Dude, What Are You Wearing?!?

(Editor's Note: Dan sent this to me well after Halloween, and having just read it, I've got the feeling someone should come down on him for sending a Halloween post a week after the holiday...but that's just me. -ed)
Yet once again loyal readers we find ourselves having been confronted by the ugly specter of Halloween. Just kidding, I love Halloween. And just what, if anything, is Halloween about? Appeasing the dead to stay dead for another year and leave fleshy living things to fleshy living business?

NO! It's about stupid costumes! And so this year saw the return of the Marvel Costume Contest. I check these out each year, but some of the costumes this year just can't be missed. Tons of characters are represented this year, there are two Phoenixes, a J. Jonah Jameson that is very good, an impressive Sandman, a hilarious Juggernaut (though I don't think he meant to be), and an Iron Man that just has to be seen to be believed. My favorites of the bunch are the The Thing, the previous mentioned Iron Man, a perky little Squirrel Girl,
and the most accurate Deadpool I have ever seen.

But, more then any one thing, this just goes to show how ridiculous super-hero getups are. Even the most well put together versions still look pretty bad. The Mr. Sinister costume they have up is well done. The makeup is good, the costume looks well tailored, if homemade. But if an actual maniacal laughing super-villain showed up wearing this, I would be the one doing the maniacal laughing. Even the Punisher costume, more the original then the current, when put on a real human looks pretty silly. More then inspiring terror, it looks like the guy is off to some sort of fetish ball.

The voting and all that is already over, but if you want to, check out the finalists.

-Dan