And the "Galactus is nigh" sign was wonderful.

Yeah. That was great. I forget which Con it was for, but there's a great shot in another one of them where he's bending a poster and a guy dressed as Amon is pointing and shaking his head at him.

I have to say, watching cosplay just makes me happy. There's so much love in it.

I forget which Con it was for, but there's a great shot in another one of them where he's bending a poster and a guy dressed as Amon is pointing and shaking his head at him.

I saw a GIF of that! It was beautiful.

Vulture.com has an article up about potential fallout from the shooting, and some theatres are saying: no costumes that make patrons uncomfortable, no face-obscuring masks, no fake weapons.

And, of course, commenters. One said "it is nothing but a distraction." Honey, if you can't keep eyes forwards during the film, it's the film's fault or your own unless you've got someone cosplaying with a Madagascar wig sitting in front of you.

Okay, I'll give you the Tron guy, with the power on.

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Hi. I come asking advice of a comic nature.

My BFF's 15 yo daughter Em (who is pretty mature in her reading matter, although not as mature as she thinks she is) wants to start reading comic books. BFF called me, because she doesn't read them. Em is not interested in superhero comics except for Ghost Rider and Elektra. I suspect this is based on having seen the movies. She wants to read the Constantine books, again based on having seen the movie. (I warned her and her mom that the books were darker than the movie. Em scoffed and said how much darker can it get? I made her mom promise to read them first, which she agreed to happily when I told her Constantine is actually British.) Overall we think limited run stories are best for now. I've suggest Sandman, Fray, Watchmen, and Kabuki. Any other ideas?

The Crow was originally a 4-issue run, wasn't it? That's also on the list. As is League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

I think they're both gonna be surprised at the difference between comics and the moivies made from them.

Overall we think limited run stories are best for now. I've suggest Sandman, Fray, Watchmen, and Kabuki. Any other ideas?

Excellent choices! Also, I'm surprised anyone else has heard of Kabuki.

What kinds of stories does she like? I mean, I've got tons and tons of recommendations. My go-to recommendation is Y: The Last Man (it's actually Chew now, but that's still ongoing). But I'd also recommend miniseries like Daytripper and I Kill Giants for something different.

Digger! I don't read a lot of comics/graphic novels, but I loved Digger. Funny and moving and great art.

The Crow was originally a 4-issue run, wasn't it? That's also on the list.

I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I'd be a little wary of handing that to a 15 year old. Her mom should probably read it first.

The original comic of Stardust?

Jilli, I haven't read The Crow, so thanks for that - I'll warn her mom. She seems very confident that Em can handle the mature stuff, but she's never read comics; I'm not confident that we're using the same definition of "mature" here.

Em does not like Stardust. Probably because her mom loves it.

What kinds of stories does she like?

She likes supernatural and horror. As far as I know, she's never read anything darker than the Twilight series. Granted, Twilight got pretty twisted.