Marvelites! I've returned with all your 2013 Cosplay & Costuming news.

A month or so ago, I swung up to the Norman Rockwell Museum for the special opening of the Alex Ross exhibit, Heroes & Villians: The Comic Book Art of Alex Ross. The show was a stunning presentation of Ross's work from childhood to recent pieces, including Marvels from 1994.

Along with a few friends, we showed up in costumes, and had the chance to meet the man of the hour, Alex Ross.

The show is up till February 24, so make sure you take your friends and family to see this once in a lifetime exhibit.

For more information, check out nrm.org/alexross/

The Museum has prepared a trailer of the event that you can watch here, plus a special video from the exhibition opening, available here!

A huge thanks to the museum for the experience!

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Stay tuned for more cosplay & costuming!

~Judy

Photos by Judy Stephens, and courtesy Norman Rockwell Museum. All rights reserved.

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New York Comic Con is quickly approaching! We here at Marvel.com are gearing up for a smashing convention, with a schedule packed full of events. Plus, of course, we have two of our annual cosplay & costuming events at the booth.

Stop by the Marvel booth (#1838) for these two great events:

Marvel Costoberfest Photo Op
Friday, Oct 12th at 3:30pm
-Stop by the Marvel booth in a Marvel costume, have your photo taken on the booth stage and appear on Marvel.com in honor of Marvel's 2nd Annual Costoberfest!

Marvel NYCC Costume Contest
Saturday, Oct 13th at 1:00pm
-Marvel costumers of all ages are welcome to enter the Costume Contest for spectacular prizes!

All contestants and costumers will be asked to sign a model release to appear on marvel.com.

If you're a Marvel cosplayer/costumer and attending Comic Con, send me a message and I'd love to grab some shots of you in your costume!

 
 

For more news & events, check out Marvel's NYCC Hub, marvel.com/nycc2012

Plus make sure to check out all the Costoberfest special guests on Marvel LIVE throughout the weekend!

For more Marvel NYCC Event and News, follow
@Marvel on Twitter
@AgentM on Twitter
@OMG_Dj_Judy on Twitter
@BenJMorse on Twitter

See you all this weekend!

~Judy

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Cosplayers & costumers, we here at Marvel.com are always super appreciative and constantly in awe of your costumes, time and time again. Our first annual Costoberfest was an immense hit, so in honor of the time and effort you’ve put toward the Marvel fandom as well as the costuming & cosplay community, we will celebrate you throughout the month of October. For 31 days, we will highlight cosplayers & costumers through profiles, news articles, events and more! Plus you all get your chance to participate; here’s how!

Every day, starting October 1, we will pick a cosplayer or costumer to profile on Marvel’s Facebook and Twitter. If you’re interested in possibly being spotlighted, send in the photographs* of yourself to: cosplay@marvel.com

Feel free to submit as an individual or group, but remember only Marvel cosplay & costumes will be accepted. Marvel’s use of all photos are governed by the Marvel.com Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Besides profiles, I’ll post articles on my blog--marvel.com/cosplay—how cosplay has grown; some spotlights on community members; galleries from photographers from around the world; events you can attend; and a basic FAQ.

Plus, all throughout the week of New York Comic Con, we’ll have tons more cool things for you!

So remember to stop by Marvel.com, plus Marvel’s Facebook and Twitter every day for the month of October to celebrate in everything cosplay & costuming!

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To see our Costoberfest 2011 coverage, check out the below links:

Costoberfest 2011: The Recap
Costoberfest: The Who and How of Cosplay (With a Little Where in There)
Costoberfest: The What & Why of Cosplay

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Looking forward to all the amazing submissions!

~Judy

*We will need approval by both the cosplayer & photographer of each photo.

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I'm back from Dragon*Con and it was amazing on so many levels, especially with the Marvel Universe Gathering having over 300 costumers AND a wedding! Every year, Dragon*con is a good way to end a summer with stellar costumes, good friends and an overwhelming love for everything Marvel.

For this year's recap, I'm going to go backward as Sunday's Marvel Universe gathering was the biggest of all time, plus had one of the most talked about events of the weekend: the wedding between Northstar & Kyle.

