renee, and Caity Lotz.
Possibly topping the list was the man who puts the Star in Star Trek, is always negotiating my priceline, man who threw the first pitch at Fenway this year, Mr. William Shatner!
I was pleased to see the growth in attendance this year. While it made the floor difficult to maneuver through at times, I noticed in increase in cosplay with the large crowd (I can only imagine how the T must have looked with so many heroes making their way into Boston). There is no doubt that the convention provided a comfortable and secure atmosphere for individuals to dress up in cosplay, and even offer a panel that focused on body positivity and was run by the world special cosplay guest Ivy DoomKitty.
Boston Comic Con does a great job of not only welcoming and encouraging its participants to dress up, but made a solid effort to provide a cosplay specific area of their convention hall. Being new to cosplay, I was not sure if this was new to the event, or if I had just never seen it before. Either way I was impressed with the layout and especially by the friendly atmosphere created by the cosplay booths where I was given advice on how to get started.
The last scheduled event of the convention was the costume contest. Hosted by one of the most realistic acting Deadpools’ I have seen (this guy could give Ryan Reynolds a run for his money), I was left in stitches during this hilarious yet eloquent display of cosplay. It most definitely did not disappoint.
Cosplayers partaking in the costume contest.
While I am sad that Boston Comic Con came and went by with the speed of the Flash, I definitely have something to look forward to next year.
from Nerd Reactor
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