Fun at WonderCon 2023

March 27, 2023 by Henry Herz Leave a comment

I attended WonderCon 2023 in Anaheim, CA. Was on a couple of panels and saw tons of fantastic cosplay. Enjoy!

Some of the doomed Space Marines from Aliens

My Speculative Fiction in Alternate History panel. From L to R: Lissa Price, me, Stacia Deutsch, Scott Sigler

The panel audience

Scott Sigler reads a snippet from his story.

Aquaman and Wonder Woman

Ahsoka Tano and Darth Maul: Theirs was a forbidden love.

Aang, Katara, and Aapa the flying bison from Avatar: The Last Airbender. “Yip, yip!”

Avengers: Hawkeye, Iron Man, Thor

Futrama’s Bender (on a bender)

The brest, I mean best Catwoman cosplay there.

Chainsaw Man. The convention staff actually bothered to safety tag his chainsaw blades.

Chewbacca

Cinderella

A reliable and helpful cosplay repair man.

Cousin It from The Addams Family

“In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.”

Dancing Stormtrooper with real boombox music

With David Gerrold, the man who wrote the tribbles episode of Star Trek, among many other things.

Doc Oc from Spiderman

Edna Mode from The Incredibles was VERY busy telling all the superheroes, “No capes!”

Elves from a video game.

Final Fantasy cosplay. Speak softly and carry a big sword.

A huge Master Sergeant from Halo.

Poison Ivy and four Harley Quinns.

My KidLit author panel with, L to R: Tara Gilboy, Reggie Brown, me, Dee Leone.

You might think this is just a cute kid in costume. But it is also the most horrific costume at WonderCon. Why? This junior canine astronaut’s spacesuit has red stars, making her a cosmonaut. The Soviets launched a mutt Laika on a one-way journey into space at the early stages of their space program. That’s cold.