Oz Comic Con 2017

Oz Comic Con was this past weekend. It was my second time attending, and once again was helping at the Tentacle Spine table, and only went with my camera on the Sunday.

I didn't get to see much of the convention, it was so packed on the Saturday that I was just going between the table and getting air in the hall. Sunday I got to glance around a bit more, but mostly stuck to the artist alley and checked out some new artists that I loved including The Cuteness Bakery, and Colour to the Bone.

I managed to take a couple of con-floor photos on Sunday, it was really enjoyable to see so many people having fun with their costumes, especially those in groups of friends. I did do some small shoots, but they won't be posted for a little while.

Onto the photos!
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Lady Gaga: Kirie Cosplay
I loved this cosplay! I stayed up until 3 in the morning to purchase Gaga's Monster High doll, so it was fantastic to see her in the flesh. She also had a great idea for the bubblegum.

Parasitic Hosts

During Oz Comic Con I shot with these fab peeps twice; their Free! cosplays, and their Parasyte cosplays.
I love Parasyte, it is one of the best animes out there, for story, character progression, and art style, so I was thrilled to photograph some cosplays from it.

Shinichi Izumi: BeccNii Cosplay
Reiko Tamura: RachLou Cosplay
Gotou: Osplay
Satomi Murano: Red Reaper Cosplay

Bettlejuice, Beetlejuice, Bee-

Continuing shoots from Oz Comic Con, I shot with Kay from Y2K cosplay.
I hadn't shot with Kay for a long time, so it was great catching up again.

Lydia Deetz: Kay of Y2K Cosplay
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Black Moon Light

I shot with the duo from Kibbleking cosplay during Oz Comic Con.
They're such a gorgeous couple and have amazing chemistry together. And once again Morgan was too tall, so several times I was on my tiptoes to photograph him.

Esmeraude: Kibbleking Cosplay
Rubeus: Morgan of Kibbleking
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For the Team

It's time I uploaded the shoots I did back during Oz Comic-Con.

First up is a Free! group. It was lovely working with these guys again, they're always make shoots a lot of fun.

Momotarou Mikoshiba: RachLou Cosplay
Aiichiro Nitori: BeccNii Cosplay
Rin Matsuoka: Osplay
Sosuke Yamazaki: Red Reaper Cosplay

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Oz Comic Con 2016

Last weekend as Melbourne's Oz Comic Con! It was my first Comic Con ever and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised.
Over the years I have heard how terribly run the Comic Cons have been, with last year people finally pointing out some improvements. I didn't get to see much of the convention, as I was helping out at Tentacle Spine's stall, but when I did get a chance to wander it was well set out, with the space clearly being divided into Artist ally, bigger stores, and then signing area. A nice touch was that the entry lead straight into the artist ally; promoting local artists over the stores.

An annoyance was that the convention was right down at door 10 in the exhibition center, but with at least 2 other conventions on at the same time someone had to be in the back. Though to try to help make it easier OzCC divided the hallway into two so that those who still needed tickets took up one side whilst those who already had tickets could come and go. Whilst this attempt was appreciated, they divided it so those waiting were on the right hand side, meaning when people left they had to cut across the queue coming in. Australians naturally go to the left so this was disruptive. And it wasn't until Sunday afternoon that they began to widen the 'already have passes' section, so the rest of the weekend that area was cramped as less people needed tickets.

It was so busy too. But not just the regular crowd, older generations and families were attending, which was really great to see. This convention gives me the feeling that if it was run really well Australia could start having a convention the size of America's Comic Cons. They used Pax's tape on the floor of for queues (I am so thankful for this trend), the panels areas (whilst I didn't get to see any) were obvious and stood out, usually they are just little boxed in spaces that I don't realize are for panels until the end of the weekend. The cosplay area was a nice spot, and the addition of back drops let people have better shots without the crowds in the background. And the artist tables had a lot of space behind them, which for Tentacle spine with five people, and one getting into Immortan Joe, was amazing.

Overall I did enjoy this convention. I didn't get to see much of it, so I don't know if that would have changed my mind, but from what I saw it was pretty well run and organized, and I think it will be a convention that I start attending now.

But enough about the convention it is time for Photos!
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Harley Quinn: Katie of JoKa Photography
Poison Ivy: Salsa Rose Cosplay