On to the recap!

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Sunday, as usual, was the BIG DAY, with the Marvel Universe Gathering AND the wedding of the year. Brian Parsley and his longtime partner George Lewis recreated the cover of Astonishing X-Men #51, where Northstar gets married to his partner Kyle.

You can watch a video of the wedding here.

 

Saturday continued the insanity with the Spider-Man Universe gathering, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of our wall-climbing friend! Plus, later that day was the Marvel Cinematic Universe Avengers group.

  

Friday started the action with the Avengers Assemble gathering, where Stan Lee made a surprise entrance!

 

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Besides all the large and amazing gatherings, there were Marvel costumes to be seen and heard throughout the entire weekend. Here's even more photos for your enjoyment!

 

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PLUS. I debuted my Captain Marvel Cosplay at Dragon*con to some excitement!

And for all Marvel Cosplay & Costuming photos from Dragon*con, swing over to our Marvel.com Gallery!

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I want to send a huge thank you to Allen and the entire crew from the SuperHeroCostumingForum, who are the brains and muscles for the gatherins, but also always help me with the model releases. Plus a thank you to every costumer and cosplayer who wore a Marvel costumer and took a moment to stop at a gathering. I'm still in awe of the care and love you all put into your costumes! Please keep them coming!

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As October is quickly approaching, stay tuned to my blog this week for news on Marvel's 2nd Annual Octoberfest!

~Judy

Photos by Judy Stephens, Joseph Chi Lin, IndieNate, Bryan Humphrey, Elysiam, Grace Adams-Moss, Pat Cave,

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This weekend is the annual, ever-amazing Dragon*Con. Held in Atlanta over the 4-day Labor Day weekend, Dragon*con is a celebration of popular culture focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film! This will be my fourth year in attendance, and just like the past three years, I've got a packed schedule of Cosplay & Costuming gatherings throughout the weekend.

If you'll be in attendance, jot the below Marvel Costuming gathering times and locations down!

Friday, Aug 31
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.: Genderbender Avengers at the Hilton Steps
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Avengers Assemble at the Hilton Steps

Saturday, Sept 1
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.: Dragon*Con Parade
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.: Spider-Man Universe at the Hilton Steps
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.: Avengers Movie Universe Costume Gathering at the Hilton Steps
6:15 - 7:15 p.m.: Captain America USO Gathering at the Hilton Steps

Sunday, Sept 2
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.: Marvel Universe Gathering at the Hilton Back Steps

For more information on these shoots, check out the thesuperherocostumingforum.com

Plus, this year I'll be cosplaying too! Look for my Carol Danvers Captain Marvel costume!

Just in case you can't make it this year, stay tuned to my blog for my convention report including tons of images! Plus, follow me on Twitter @Omg_Dj_Judy, for daily updates & photos!

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July & August were big months with convention season in full swing! With, of course, San Diego Comic-Con being the big event, we saw so many amazing costumes, plus Otakon in Baltimore, and EVEN MORE photos from HeroesCon (Shhh, I know it was in June!) and cosplay photos sent into my blog! Not to mention a gathering of Cosplayers for the filming of this season's finale for Cake Boss on TLC!

 

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This past weekend, with the help of Midtown Comics, we gathered a group of cosplayers on a rooftop in Midtown New York to celebrate Spider-Man's 50th Anniversary with TLC's Cake Boss.

 

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Plus, Jay Tablante has sent along some new AMAZING photos!

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Also, make sure to swing over to Marvel's Facebook page the bi-weekly Avengers Vs. X-Men Cosplay Heroes Challenge! Every other week we feature a battle between two AvX Cosplayers. This week's battle is between Spider-Woman and Phoenix Five Magik!

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If you have cosplay or costuming photos of yourself, friends or convention coverage, please email them my way to cosplay@marvel.com!

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I'm off to Dragon*Con! See you all there!

~Judy

Photos by Ron Gejon for Midtown Comics, Nicole Ciaramella, Jay Tablante, Patrick Sun and Judy Stephens.

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