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Every year thousands of fans flood into Jacob Javitz Center for the annual New York Comic Con. Some of the biggest fans take it one step further and dress up as some of their favorite characters from movies, tv, comics, and anime. Here are some of the all-star costumes found at the 2016 NYCC.

            

What is up, Dacetacular Nation? Chris "The Dace Man" Dace here, bringing you some exclusive coverage of PAX East 2016 and all the awesomeness that went on between those convention walls.

One of the most fascinating things about any convention you go to is the commitment from the cosplayers of the world! Ladies and Gentleman, I assure you that the folks up at PAX East 2016 did not disappoint. The Dace Man Show snapped several pictures which can be found on their Facebook page, but below are the Top 5 cosplayers that made them do a double take.

5. Fall Out

4 Red Son Superman

3. League of Legends

2. Super Girl

1. Mr. Bubbles

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Fanboys Anonymous would like to thank TV Store Online for being one of our sponsors for New York Comic Con 2015, providing us with some awesome Legends of the Hidden Temple shirts so our people not only could find each other easier in the sea of people on the busiest day of the convention but also could take some group photos and have some fun during our down time.

Halloween is coming up, and if you're looking for something to spice up your costume, TV Store Online has so much apparel to choose from in the geek culture spectrum, including TV shows, movies, music, comics, games and more.

If you want to pick up one of these shirts specifically, you can find them here. My suggestion: pick the Silver Snakes. I could use another teammate to earn me a pendant so those temple guards don't get us!

Stay tuned for more updates, photos, videos and so on from New York Comic Con 2015 and the Fanboys Anonymous team.

Hours before the doors to the second annual Special Edition: NYC (SENYC) comics-only convention opened, a crowd full of comic book enthusiasts, masked villains, and caped crusaders had already begun to form, and once again New York City got a glimpse of spandex-clad superheroes/heroines and their villains far off their respective comic book pages.

SENYC took place at Pier 94 on June 6 and 7 and gave attendees something that New York Comic Con (NYCC) hasn't for years: an intimate experience to celebrate comics and interact with their creators. ReedPOP's impressive line-up of creators included Amy Reeder (Rocket Girl), Brenden Fletcher (Batgirl), Mark Texeria (Ghost Rider), Greg Pak (Batman/Superman), and Jason Latour (Spider-Gwen).

ReedPOP had announced on June 3 that they had reclaimed NYCC tickets from scalpers and added them to the allotment sold at SENYC, so when the convention began at 10 a.m. fans wasted no time forming a line reminiscent to that seen when entering the larger pop-culture convention. Organizers soon capped the line to discourage it from encompassing the entire entrance. Tickets were set to go back on sale an hour later, but no one seemed to budge.

The convention floor of Pier 94 was dark as fans hovered over various comics tables. Most of the crowd gathered around the rows of Artist Alley to get up close and personal with their favorite creators. Unlike NYCC, the convention's panels were small and easy to get into, but that didn't mean they were any less interesting. Marvel's "Next Big Thing" panel kicked off the convention; it was held by Brian Michael Bendis (All-New X-Men), Marguerite Bennett (A-Force), Peter David (Spider-Man 2099), and Charles Soule (Inhumans: Attilan Rising). During the panel, Bendis put rumors to rest as he confirmed that his new Iron Man series will star Tony Stark and will not be a reboot. Big things were announced for this fall with Cosplay variants featuring cosplayers on comic book covers, shot by Judy Stephens of Marvel.

Other panels covered topics specifically geared toward indie creators and those trying to break into the industry, including how storytellers develop their ideas into narratives and the business behind comics from checks to contracts.

Of course, no comics convention would be complete without the cosplayers—and there were no shortage of excellent participants at SENYC. View the photos below.

The Flash Cosplay	DC Comics group

DC Comics photoshoot

Ms. Marvel Cosplay	Spider-Gwen and Spidey

Atlantis Cosplay - Siryn Cosplay and Saraphina	Mera and Aquaman

Gravity Falls	Hawkman and Hawkgirl

Mera Cosplay - Saraphina	Scarecrow

Gotham City Cosplay	Metropolis Cosplay

Superman, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen	Gambit and Rogue Cosplay

The experience overall was relaxing compared to NYCC and its overwhelming 130,000 attendees. SENYC's dim lighting and casual atmosphere made it feel like a basement hangout for geeks as we talked and read comics.

Since Fanboys Anonymous revolves around the various different aspects of geek culture, any opportunity that we get to embrace our inner nerd is relished. One of the best places to do that, of course, is at a convention, and our latest endeavor in that regard was the Atlantic City Boardwalk Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Unfortunately, scheduling conflicts and last minute booking problems and so forth prevented us from being able to go the full four days, but we were thankfully still able to attend on Friday.

