My MoCCA photo diary

Brigid Alverson will have her own MoCCA report up soon, no doubt, but I thought Id share my own reminiscences of last weekends show, via some pics I took while wandering around the aisles.

One of the themes of this year seemed to be showmanship. There were a lot of people in elaborate costumes, from the Boba Fett accordion player at the entrance to the guy in zombie makeup (of course) to the nattily dressed fellow above. Theres always been a few folks attempting to draw a crowd by putting on a funny hat or two, but never to the extent I saw this year. There was even a guy selling Houdini comics who every so often would attempt to escape from a straightjacket.

That degree of gimmickry gave the show more of... [via Comic Book Resources]