Wednesday, March 22, 2023

WONDERCON 2023 IS HERE!!! BUT FIRST, WONDERCON 2019!!!

 

WELCOME TO WONDERCON WEEK CRAZIES!!!  Can't believe how quickly this week has come!  My room is booked, bags are packed and the truck's gassed up and running!  Yes sir, we are all ready to head up north and get the SoCal Con Season underway!  Of course, the show doesn't start for another two days, so how about we keep ourselves entertained with a look back at a WonderCon from more recent memory?  Doc Brown's time machine is set to 2019 and the speedometer's about to hit 88MPH!!!  Hold on to your Batman underoos kids, because the past is coming at us fast!  Enjoy...

Whatever happened to Doug Funny and Patty Mayonnaise?  They grew up, got hitched and now tour the comic con circuit signing autographs!

Cleverly topical humor for sure!

Newt Scamander is always on the lookout for new creatures big and small!

Always down for some classic Disney cosplay!  The Huntsman's costume is especially well done!

Don't let its awesomeness fool you.  The Powerglove totally sucked!

Beetlejuice and Lydia catch a breather at the Fountain Concourse!

The Agents of SHIELD were there keeping all of the various attendees in check!

Half of the Sinister Six showed up, but their infighting kept them from causing any real damage!

The Dragon Megazord, which in recent months has taken on a new kind of nostalgia.

These three are such great friends... Until dress colors come into play!

The REAL Batmobile as far as I'm concerned!

Bring It On isn't the first movie that comes to mind when one thinks of cosplay, but I do enjoy it when people think outside of the box!

Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, may I take your order?  This cosplayer's been showing up a lot to SoCal cons in recent years and I'm so glad he does.  Everywhere he goes, he brings the party with him!

Ms. Frizzle was there and ready to lead a new class of minors on some surprisingly dangerous field trips when you really think about it for a bit!

Just wouldn't be WonderCon without Mary and Bert!

Captain Planetpool!

The Blue Barracudas are always ready for the Hidden Temple!

FEED MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

And finally, the family that 'Pools together stays together!

And that was WonderCon 2019!  Bit of an off year for me, not because the show was bad.  Far from it actually.  The troubles of home I was having at the time followed me up there, making it really hard to relax and enjoy myself.  Still, it was a great year for cosplay and long box diving, and the impromptu dance parties that kept breaking out at the Fountain Concourse were so much fun!  If I were 15 years younger and braver, I'd totally join in on some of those!

That's all for this week folks, but fear not!  Even though WonderCon starts on Friday, the countdown still continues as I post these in advance, so there's a little more fun to be had in the coming weeks!  If you're going to Anaheim this weekend, please be courteous and respectful to others.  We're all adults here for the most part and need to act like it.  If we all follow the rules and just plain be kind to one another, there's no reason we can't all have a good time.  I'll be doing my best to update everybody on Twitter as the weekend progresses, but my phone service has long had a spotty record in that building, so here's hoping! Until next time, take care, stay safe and I'll see you all at WonderCon!

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