As far as the size of the convention, it's naturally bigger than your normal upstarts as it is held in the Atlantic City Convention Center instead of a small community center or the more warehouse-type buildings. However, don't let that intimidate you. In no way is this anywhere near as big as something like New York Comic Con in comparison. This is the perfect size for a starter convention to attend to get a basic idea of how these go, where you have enough time to visit all of the different attractions and attend several panels as well. To give you a basic rundown of some of the things we were able to do, take a look at the sections below.

Cosplayers

It's always fun to see what people are dressed up as at conventions, since they're celebrating the characters we love. As expected, the top choice seemed to be Harley Quinn, and believe me when I say the three below are just a fraction of the ones that were roaming the floor. Costumes ranged from the more serious and darker ones to silly renditions of cartoon characters and even more than one version of Where's Waldo? which is totally cheating and not fair.

Suicide Squad Harley Quinn	"Bitches of Cosplay"

Supergirl	Robin

The Super Mario Bros

The Twins - Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch

Captain America	Deadpool Family

Erza Scarlet Casey Jones	Steven Stone

Garnet	Lex Luthor

Found him!

Stan Lee Museum

A neat little section is what they refer to as "The Stan Lee Museum," which basically houses all sorts of miscellaneous treasures from over the years that involve the man himself and his creations. There are a dozen or so glass cases filled with special drawings, signed memorabilia, and odd trinkets, but what immediately stands out is the collection of Iron Man statues. You pretty much can't be around that area and not notice Iron Monger and the bright glowing lights of the Arc Reactor chestpieces.

Iron Man armor busts	Iron Man Mark V Armor

Different versions of Iron Man armor

Iron Man armor War Machine bust	Marvel Cinematic Universe Props Display Case

Pingo Doce with Guarana Kick	Peter Parker's Diploma	The Orb (Power Stone)

The Garage

If the Marvel movie props aren't necessarily your thing, but you still enjoy checking out some of the iconic pieces of superhero film history, there is also a section dedicated to automobiles dubbed "The Garage." You could get your picture taken alongside The General Lee from Dukes of Hazard, the Ecto-1a from Ghostbusters II, and of course, multiple different Batmobiles!

Tumbler Batmobile from Batman Begins	Batpod from The Dark Knight

The Batmobile from Tim Burton's Batman	The DeLorean from Back to the Future

Panels and Celebrities

We didn't partake in the autograph and photo sessions, but we were able to check out a few names along the way during our rounds.

Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash's secret weapon for finding out what every piece of memorabilia or history is worth—Rob Bruce from Comic Book Men—was a really fun chat and is a very down to Earth, cool guy. Here's hoping we'll be able to get him on one of our podcasts soon!

Head of Fanboys Anonymous Tony Mango (left) and Comic Book Men's Robert Bruce (right)

Fellow resident Fanboy Sam Lascio is also pictured below, chatting it up with the folks responsible for the documentary The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?—writer and director Jon Schnepp (who you may recognize from Metalocalypse and Aqua Teen Hunger Force) and executive producer Robert Pierce. They're also awesome guys in their own right, so don't overlook the tables facing the wall and skip by them!

Definitely a highlight of the day, though, was being able to sit in on Michael Rooker's panel. It was a lighthearted affair filled with tons of jokes. Rooker, of course, was his usual self, prompting the first question of the Q&A session to be: "Are you as big of an asshole as you portray in your movies?"

He filled the audience in on some of the backstage info about filming Mallrats and Guardians of the Galaxy as well as his more troubled background that forged him into the badass that he is, including a story of when he walked down a street and saw everyone locking their car doors, which just made him want to become The Hulk and toss their cars around.

Michael then gave out four special figurines that he would sign and number later on, with the final one going to a little kid dressed up as Yondu, showing that despite his rough exterior, the guy's got a soft spot deep down as well.

Merchandise and Vendors

Speaking for myself and myself alone, when I go to conventions, I don't care as much about what's for sale compared to much of the other stuff. This is a force of habit of just being tight with my money, so I don't get as much of a joy of looking around at what I'm not going to purchase. However, as with any convention, there's plenty of different vendors out there for you to find a multitude of things that you would want in your collection. Whether you're a collector of T-shirts, toys, artwork and specialty-made crafts, or pretty much anything else you can name, you'll be able to find it.

Below is an example of one thing that did stand out to me, though. Superhero Jewelry had a wide assortment of very cool looking rings as well as other things, such as below:

DC Comics ring replicas

Of course, there's much more that we weren't able to participate in, such as the Cosplay Ballroom Party, the After Party, and so forth. However, that was due to time constraints on our part.

If you've got the time, head on over to ACBC for the remaining two days this Saturday and Sunday and geek out with your fellow Fanboys, pick up some swag, buy some merchandise of your favorite characters, and take some pictures with the celebrities that you're fond of. For more information, visit http://www.doacbc.com.