From Equicon/Filmcon I via The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society.
Archive for the 'Cosplay' Category
Doctor Strange Cosplay, 1973
Published September 4, 2015 Conventions (Cons)/Trade Shows , Cosplay , Make Mine Marvel 3 CommentsBattlestar Galactica Cosplay, 1984
Published September 4, 2015 Battlestar Galactica , Conventions (Cons)/Trade Shows , Cosplay 5 Comments
Man-Wolf Cosplay, 1979
Published September 3, 2015 Conventions (Cons)/Trade Shows , Cosplay , Make Mine Marvel Leave a Comment
The first shot is another winner from lfics’ Flickr. The event is Galacticon II, 1979. Second photo is from Supercon 10, same year, via The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society. The costume is based on the character as seen in Marvel Premiere #45, with cover (below) and interior art by the great George Perez. The cosplayer—obviously not a term anyone used at the time—is unknown.
Bill Blake and Paula Crist Promoting Logan’s Run, 1976
Published September 3, 2015 Conventions (Cons)/Trade Shows , Cosplay , Logan's Run , Star Trek 5 Comments
That’s Paula Crist on the left. Crist toured as Zira in a Planet of the Apes show in the early ’70s and later became a stuntwoman, appearing in Battle of the Planet of the Apes and Logan’s Run, among others. She’s also closely associated with early Star Trek and sci-fi fandom, impressing Gene Roddenberry so much that he gave her a spot as a crew member in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The event above is a convention called the American Quincentennial Celebration held at Grossmont College in San Diego County. See more at Flickr.
UPDATE (9/22/15): The young man on the right is William “Bill” Blake, who played Cornelius in “Meet Zira & Cornelius,” the “promotional roadshow,” as he calls it, mentioned above. Blake is a makeup artist (mentored by John Chambers, who won an Oscar for his makeup work on the original Planet of the Apes film), actor, and special effects technician. More background on Blake and his career can be found here.
Crist and Blake are actually doing professional promotion for Logan’s Run and thus “cosplay” is not exactly an accurate description. The title of this post has been revised accordingly.
The Black Hole Los Angeles Premiere Party (1979)
Published May 19, 2014 Black Hole, The , Cosplay , Disney , Disney Movies 1 Comment
More good stuff from byyourcommand.net: Disney employees dressed up in The Black Hole sentry and humanoid costumes for the premiere gala at the Century Plaza Hotel, now the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel, in Los Angeles. See more photos at the link.
Special thanks to Stingray for the heads up.
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