Duncan Cyrus, age 21, Shera
So, I have been a part of a comic/manga club since my freshman year in college to the present. My first comic convention was an eventful one. The club that I had joined, only, at the time, consisted of ten members, which included me. Granted I had never met them because it was an online group. We had arguments and debates that could last for months. It wasn't just your garden variety type of comic debates either. We would use facts and realistic scenarios to see who would be right. It came down to percentages in the end which character had the advantage over the other. If you look online they have all kinds of these debates.
Anyway, one of our members let us in on a convention that was happening in Dodge City, KS. It was happening in a month and for a weekend. Luckily, my job allowed the days off for it. I told my parents about it and they were skeptical at first, but happy at the same time because I was getting out and having fun. Said the couple who was going on a damn cruise in two weeks.
I put together my costume and booked a room for two days and two nights. The drive there was alright, only took about three hours. I got to the hotel, checked in, and waited in my room for the crew, if they were coming. After about two hours two showed up. The rest said they couldn't make it.
The first part has already started and I wasn't going to put my costume on until the next day. The first day all I did was check out the comic collections and people. One con-goer caught my eye, a bodybuilder dressed as Red Sonya. For those of you who don't know Red Sonya, she is basically the female version of Conan the Barbarian. Google her. She had the red hair wig, the dress-up, and the sword. It wasn't slutty or anything but my dick sure thought so.
The next day I was ready. With all my necessary purchases and two autographs I was free to roam around and enjoy the con as I would've liked. I made up a character called The Arachnid. My mask covered my face tied at the back with the strings going down my back, a black stretch shirt with its sleeves cut to just pas my elbows, black biker gloves, black jeans, and black work boots. Basically, the Black Spiderman in my image. At the con I received quite the few conversations about my character's origins. Which was fine, didn't want to seem like a plagiarizing idiot. I took pictures with a lot of people.