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Phoenix Comicon 2016's Costumes and Cosplayers

By Benjamin Leatherman

Monday, June 6, 2016 at 6:31 a.m.

Benjamin Leatherman One of many Deadpool variants that attended Phoenix Comicon 2016. 1/103

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Sally and Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas. 2/103

Benjamin Leatherman The all-female version of the Scooby gang. 3/103

Benjamin Leatherman Optimus Prime of the Arizona Autobots. 4/103

Benjamin Leatherman Ian Scott (left) and Samantha May as the Fairly Oddparents. 5/103

Benjamin Leatherman Q believes you to be an obtuse piece of flotsam, mortal. 6/103

Benjamin Leatherman Hey, it's Black Widow and Tony Stark ... sorta. 7/103

Benjamin Leatherman Attending Phoenix Comicon 2016 as Bob and Linda Belcher from Bob's Burgers. 8/103

Benjamin Leatherman Smoke, Cyrax, and Sektor from Mortal Kombat 3. 9/103

Benjamin Leatherman Imperial Knights from the Star Wars: Legacy comic-book series. 10/103

Benjamin Leatherman Spaceballs: The Cosplay. 11/103

Benjamin Leatherman Jack? Jack is dead, my friend. You can call him ...The Joker. 12/103

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying a character from the Zelda universe. 13/103

Benjamin Leatherman He's the star-spangled man with the plan. 14/103

Benjamin Leatherman We saw plenty of these two around Phoenix Comicon 2016. 15/103

Benjamin Leatherman Tell us the mighty legend of Footloose, Star-Lord. 16/103

Benjamin Leatherman Shazam and Black Adam from the DC Universe. 17/103

Benjamin Leatherman Having fun at Phoenix Comicon as Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask. 18/103

Benjamin Leatherman Pam Crandall (left) and her husband, Ken Crandall, as Jurassic World's Claire Dearing and Lowery Cruthers, respectively. 19/103

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Celty Sturluson from Durarara!! 20/103

Benjamin Leatherman Aren't they just Smurfy? 21/103

Benjamin Leatherman They want to believe. 22/103

Benjamin Leatherman Dr. Zoidberg and Bender from Futurama hang out at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 23/103

Benjamin Leatherman Game ... blouses. 24/103

Benjamin Leatherman A Spawn cosplayer and a friend at Phoenix Comicon's Masquerade Costume Contest. 25/103

Benjamin Leatherman Toy Story 4: Woody and Buzz go to Comicon. 26/103

Benjamin Leatherman You're creeping us out with that costume. Seriously. 27/103

Benjamin Leatherman Evil clowns are evil. 28/103

Benjamin Leatherman Just a reminder: Shark Week is on the horizon. 29/103

Benjamin Leatherman Dastardly evil-doers of the DC Universe. 30/103

Benjamin Leatherman Space Bob Ross, whose five-year mission is to "paint happy little space trees." 31/103

Benjamin Leatherman Playing Roger Rabbit and Jessica Rabbit at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 32/103

Benjamin Leatherman Totally adorable cosplay at at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 33/103

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers portray Bane, Aquaman, and the Red Son version of Superman at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 34/103

Benjamin Leatherman A trio of friends engaging in some Naruto-inspired cosplay at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 35/103

Benjamin Leatherman You'll have to play Hotline Miami to fully appreciate this cosplay of its main character, Jacket. 36/103

Benjamin Leatherman FYI: The 25th anniversary of The Rocketeer is right around the corner. 37/103

Benjamin Leatherman You wouldn't want to see this particular bunny bouncing your way. 38/103

Benjamin Leatherman Musaab Habib of Gilbert as Carl from the Pixar hit Up. 39/103

Benjamin Leatherman Pink shirt and gravity defying hair? Sounds like Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z to us. 40/103

Benjamin Leatherman Are you satisfied with your care? 41/103

Benjamin Leatherman R2-D2 and C-3PO reimagined as a meet-cute couple. 44/103

Benjamin Leatherman Jazzmin Wilson of Los Angeles as Marvel villain Mysterio. 45/103

Benjamin Leatherman Daredevil and Electra cosplayers at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 46/103

Benjamin Leatherman "Oh no, there goes Tokyo/Go go Godzilla" 47/103

Benjamin Leatherman If this cat had been cast as Ariel, then The Little Mermaid woudl've been a different film altogether. 48/103

Benjamin Leatherman Sirius Black hangs out with Effie Trinket? Whodathunkit! 49/103

Benjamin Leatherman Peace through superior firepower. 50/103

Benjamin Leatherman To be the merc, you've gotta beat the merc. 51/103

Benjamin Leatherman Careful where you unsheathe those swords, y'all. 52/103

Benjamin Leatherman Elegant-looking female cosplay at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 53/103

