Cosplayers have taken over Comic-Con, with flocks of costumers showing up and showing out at SDCC this year.
After a few days of photographing the cosplaying crowds, Variety has discovered the biggest trends in the costuming world. And while last year the cosplay event included tributes to everything from “Barbie,” to “Everything Everywhere All at Once” to “Cobra Kai,” this year’s event at SDCC is bigger and better than ever.
New to the scene this year were even more Beetlejuice iterations, as the ghost with the most’s sequel, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” is set to open Sept. 6. The film, starring Jenna Ortega, Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton and Monica Bellucci, is directed by Tim Burton.
This year marks the first regular convention for SDCC since the pandemic, after last year saw the SAG-AFTRA strike force nearly every studio to pull their panels from the conventions. The event, running from July 25-28, kicked off its first day with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman crashing Hall H with cameo stars from “Deadpool & Wolverine,” the “What We Do in the Shadows” stars and crew previewing the sixth and final season of the comedy and plenty more.
Cosplayers dressed up as characters from “The Boys” also took the convention by storm, as the fourth season of the show recently wrapped up. SDCC saw a new prequel, “Vought Rising,” starring Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash ordered. The two will reprise their roles as Soldier Boy and Stormfront in the series, which is set in 1950s New York.
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Miss Congeniality
This cosplay is one in a million.
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Fairy Godmother
The Fairy Godmother from “Shrek” is searching Comic-Con for a hero.
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Elphaba
Cosplayer Loga Allison is through with playing by the rules of someone else’s game. Snap.
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Beetlejuice
Cosplayer Rebecca Eusey dressed as Beetlejuice poses during preview night for 2024 Comic-Con International.
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Aquaman
Cosplayer Adam Kyron Murillo dressed as Aquaman.
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Jurassic Park Group Cosplay
Ah ah aaaah… you didn’t say the magic word!
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Just Pizza
A cosplayer dressed as “Just Pizza” thrills at the 2024 SDCC.
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Luigi Mario Kart
The best accessory is NOT the cart, actually, but the little turtle shell.
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Tony the Tiger
No notes.
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2024 Crow
The new Crow cosplay, the look (and movie) we didn’t know we needed!
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Mary Jane and Spider-Man
Two New York icons, Mary Jane and Spider-Man in sunny California.
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Doctor Strange
Making multiverse memories at the San Diego Comic-Con.
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Starlight
“The Boys” superhero Starlight stuns in gold.
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Spider-Man and Tony Stark
Peter Parker and Iron Man, in formal attire.
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Cosplay
This cosplay is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
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Mister Sinister
Mister Sinister from the Spideyverse at Comic-Con 2024.
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Magneto
Magneto reminds consumers to stop consuming one-use plastic and insteadconsider…. metal?
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Just Ken
Barbie cosplayer Johnny McPhung as Ken at the Mattel booth on comic-con preview night.
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Star Trek
This pack of “Star Trek” fans are ready to boldy go… to Hall H!
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Cosplayers
The San Diego Gas Lamp district is absolutely teeming with cosplayers from “that show” and “that other thing” we all definitely read/watched.
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Moon Knight
Moon Knight says, remember me!
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Helldiver
Helldiver stops for pictures.
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Cinderella
Note the Disney princess’ pumpkin purse.
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Monkey D. Luffy f
A cosplayer dressed as Monkey D. Luffy from “One Piece.”