Greetings and Salutations friends and fellow travelers!
On Saturday, June 17th, my travels once again took me north to Charlotte, North Carolina for the 2017 Heroes Convention at the Charlotte Convention Center.
Heroes Con attracts tens of thousands of comic, movie, and animation fans from across the Carolinas to the Charlotte Convention Center every summer. This was my third visit in a row since 2015. My other two visits to Heroes Con can be seen in previous blog posts HERE and HERE.
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I-77 north took me right into Charlotte, North Carolina.
The high rises of the city can be seen in the distance. |
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| Welcome to the Queen City, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. |
After braving Charlotte traffic (literally!) and finding a parking garage a block away from the convention center, I arrived a little after 11:30 AM just after the long lines into the building had finally disappeared and the people waiting in them -- many cosplaying in hot costumes -- had been waiting for as long as an hour. For once I made it inside to the convention itself in less than a few minutes.
The following are the photos that I took of the event, as well as some of the best cosplayers there that were among my favorites.
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| Heroes Con 2017 at the Charlotte Convention Center. |
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| Helloooooo Heroes Con 2017! |
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| Classic Marvel characters Hawkeye and Black Cat. |
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Oh ti-di!
Those are some tall Jawas! |
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| Batman cosplayer looking awesome. |
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Fantastic Princess Jasmine from
Disney's Aladdin. |
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| Poison Ivy from DC Comic's Batman series. |
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| Yeah those guys creeped me out! |
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| Female Jedi Padawans. |
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| A deadly Sith assassin Star Wars cosplayer. |
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| Cosplayers gathered for group photos. |
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One of my favorite cosplayers at Heroes
Con 2017 -- Neil Gaiman's Death. |
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| Rebel pilot from Star Wars. |
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| Its a Wookie! |
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| RUN! IT'S GODZILLA!!! |
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Imperial Stormtrooper & Snowtrooper
from Star Wars in full regalia. |
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| Starfire and Silkie from Teen Titans. |
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| Yours truly posing with mini-Wonder Woman. |
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Graphic novel artist Josh Howard, one of my favorites at
Heroes Con 2017. |
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Belle from Disney's Beauty and
the Beast, of course. |
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| Deadpool in a banana costume....o-kaaaay. |
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The creator of Marvel Comic's Deadpool and legend
Mr. Fabian Nicieza. |
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| Love that comic strip! |
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DC, Marvel, and Nickelodeon Superheores all together.
Totally loved the Danny Phantom cosplayer. |
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One of my favorite graphic novelists Mr. Mike Maihack signing
a copy of the latest book in his outstanding Cleopatra In Space series. |
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Female Deadpool, Starlord, and Red Skull
Marvel cosplayers. |
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Tazerface from Marvel's
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. |
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| Argh! A pirate matey! |
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Mario and Luigi cosplayers.
Sorry guys, but your princess is at another Comic Con. |
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| A Death Trooper from the Star Wars cannon. |
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Another outstanding Star Wars Rebels cosplayer:
Captain Rex (CT-7567), formerly of the 501st
Clone Trooper Battalion Grand Army of the
Republic during the Clone Wars. |
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| A cute Princess Leia Organa from Star Wars. |
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| Black Manta and Aquaman cosplayers. |
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Android 17, Saiyaman/Gohan, Super Saiyan Goku, and
Android 18 from Dragon Ball Z - one of this blogger's top
10 favorite anime series of all time. |
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An outstanding Wonder Woman cosplayer
looking completely badass. |
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| Velma, Daphne, Shaggy, and Scooby....wait, where's Fred? |
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Slave Leia costume from Star Wars Episode VI:
Return of the Jedi. |
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| Harley Quinn & Joker from DC Comic's Batman. |
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| The famous 501st Legion "Vader's Fist" Star Wars cosplayers. |
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| This is not the droid I'm looking for. |
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naDev tlhlnganpu' tu'lu'! (Those of you who know Klingon will understand)
An awesome female Klingon warrior cosplayer. |
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| Luke Skywalker cosplayer. |
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Outstanding Raven cosplayer from
DC Comic's Teen Titans. |
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An equally outstanding Beastboy also from
DC Comic's Teen Titans. |
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A funny take on one of my favorite anime series
combined with a favorite classic sci-fi horror flick. |
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| Marvel's Captain America and Storm from X-Men. |
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Deadpool Vs Jason....hey that would be a good
movie! |
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DC Comic's Wonder Woman and Supergirl
with Zuko from Nickelodeon's Avatar The Last Airbender,
my top favorite cosplayer. |
Well there you have it friends and fellow travelers, another trip of Heroes Con in the can. I did have a good time and managed to get a few good autographs -- though sadly I ran low on funds before I could get Bob Camp's signature (ARGH!!!). Oh well, he may show up at next year's con....hopefully.
Once again I hope y'all enjoyed taking this journey with me, and as always have a wonderful Dixie day and safe travels now, y'all hear?
