Geeking Out at LIBCON West 2019 in Glendale

By Benjamin Leatherman

Monday, December 9, 2019 at 1:56 p.m.

Benjamin Leatherman Local geeks came to downtown Glendale for LIBCON West 2019. 1/40

Benjamin Leatherman Santapool is coming to town. 2/40

Benjamin Leatherman Logan lives. 3/40

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers portraying Thor and Loki. 4/40

Benjamin Leatherman Captain Marvel. 5/40

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers as Supergirl and Batgirl. 6/40

Benjamin Leatherman Deadpool is feeling a little festive. 7/40

Benjamin Leatherman Nemesis from Resident Evil 3. 8/40

Benjamin Leatherman A group of Harry Potter cosplayers at LIBCON West 2019. 9/40

Benjamin Leatherman They came as the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man (left) and Jubilee from X-Men. 10/40

Benjamin Leatherman She came as Falco, the Australian-born musician behind the song "Rock Me Amadeus." 11/40

Benjamin Leatherman Dinosaur-inspired artwork by Alex Grey. 12/40

Benjamin Leatherman Cue up "Duel of the Fates." 13/40

Benjamin Leatherman That's adorable. 14/40

Benjamin Leatherman A Mega Man in training. 15/40

Benjamin Leatherman Attendees of LIBCON West. 16/40

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Thor from Avengers: Endgame. 17/40

Benjamin Leatherman Two Twi'lek cosplayers outside of Velma Teague Library. 18/40

Benjamin Leatherman Local fantasy author John Paul Ried sold copies of his books at the event. 19/40

Benjamin Leatherman Handmade geek dolls being sold by one vendor. 20/40

Benjamin Leatherman Anime-style artwork created by Amber Blossom. 21/40

Benjamin Leatherman A zombie dog at the Umbrella Corporation Arizona Hive's table. 22/40

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplay star AmberSkies as holiday version of Belle from Beauty and the Beast. 23/40

Benjamin Leatherman Ava Hailey (left) of Glendale came as Harley Quinn, while her father Martin Hailey (right) was Batman. 24/40

Benjamin Leatherman He's a practitioner of the dark side. 25/40

Benjamin Leatherman He's definitely evil. 26/40

Benjamin Leatherman Participants of the lightsaber walk at LIBCON West. 27/40

Benjamin Leatherman The gaming area at LIBCON West. 28/40

Benjamin Leatherman Local Nintendo cover band Minibosses perform a lounge set. 29/40

Benjamin Leatherman Even Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat gets into the holiday spirit. 30/40

Benjamin Leatherman The members of the Driftwood Quintet and Dratini on the Rocks teamed up to perform geek-oriented tunes. 31/40

Benjamin Leatherman Buttons for local geek social group Blue Ribbon Army. 32/40

Benjamin Leatherman Members of the Phoenix Ghostbusters. 33/40

Benjamin Leatherman Da-da-da-da-dum (snap snap). 34/40

Benjamin Leatherman Sirius Black from Harry Potter never looked better. 35/40

Benjamin Leatherman Participants of the Lightsaber Walk take a stroll through downtown Glendale. 36/40

Benjamin Leatherman Ken Brown, owner of Drawn to Comics in Glendale, checks out the pages of one of his titles. 37/40

Benjamin Leatherman Members of the Umbrella Corporation Arizona Hive. 38/40

Benjamin Leatherman All sorts of geeky items were for sale at LIBCON West 2019. 39/40

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplay inspired by Black Clover and My Hero Academia. 40/40

Geeking Out at LIBCON West 2019 in Glendale

Cloudy skies didn't keep local geeks from turning out at Velma Teague Library in downtown Glendale on Saturday, December 7, for LIBCON West 2019. The afternoon-long event featured plenty of nerdy happenings, ranging from cosplayers and vendors to gaming and panels. There was also a Lightsaber Walk by Star Wars fans and performances by geek-oriented bands like Nintendo cover act Minibosses.

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