A Compendium Of Cool Comics Cosplay: January 17th

Once again it's time for our Friday comics cosplay feature, casting the spotlight on the best comics related costumery from the cosplay community. As always, we're focusing on those cosplayers who we think deserve special recognition for their hard work creating the best costumes, whatever their budget, and also the work of those photographers who capture them for posterity.

This week we're featuring some awesome cosplay of Black Canary, Thanos, Wonder Girl, Emma Frost, Blue Beetle, Rogue, Shadowcat, The Question, Sif, Catwoman, Thor and Loki!

Gamma Squad is committed to giving a voice to the cosplay community. Each week we aim to spotlight our favorite costumes and we encourage all cosplayers, costumers and photographers to submit pictures of their work to our Flickr group to be considered for inclusion in our regular cosplay features.

Now enjoy this week's selection!

Triple Canary photographed by Paul Cory. Submitted via the Gamma Squad Flickr Group.

Thanos cosplayer at Comikaze Expo 2013. Photo by Jon (av4rice). Source: Flickr

Donna Troy cosplay by Mariedoll. Photography by Mineralblu. Submitted via the Gamma Squad Flickr Group.

Emma Frost cosplayer at MCM London Comic Con 2013. Photo by Dave Pearce. Source: Flickr

Blue Beetle cosplayer at Dragon*Con 2013. Photo by Pat Loika. Submitted via the Gamma Squad Flickr Group.

Rogue and Shadowcat with Lockheed at Comickaze 2013. Photo by Ryan C. Source: Flickr

The Question cosplayer at Dragon*Con 2012. Photographed by TheGeekForge. Submitted via the Gamma Squad Flickr Group.

Lady Sif cosplayer at Comikaze Expo 2013. Photo by Jon (av4rice). Source: Flickr

Catwoman cosplay by Caroline Knight. Photo by V Threepio. Submitted via the Gamma Squad Flickr Group.

Asgardians Gangnam style photographed by Greyloch. Submitted via the Gamma Squad Flickr Group.

Conquer Valhalla with This Loki Fleece Hoodie

Now you can finally wander through public spaces yelling, "Kneel before Loki" and actually look the part with this great Loki Costume Fleece Hoodie. It's available for pre-order, with shipping slated for Q4 of 2013.*

*Awesome mind-control scepter not included. Sorry.

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BPALs DragonCon Cosplay Photos

Earlier today we posted about BPALs upcoming Dark Crystal scents, but it turns out they also took some great cosplay pics from DragonCon and posted them on their Facebook page. See a few of our favorites after the break.

Nerdy Bits: Gollum Fishing at NZ Airport, Loki’s Biggest Fan: Tom Hiddleston, Best Booster Gold Cosplay, and MOAR!

Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we'll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.

Above: Remember ladies, you go Solo this Halloween, take a Wookiee with you. Awesome cosplay courtesy of Loveandasandwich. (Fashionably Geek)

Challenge yourself this Halloween, these Walking Dead pumpkin stencils look impossibly hard, so much so I’m not convinced they aren’t photoshopped. (Reddit)

Dammit! Of course those are the movies people leave behind during a zombie apocalypse. Well done, seemikedraw. (Nerd Approved)

In a completely unsurprising move, the Wellington airport of New Zealand adds this ginormous and ridiculously awesome Gollum installation celebrating their nation’s greatest export. Learn more at First Showing. (TDW)

And the damn cutest and best overall kid costume of this year’s Halloween goes to this kid. That until there’s an even cuter nerd offspring featured tomorrow. See more on Flickr. (Fashionably Geek)

Tom Hiddleston is a bigger fan of Loki than you are. Fact. The proof is in the writing, as Hiddleston recently had his letter published in Kieron Gillen’s final issue of his run on Journey Into Mystery, a comic featuring the exploits of young Loki, the god’s most recent incarnated form.

Dear Kieron:

You and I see Loki the same way. He’s one dark, anarchic, bottomless black hole of rage, hatred, pity and pain. An exiled outcast, a lost and lonely agent of chaos who wouldn’t know what to do with familial forgiveness if it walked up to him in the street and slapped him in the face. I’ve had as much fun playing him as you’ve clearly had writing him. I know your run on Journey Into Mystery has been so hugely popular. What an enormous honour to share Loki’s legacy with you. Here’s to bringing Norse back!

- Tom Hiddleston

Kieron’s response, “Crikey.” (Comics Alliance)

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Aaron Wahl has the single best Booster Gold costume around. Why? Two reasons: Skeets and Billy West. Filmed at NYCC by Lumberjack Films and Bleeding Cool.

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Arkham Rising, an upcoming fan film you should keep an eye out for. It’s been well reviewed by both io9 and ComicBook.com. Check out the trailer.

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