For those of you who downloaded the July 31, 2007 ish-dition of The HotSpot, you may have heard the con can be . . . interesting. I found it entertaining and fun. Judging by the reactions of some game-playing, movie-watching individuals, mileage may vary.

Some people requested more examples of cosplay at Comicon 2007.

Along those lines, Warren Ellis said, during his Comicon panel, "The only way you can be heard, without being threatening, is to be a cartoon reflection of yourself."

You may recognizee him from the Austin Powers movies, but before he was a space rocket, he was the symbol of a dining generation.

A lot of Star Wars cosplay. A lot.

A cosplayer attempts the Freakazoid (cartoon) while The Tick's faithful companion, Arthur, is recreated on the right.

That reminds me of the name Warren Ellis has for his band . . . Fatal Robot Cosplay