March 18-20 Long Beach, CA
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games, and action films. The tour made a stop in Long Beach, CA so I decided to attend on the
Saturday of the convention. From what I've learned about past Wizard World conventions is that it's
not a big cosplay convention, but there were a handful of cosplayers. However, there was a
cosplay contest sponsored by Anime Insider magazine that was lightly promoted. I spent a rather
leisurely day at this convention wandering the dealer's room, playing video games in the very large
console and PC gaming area, and spending time in the anime theater. I didn't unpack my camera
until shortly before the cosplay contest, so coverage on this event is really small.
It was a different kind of contest than what I was used to. There were costumes from comic books,
anime, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars--a whole variety of costumes. In the end, the winner was a
very impressive Valkyrie.
