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Comic-Con 2019, Day 3: Cosplay Day! (Plus, Yes, The Marvel Panel)

At San Diego Comic-Con, fans strut their stuff in all kinds of costumes — some homemade, some elaborately professional. Even pets and little kids get in on the act.
There were a lot of people dressed as Catwoman at Comic-Con on Saturday, but this gentleman took the catnip fishie.

Petra: It's Saturday! (Or actually, as we're posting this it's now Sunday) I feel the need to reiterate this, lest I forget what day it is or which direction is up! Saturday tends to be the day people bust out their best cosplays — I saw some truly amazing getups, including countless Deadpools (Deadspool?), a lot of women dressed as Loki and Doctor Strange, a really well-done armored Cersei Lannister, Missandei of Naath carrying her own head, and my personal favorite, Logan and Jessica from Logan's Run, complete with life-clocks in their palms.

I love the cosplays that clearly spring from deep in someone's fan-psyche — the ones that aren't from this year's hot movie, that maybe three other people will get, but those three people will be REALLY excited. I may be slightly tooting my own horn here, because I cosplayed Sabriel, from Garth Nix's Old Kingdom series, and three people recognized me, but they were REALLY excited. Also, those books

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