Benjamin Leatherman Gizmo Rylander Fahlstrom portrays Genos! from Japanese manga series One-Punch Man. 54/103

Benjamin Leatherman Saitama from Japanese manga series One-Punch Man. 55/103

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplay in progress at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 56/103

Benjamin Leatherman Justin Dero as a gender-bent version of Cruella de Vil. 57/103

Benjamin Leatherman Naughty Jesus is naughty. 58/103

Benjamin Leatherman The guardians of Comicon. 59/103

Benjamin Leatherman If you've ever wondered what a gender-bent Black Swan cosplay would look like, here's a photo. 60/103

Benjamin Leatherman Yes, Mandalorians do wear pink. 61/103

Benjamin Leatherman The Mayor of Halloween Town from The Nightmare Before Christmas. 63/103

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers stroll across the stage at Phoenix Comicon's Masquerade Costume Contest. 65/103

Benjamin Leatherman A cosplayer portrays a Mermaid Hunter at Phoenix Comicon's Masquerade. 66/103

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers stroll across the stage at Phoenix Comicon's Masquerade Costume Contest. 67/103

Benjamin Leatherman Go, Speed Racer, go. 68/103

Benjamin Leatherman Whatever you do, don't set off that thing indoors. 69/103

Benjamin Leatherman Mr. Poopybutthole from Rick and Morty. 70/103

Benjamin Leatherman Matt the Radar Technician, who might just be Kylo Ren in disguise. 71/103

Benjamin Leatherman The Invisible Man makes an appearance at Phoenix Comicon's Masquerade Costume Contest. 72/103

Benjamin Leatherman Avondale teenager Joaquin Hildago portrays Gossamer of Looney Tunes fame at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 73/103

Benjamin Leatherman Steam Powered Giraffe cosplayers won the "Best in Show" at the Phoenix Comicon Masquerade. 74/103

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayer Lance Jaze as Captain Jack Sparrow. 75/103

Benjamin Leatherman Beavis and Butt-Head make an appearance at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 76/103

Benjamin Leatherman The Dark Knight Rises cosplay that Phoenix Comicon deserves. 77/103

Benjamin Leatherman Samus Aran from the Metroid franchise touches down at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 78/103

Benjamin Leatherman It's just you and me, punk-rock girl. 79/103

Benjamin Leatherman A pair of Nautolan from the Star Wars universe at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 80/103

Benjamin Leatherman When Sith Lords go punk. 81/103

Benjamin Leatherman A Rocky Balboa cosplayer at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 82/103

Benjamin Leatherman The Tenth Doctor is a man of action. 83/103

Benjamin Leatherman A post-apocalyptic punk at Phoenix Comicon. 84/103

Benjamin Leatherman Try scaring this pigeon away from your porch. 85/103

Benjamin Leatherman Turning Phoenix Comicon into his own personal pool party. 86/103

Benjamin Leatherman A pair of fun furries at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 87/103

Benjamin Leatherman Hobo Thor. No, seriously. 88/103

Benjamin Leatherman The Guardians of the Galaxy, minus Drax and Star-Lord. 89/103

Benjamin Leatherman A haunting-looking cosplayer at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 90/103

Benjamin Leatherman Jean-Paul Valley from the Batman: Knightfall arc. 91/103

Benjamin Leatherman They're all ears. 92/103

Benjamin Leatherman Master Chief from Halo. 93/103

Benjamin Leatherman Deadshot, The Joker, and Harley Quinn. Expect to see a lot of them this summer. 94/103

Benjamin Leatherman A local cosplayer portrays the Green Ranger from the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 95/103

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers outside of the Exhibitor's Hall at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 96/103

Benjamin Leatherman You boys like Mexico? 97/103

Benjamin Leatherman Representing the forces of Cobra with pride. 98/103

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy from SpongeBob SquarePants at Phoenix Comicon 2016. 99/103

Benjamin Leatherman Dr. Okun from Independence Day. 100/103

Benjamin Leatherman An impressive-looking Na'vi costume. 101/103

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying one of The Karate Kid's most famous scenes. 102/103

Benjamin Leatherman Looks like Loki's about to lay waste to the Exhibitor's Hall. 103/103

Phoenix Comicon 2016's Costumes and Cosplayers

Deadpool costumes were in abundance during Phoenix Comicon 2016, as were The Joker and Harley Quinn, Rey and Kylo Ren from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Captain America, and other ultra-popular characters in geekdom. However, those weren’t the only heroes and villains that were cosplayed at the annual event, which took place from June 2 to June 5 at the Phoenix Convention Center — far from it. Here’s a look at some of the many costumes that were worn to this year’s Comicon.

Photos by Benjamin Leatherman