Team Miyazaki: Princess Mononoke, Totoro, and Markl from Howl’s Moving Castle!
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover:
It’s that time of year again! Anne and I are at Wizard World Chicago in scenic Rosemont, IL, where we’re so far having a blast even though parts of it resemble hard work and our feet feel battle-damaged after two days of endless walking, standing, lining up, shuffling forward in cattle-call formation, and scurrying toward exciting people and things…
My wife and I took an okay number of photos over the course of our three-day stay and will once again be sharing the most usable over the next several entries. Part One kicks off with clusters of themed costumes, because arbitrary categorization helps me organize my thoughts more clearly. I’m not the kind of guy to upload a hundred unlabeled cosplay photos all at once on the go. I’m all about pacing, parceling, staggering, and serializing our experiences for measured reading and perusing. Hence, chapters. Enjoy!
Team Mystery Inc.: the original Scooby Gang! Fred, Velma, Daphne, and Shaggy are backup for a tiny Scooby-Doo.
Team X-Men: Wolverine, X-23, Storm, and Cyclops.
Team Fillion-Whedon! Captain Reynolds, Captain Hammer, Captain Reynolds.
Team Flintstone!
Team Simpsons! Lyle Lanley from the still-awesome monorail episode, Marge, Duff-Man, and Duff Cheerleader.
Team Marvel Netflix! Iron Fist, Jessica Jones a.k.a. Jewel, and traditional Daredevil.
Team Star Wars versus the might of Robert Townsend’s Meteor Man!
Team Mandatory Harley and Ivy! With special guest season-1 Daredevil! (Advance warning: these were the only Harley and the only Ivy we photographed all weekend. More on that in Part 7.)
Team Mario! Princess Peach, Mario, Wario, Dr. Mario, and Waluigi!
Team DC Heroes! Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Batgirl, and the most adorable Flash cosplayer in world history.
To be continued! Other chapters in this special MCC miniseries:
Prologue: Five Shots from Our Convention Weekend in Progress
Part 2: Marvel Cosplay
Part 3: DC vs. Star Wars Cosplay
Part 4: Last Call for Cosplay
Part 5: Actors We Met
Part 6: Cars and Other Objects
Part 7: Why We Convention
