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Who knows how the initial cry was sent? A Klieg light image of a bat shone on the clouds above Ottawa’s nighttime skyline, perhaps, or a young wizard’s Accio summoning spell.
But by whatever means it was issued, the call was answered in full force on Friday, as the repositories of good and evil were emptied and drawn to the EY Centre for the three-day celebration known as Ottawa Comiccon 2016.
Many arrived with menacing light sabres, masks, capes, vibranium shields, dollar-store phasers and Bracelets of Submission (Ooh… yes, please).
It took Catherine Burt 197 hours and $1,500 to make her Glenda the Good Witch outfit.
Why? Oh, my God! Miles of comic books. Life-size Super Mario dolls (assuming Mario is 20-inches tall in real life). Stunning animal masks. Handcrafted, one-of-a-kind “upcycled” clothing. Polypropylene swords. Starfleet Academy mugs. Canada Post’s Star Trek stamps (all men – why no Lt. Uhura?). “Mystery” boxes promising at least $50 in merchandise for just $30 (or two for $50), each guaranteed to contain a T-shirt. More art than you could shake an airbrush at. Jewellery of all kinds, and pins, magnets, candy, keychains and knapsacks. They had their photos taken sitting in the captain’s chair of the USS Enterprise, wearing a Star Trek shirt and holding Tribbles. They bought Scary Tales 2, the latest CD from Ottawa’s Patron Saint of Plagues, dubbed “Canada’s #1 Horror Rock Band.” Or autographed photos of their favourite actors, such as Gillian Anderson ($60), Nathan “Captain Tightpants” Fillion ($40) and the postmodern granddaddy of geekdom, William Shatner, for $85 (I Shatner you not). For $250, they could walk away with Leonard Nimoy’s John Hancock. “He’s not signing anymore,” it was explained.
Fans good-naturedly endured long lineups to meet the real McCoys of Tinseltown — Lou Ferrigno, Billy Dee Williams, Eliza Dushku, Ming-Na Wen, Tom Payne, Karen Gillan, John Rhys-Davies, John de Lancie and more — and pay $50 or so to get a personalized autograph.
But more than all that, it was the living, breathing brought-to-life characters of comic books, film and television — Ottawa’s cosplayers — walking through the almost endless aisles of artists and vendors, that so animate Comiccon.
The combination of foot surgery and five-inch heels couldn’t keep Cailey Shain from wearing her handmade Polaris outfit to this year’s Comiccon.
The X-Men’s Polaris was there, or at least a reasonable facsimile, almost crippled by the combination of foot surgery in January and five-inch stiletto heels in May. But could that stop Cailey Shain from attending in the costume she spent a month of three-day weekends to make? Hardly. “I doubt my physiotherapist would approve,” she said. “But I love doing this. I love being with people who are like me, who enjoy nerdy culture. I like taking it all in.” She’ll return on Saturday as Magneto and on Sunday in a latex sailor suit.
And that pales alongside the 197 hours and $1,500 Catherine Burt spent making her costume of Glenda the Good Witch. “I got sick two years ago and got really bored,” says the University of Ottawa nursing student, “so I thought, ‘I’ve got four months before Comiccon to learn how to sew and make a costume.’ ”
Nearby, Lord Aloysius Q. Scantlebury and his wife, Lady Sybil Farnaby, arrived from the year 1783. Their steampunk characters exist only in their minds, but Jeff and Michelle Boscoe feel quite at home wearing them. “I’m a very private person,” admits Jeff. “I’m not really into people that much, until I put my outfit on.” His goal when he first did this three years ago was to have one person compliment his costume and ask to take his photo. Last year, more than 1,000 people did. “I really like to see the happiness or the, ‘Wow, I like that!’ on someone’s face, just from something I sat at home in my kitchen and living room and made.”
Comiccon continues Saturday and Sunday. For more information go to www.ottawacomiccon.com
bdeachman@postmedia.com
Lady Sybil Farnaby and Lord Aloysius Q. Scantlebury, a.k.a. Michelle and Jeff Boscoe, at Ottawa Comiccon 2016.
