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C2E2 Photos 2013, Part 6 of 6: Robots, Games, Misfits and Honorable Mentions
The miniseries finale! The show-stopping conclusion! Our final batch of C2E2 2013 photos! Not including pics we took at panels, which I’m saving for separate entries! Otherwise it means we might...
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Indianapolis Wins at Free Comic Book Day 2013
My wife and I are pleased to report that Free Comic Book Day 2013 was certainly a success at Downtown Comics on Indianapolis’ northside location. Not only were the costumed heroes out in full force as...
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Indy 500 Festival Parade 2013 Photos, Part 3 of 5: Star Wars! and Other...
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: The next five entries (to be posted over Memorial Day Weekend as quickly as time and endurance permit) represent a fraction of the pics my wife and I snapped. In...
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Wizard World Chicago 2013 Photos, Part 1 of 3: Costumes Not from Marvel, DC,...
This past Saturday my wife and I spent quality time together once again at this year’s Wizard World Chicago. Due to multiple complications we had to settle for one-day admission, but we did our best to...
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Wizard World Chicago 2013 Photos, Part 2 of 3: the Marvel/DC/Star Wars...
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover, we began sharing cosplay pics from Wizard World Chicago 2013, albeit limited to subjects we ran across on Saturday, August 10th, because current family events...
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GenCon 2013 Photos, Part 1 of 6: Costume Contest Winners
This weekend our starstruck hometown of Indianapolis hosted the 46th edition of GenCon, one of America’s oldest and largest gaming conventions. Be it RPGs, tabletop games, TCGs, dice games, family...
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GenCon 2013 Photos, Part 2 of 6: More from the Costume Contest (Game Characters)
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: we commenced with the first installment of our photo collection from this year’s GenCon Indy. For parts Two and Three we’ll continue spotlighting the annual...
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GenCon 2013 Photos, Part 3 of 6: Still More Costume Contest (Last Call)
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: GENCON GENCON GENCON GENCON GENCON. My wife and I average four conventions a year, and GenCon consistently has the broadest, most impressive assortment of...
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GenCon 2013 Photos, Part 4 of 6: Free-Roaming Costumes (Super-Heroes and...
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: our weekend-long GenCon 2013 photo marathon! On a normal weekend, posting at this pace would destroy my nervous system and upset my family, but I’d rather share...
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GenCon 2013 Photos, Part 5 of 6: More Free-Roaming Costumes
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: GenCon costumes! In our last astonishing chapters: * Part One: this year’s Costume Contest winners. * Part Two: more Costume Contest entrants. * Part Three:...
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Back When I Wore Halloween Costumes
Fortunately for our uncommon family, J. K. Rowling created characters for every imaginable somatotype.For one and only one glorious Halloween in 2003, our family decided to dress up in a unified theme....
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Halloween Stats 2013: Citywide Raincheck Crushes Holiday Spirit
My two perennial centerpieces, the disturbing duo of Plastic Faceless Reaper and the Bewildering Spider-Skull . And MCC readers who look closely will recognize a character from a previous entry! First...
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Starbase Indy Photos 2013, Part 1 of 2: Costumes and Props
On this weekend in 1988, the inaugural Starbase Indy introduced Indianapolis to the amazing world of Star Trek conventions. Though it later expanded its purview to include other sci-fi TV shows, and...
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Indiana Comic Con 2014 Photos: Costumes, Artists, and Other Sights Seen...
Indianapolis hosted Star Wars Celebrations II and III in 2002 and 2005, which each attracted over 20,000 fans. Every year since 2003 we’ve hosted Gen Con, which keeps climbing in attendance and turned...
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Indianapolis Wins at Free Comic Book Day 2014
Happy Free Comic Book Day! The thirteenth annual celebration of graphic storytelling narratives and/or floppy funnybooks was a rousing success, judging by the sights my wife and I saw at the three...
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Indy PopCon 2014 Photos, Part 1: the Costume Contest Winners
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: This weekend the inaugural Indy PopCon will paint our fair downtown red with a healthy mix of comics, gaming, actors, LARPing, and various other manifestations...
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Indy PopCon 2014 Photos #2: the Big-Budget Blockbuster Costumes
The marathon continues! As promised in our first installment, please enjoy more photos from the first annual Indy PopCon convention. Same guidelines apply: we’re fans, not pros; corrections and...
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Indy PopCon 2014 Photos #3: Costumes from Comics
The marathon continues! As promised in our first installment, please enjoy more photos from the first annual Indy PopCon convention. Same guidelines apply: we’re fans, not pros; corrections and...
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Indy PopCon 2014 Photos #4: the Costumes of the Doctor
The marathon continues! As promised in our first installment, please enjoy more photos from the first annual Indy PopCon convention. Same guidelines apply: we’re fans, not pros; corrections and...
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Indy PopCon 2014 Photos #5: Gaming and Anime Costumes!
The marathon continues! As promised in our first installment, please enjoy more photos from the first annual Indy PopCon convention. Same guidelines apply: we’re fans, not pros; corrections and...
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