This was supposed to be a Best and Worst Cosplay post, but I realized that two things: 1. Finding clear pictures of those undesirables would be very hard, since uhh, why would anyone take pictures of them? 2. I wanted to burn your eyes, but I’d have to burn my eyes all over again to do that.

So fuck it, here’s the best cosplay of Metro Comic Con. According to me, of course. Didn’t stay long enough to find out who won, didn’t really care.(but someone PLEASE tell me the watchmen group won plz plz plz)

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I know you’re all expecting my Best and Worst Cosplay post so you can ogle at scantily clad teenagers, but I’m experiencing Internet problems(read: forgot to pay the bills again) so I made this post while leeching wifi from various establishments.

So here’s the MCC experience from the defective eyes of yours truly:

DAY 1

Shock and Horror

You reach the 5th floor of SM Megamall and the first thing you see is a man dressed as a gothic lolita. ’nuff said. Near the ticket booth are animu characters that you don’t recognize; no complaints about them, manga = comics after all. And then you realize half of them are actually men(I am not homophobic, except maybe in cons). Oh, and more gothic lolitas.

Rage and Despair

You enter the megatrade hall, expecting to see your favorite superheroes. Only to find.. You’ve guessed it, more gothic lolitas! You try your best to look for any western/local comic book characters but end up seeing a man in a school girl outfit.

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Imagine…

A Comic Con without a lot of comics…

Imagine…

Tons of bad program management laced with even worse cosplaying… (I’m only homophobic in cosplay events.)

But at the center of it all, stood a humble post with a couple of bubbly people – Milch & Lawrence. They were just quietly doing their thing – attending to curious customers, being annoyed at me because I couldn’t afford anything, etc.

Unknowingly, they brought us HOPE.

In two ways:

1. They had a statue of the Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) in the middle! In my humble opinion, there were too many Anime-holics whereas characters like Hal should have been in the limelight.

I mean seriously, its either we don’t have enough true comic fans, or they get scared away because of things like this:

SERIOUSLY. These characters aren’t even in Manga. (among other reasons)

2. I AM NINOY.

Ok this is the much more serious part.

23 years ago, Senator Ninoy Aquino died a hero.

A few days ago we saw the death his wife, Former President Corazon Aquino.

Common factor? HOPE.

Imagine Nation Studios brings to life via these sculptures the heroes we know and love.

Well this will be basically unpaid advertising, but if you want to obtain / have custom-made / take a look at / bother the people who make these things, go to their multiply here.

Okay, so the Comicgasm crew (that’s me and two other guys… what) just came back from the Metro Comic-Con last weekend, and we’re still not finished collecting our thoughts. Okay, we’re actually trying to steal some pictures off Multiply and Flickr, but whatever.

Anyway, I just went to day 1, and I had a blast. Lots of geek stuff, hot cosplaying women who turned out to be underage PLS TO NOT SIC THE COPS ON ME, and scantily-dressed women bending over to a statue of Ultimate Captain America.

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