Up to this point we have shown the crappier, sillier and otherwise bridge-of-nose pinching side of Otakon in all its glory and it has been enjoyable for everyone. Well, probably not everyone, especially this guy who left one of the most copy-pasted comments regarding otaku culture and Otakon in general that I’ve seen since…. last week or so. Wow, I’m glad that Baltimore is so full of assholes, just like every other major city in America. “Yeah, let’s ridicule people who are having fun, not doing anything to hurt anyone, because they do something we don’t understand, because they dress (for a couple days out of the year) different than we’re used to, and because we’re servile, unintelligent, close-minded twats, who have nothing better to do than put down other human … Read entire article »

This weekend is Otakon, the anime-video-game-costume-teenage otaku fest at the Baltimore Convention Center. If you’ve ever, ever wanted to see the most outlandish and ridiculous costumes humanly imaginable, take a minute to stroll by the convention center this weekend and gawk for a few minutes. I myself  have been on safari several times in years past, and I humbly present to you dear readers some of my personal favorites. Quake with fear. I call these two “Big Lubu, Big Lulu” – they spent months and hundreds of dollars on their costumes. And here, we have the Mountain Dew Knights. I saw these folks outside and vowed – VOWED – to photograph them up close. I regret it. The one in the duct tape dress must have spent the day being quite fragrant, … Read entire article »