Where else but Comic-Con can you dress up as your favorite anime hero, do the robot in front of 4,000 people, and get applause for it? Saturday night at the Con is always a blast, because that’s when the Masquerade hits. The Comic-Con Masquerade is one of the most popular events that just gets more popular every year. You’re going to see some fantastic costumes made by fans, and probably some not so fantastic costumes, but that’s why there is a novice category after all! Prepare to laugh and clap for your favorites in both solo and group categories, and I guarantee there will be plenty of surprises, as always. But get there early if you want a seat in the ballroom! Check our info below for more details. And I just want to give an official ComicBooks.com salute to any of you who are participating!
Masquerade Facts:
When: Saturday, July 23rd
Where: Ballroom 20, as well as video screens set up in the nearby Sails Pavilion and 2nd Ballroom Doors open at 7:45, but it is recommended to get there far in advance, because it is an immensely popular event.
How Long: Estimated running time is 3 hours.
The nitty gritty from SDCC: So that no one waits in line for hours only to be turned away when the room fills up, tickets are required for ballroom seating and are given out free beginning at 3:30 PM to people waiting in line, until all have been distributed. Overflow seating will be available in the Sails Pavilion and in another ballroom, where the show will be simulcast on large screens.
Professionals participating in programs at the convention and press members may get their tickets before Saturday afternoon at the Masquerade Desk. Reserved seating is available for special guests of the convention and for the disabled.
No flash photography is allowed, and all photos and video taken must be for nonprofit, personal use only. Flash photography will be permitted only in the Photo Area outside the Ballroom, where contestants pose after their presentations. Photographers wishing a reserved spot in that area should write to the Masquerade Coordinator, as spaces fill up quickly.
Categories:
- Best In Show
- Judges' Choice
- Best Re-Creation
- Best Original Design
- Best Workmanship
- Most Humorous
- Most Beautiful
- Best Novice
- Best Young Fan
What if I win: You get a lovely Comic-Con Masquerade medallion.
But wait, there’s more!
Not only do you get professional accolades and geek glory for participating in the masquerade, you can win awesome prizes!
SDCC says:
Diamond Select Toys, your premier source for exceptional action figures and collectibles from movies, television, and beyond, will bestow a $300 cash award and a SDCC Femme Fatales exclusive prize pack to the entry they select as the best Femme Fatale.
Sideshow Collectibles: Do you think your costume entry into this year's Masquerade contest will elicit lots of ooooo's and ahhhhhh's from the crowd? If that's the case, you'll be in the running to win a $350 gift card from Sideshow Collectibles for use on their web site! So bring that WOW factor to Comic-Con's annual Masquerade contest and you might walk (or strut) away with Sideshow's prize.
The Costume Designers Guild, Local 892, the labor union representing Hollywood Costume Designers and other costume professionals in film and television, will present to their favorite entry in the show a CDG Masquerade Award statue, a subscription to the Costume Designer magazine, and a generous gift certificate for $100 provided by their trophy sponsor International Silks & Woolens.
The David C. Copley Award for Most Innovative Costume: Oscar-nominated costume designer and David C. Copley Center director Deborah Nadoolman Landis, costume designer of Raiders of the Lost Ark, An American Werewolf in London, Coming to America, Michael Jackson's Thriller and recently the 2010 horror-comedy Burke & Hare, and UCLA's David C. Copley Chair in Costume Design, will present the UCLA David C. Copley Center for The Study of Costume Design Award of $250 cash, plus her book: Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design, (cover price $75) to her favorite entry.
JetMadam.com, professional jet aircraft brokers who also happen to be great fans of convention costuming, will present an award of $250 cash to the Masquerade costume entry they select as being the Most Beautiful in the show.
Anime Social Scene will award $100 cash plus prizes to the best single or group anime presentation in the Masquerade. Also, TME That's My Entertainment will award $100 to the Best Movie Representation, plus, $100 for the People's Favorite! Courtesy of their parent company, The Testmarket Evolution (thetestmarketevolution.com).
Frank And Son Collectible Show, of the City of Industry, CA, will present to the costume entry they deem the audience favorite a very impressive crystal trophy and $1,000 cash.
DC Comics representatives will present a special DC DIRECT collectible valued at $300 to the finest costumed entry portraying a DC Comics character or characters.
Lucasfilm Ltd. will award the best Star Wars costumers with fabulous items from their Licensing Archives. The finest entry from the Star Wars galaxy will be selected by a Lucasfilm representative to receive special limited-edition collectibles.
Century Guild will present, to the costume they select as best portraying elements of Art Nouveau or fantasy, the winner's choice of either $200 cash or up to $400 credit for fine art at their exhibit hall booth.
Lynn Perry of DarkDesires.biz will award $150 cash to the best costume entry inspired by horror or other dark genres, such as vampires, demons, creatures of the night, creepy alien monsters, and so on.
Other companies and organizations will be joining this list as the convention approaches!
Good luck to those who enter, and to those who plan on attending.
Written by Chris Harder
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