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But by whatever means it was issued, the call was answered in full force on Friday, as the repositories of good and evil were emptied and drawn to the EY Centre for the three-day celebration known as Ottawa Comiccon 2016.
Many arrived with menacing light sabres, masks, capes, vibranium shields, dollar-store phasers and Bracelets of Submission (Ooh… yes, please).
It took Catherine Burt 197 hours and $1,500 to make her Glenda the Good Witch outfit.
Why? Oh, my God! Miles of comic books. Life-size Super Mario dolls (assuming Mario is 20-inches tall in real life). Stunning animal masks. Handcrafted, one-of-a-kind “upcycled” clothing. Polypropylene swords. Starfleet Academy mugs. Canada Post’s Star Trek stamps (all men – why no Lt. Uhura?). “Mystery” boxes promising at least $50 in merchandise for just $30 (or two for $50), each guaranteed to contain a T-shirt. More art than you could shake an airbrush at. Jewellery of all kinds, and pins, magnets, candy, keychains and knapsacks. They had their photos taken sitting in the captain’s chair of the USS Enterprise, wearing a Star Trek shirt and holding Tribbles. They bought Scary Tales 2, the latest CD from Ottawa’s Patron Saint of Plagues, dubbed “Canada’s #1 Horror Rock Band.” Or autographed photos of their favourite actors, such as Gillian Anderson ($60), Nathan “Captain Tightpants” Fillion ($40) and the postmodern granddaddy of geekdom, William Shatner, for $85 (I Shatner you not). For $250, they could walk away with Leonard Nimoy’s John Hancock. “He’s not signing anymore,” it was explained.
Fans good-naturedly endured long lineups to meet the real McCoys of Tinseltown — Lou Ferrigno, Billy Dee Williams, Eliza Dushku, Ming-Na Wen, Tom Payne, Karen Gillan, John Rhys-Davies, John de Lancie and more — and pay $50 or so to get a personalized autograph.
But more than all that, it was the living, breathing brought-to-life characters of comic books, film and television — Ottawa’s cosplayers — walking through the almost endless aisles of artists and vendors, that so animate Comiccon.
The combination of foot surgery and five-inch heels couldn’t keep Cailey Shain from wearing her handmade Polaris outfit to this year’s Comiccon.
The X-Men’s Polaris was there, or at least a reasonable facsimile, almost crippled by the combination of foot surgery in January and five-inch stiletto heels in May. But could that stop Cailey Shain from attending in the costume she spent a month of three-day weekends to make? Hardly. “I doubt my physiotherapist would approve,” she said. “But I love doing this. I love being with people who are like me, who enjoy nerdy culture. I like taking it all in.” She’ll return on Saturday as Magneto and on Sunday in a latex sailor suit.
And that pales alongside the 197 hours and $1,500 Catherine Burt spent making her costume of Glenda the Good Witch. “I got sick two years ago and got really bored,” says the University of Ottawa nursing student, “so I thought, ‘I’ve got four months before Comiccon to learn how to sew and make a costume.’ ”
Nearby, Lord Aloysius Q. Scantlebury and his wife, Lady Sybil Farnaby, arrived from the year 1783. Their steampunk characters exist only in their minds, but Jeff and Michelle Boscoe feel quite at home wearing them. “I’m a very private person,” admits Jeff. “I’m not really into people that much, until I put my outfit on.” His goal when he first did this three years ago was to have one person compliment his costume and ask to take his photo. Last year, more than 1,000 people did. “I really like to see the happiness or the, ‘Wow, I like that!’ on someone’s face, just from something I sat at home in my kitchen and living room and made.”
Comiccon continues Saturday and Sunday. For more information go to www.ottawacomiccon.com
bdeachman@postmedia.com
Lady Sybil Farnaby and Lord Aloysius Q. Scantlebury, a.k.a. Michelle and Jeff Boscoe, at Ottawa Comiccon 2016.
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