As anticipated, New York Comic Con was AMAZING! Never a dull moment… Of course, it did help that Yoshi and I were mini celebrities, getting stopped every five steps so we could get our pictures taken. Yes, that’s right. We were that freaking awesome.
Just imagine: a giant moustached plumber holding a stuffed 1-UP mushroom (from Chinatown) next to a super fat Yoshi. Who wouldn’t be entertained?
Curious? Well, here’s a sneak peek of our costumes:
Yoshi and Mario silhouettes
I’ll reveal the costumes in a bit… However, there were many a costumes crazier than ours. Here are a few:
Chewie!!!
Is that Toby McGuire? Nope... just Spidey.
Sadly, I didn’t get to see Chewie and Spidey in person, but what I did see… well, let’s just say it was ridiculous!
So this was my day:
Yoshi and I arrived on the scene around 1PM, at which point, Javits Center had been over-taken by hundreds of Comic Con fans.
To my disappointment, only about 1/5 of the attendees dressed up. Many simply came in casual gear, shopped around the booths, got autographs, attended panels and left after a few hours.
I knew as soon as I got there that there was no way in hell I was going to just stand around. I had to explore! If not for myself… but at least for other Comic fans who’d shoot me if they knew I was at there and not thoroughly enjoying the convention.
Thus, Yoshi and I plus our friends, who were so lame for not dressing up, moved around the Convention.
The first level had booths set up that sold anything and everything from ear phones for gaming to USB keys in the shape of Hello Kitty to old Comic Books to Techno music.
We walked around, ecstatic. Almost as soon as we stepped foot into the open area, a flock of fans rushed us, screaming and yelling like little teeny-bopper girls at a Jonas Brothers Show.
Yoshi recoiled at first but then accepted his fate. I didn’t hold back. Jumping up and down with my 1-UP mushroom, rushing Yoshi and jumping on his back, humming loudly the well-known Mario theme song.
I felt in my zone. I relished in the flashes of light. Oh, paparazzi... I loved every moment!
It took over five minutes to move from the first spot. I still had yet to see anything else, so I quickly dodged away from the limelight while dragging poor Yoshi with me.
Mario Party
Suddenly, out of the blue, I saw my nemesis Wario walk towards us with Princess Peach. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Yes, it had taken me ages to find my Princess, but to see her with that despicable Wario!??!?! I could not just leave.
I felt the adrenaline build within me and I rushed him with my 1-UP in my hands. Fortunately for him, Yoshi held me back. I thought about it some more and decided not to spoil the fun of Comic Con. Plus, Princess Peach obviously looked like she enjoyed Wario’s company more than mine. And… I had Yoshi…
As soon as the four of us gathered, people started taking our photo. Again, we had to pose for ages before we could move away. I let Wario go this time because Yoshi got hungry for some apples… but next time, Wario, you will not be so lucky!
Na'avi ladies!
Yoshi and I moved about the first floor looking for secret hideaways and passages (and even green tunnels). We didn’t find any. Instead, we found blue avatar ladies… like 6 of them in a row… half-naked. (See, I knew it!!! Sloots!)
Star Wars... with super creepy Emperor Palpatine
Meanwhile, behind me, Star Wars characters moved stealthily from one corner to another. Emperor Palpatine looked very creepy… not scary, but kind of like a sexual predator creepy…
Yoshi begged us to continue forward.
“Why?” I asked him.
He whimpered and pointed with his belly. (Yes, Yoshi got fat… real fat… some said he looked like a washed-up Yoshi.) I saw a throng of fans running towards us with their iPhones and super cameras. They motioned for me to jump on Yoshi’s back (again). Yoshi shook his head. He was hungry. He wanted his apple. Without it, he wasn’t a happy trooper.
Being the nice person that I was, I agreed and we walked towards the concession stands in the corners of the convention.
Some anime character?
Out of the blue, a random angel / anime sloot appeared… with a Starbucks. Ha ha ha. I pointed to the cup to see if that would appease Yoshi. He shook his head no. I had no choice. I reached into my giant blue pockets and pulled out a 5-hour Energy drink.
Yoshi hastily guzzled the liquid down his throat… and before I knew it, he was jumping up and down, hugging random strangers, allowing them to rub his fat belly and speaking in a non-sensible garbled language.
With Yoshi ready to go, we continued.
R2D2 controlled by a papa while his babies are dressed like Luke & Princess Leia
We really couldn’t escape those darn Star Wars people. However, I have to admit, the next set of Star Wardians were super cute.
R2D2 led the way with a mini Luke and mini Princess Leia following behind. I noticed that the dad held a remote control and realized he directed the R2D2 to lead the way for his little babies. How adorable!
I watched them for a while and then realized by doing so I had allowed for fans to find us.
A young fan shouted out: “Mario, what happened to Luigi?”
I looked back at him, furrowed my brow and pointed at fat Yoshi behind me.
“Oh my goodness! Yoshi ate Luigi?!?!?!”
I mean… how else did Yoshi get that giant belly?
We took some more photos. It was now 3PM. I couldn’t believe we had spent close to two hours running around, getting our photos taken, meeting my twin as well as many Luigis on the way. No Yoshis though. The whole Convention had only one Yoshi and he was loyal to his Mario… ME.
Cable, I am not afraid to shoot you if you steal my 1-UP!
In the far end of the first level, I noticed a sign saying “Intense PC Gaming.” We had to go explore that!
We pushed through the mass and found ourselves face-to-face with Cable from X-Men. He aimed his gun at me and threatened to take my mushroom. I had no choice but to give it up… or so he thought.
I slowly handed the mushroom to Cable. Just as he took a hold of the mushroom, I rushed in and grabbed his gun.
“MUAHAHAHHAHA,” I laughed threateningly. “Did you think you can take my 1-UP mushroom?!?!?”
Cable’s eyes lit up (not because of that giant light bulb on his left eye). He apologized profusely and begged me to give him back his gun. He had all those guns for a reason…
“Only if you give me back my mushroom, B—-!”
do-do-dddd-doooooooo
He threw the mushroom into the air. Seeing my mushroom fly into the air, I jumped up in my famous pose and caught it just in time to find Megatron sneaking up behind me.
Megatron handmade from soup cans and metal scraps
This human-sized Megatron could not be any more real. Seriously. His whole gear comprised of painted cans, metal scraps, kids toy car wheels and more. I was amazed!!! I mean… I was pretty darn impressed by the Na’avi ladies, the Star Wardians, the X-Men and more… but this guy!?!?! THIS GUY was amazing.
Anyways, we didn’t want to fight with Megatron, so we quickly ducked into the Gaming area.
There we found lots and lots of nerds huddled around customized computers watching professional players play Starcraft 2. If I didn’t entice Yoshi with apples, I think he would have been sucked into the game play!
Around the corner of the Gaming area was the gem of them all: the Artist’s Alley. Over 200 comic book artists sat side by side promoting their comic books, signing autographs and doing commissions.
Another artist drawing with a sharpie on a white PS3.
I saw one guy drawing with a sharpie on some white metal object. I got closer and saw that he had drawn a super sexy Catwoman on someone’s PS3.
Yes, that's right... it's SEXY Catwoman!
I asked him to draw on my iPhone but sadly he couldn’t. The back of the iPhone was just too slippery for any kind of drawing. I had to think of something quick, as the line behind me started to pile.
“Can you draw a picture of Mario slapping drunk Yoshi on the butt?” I asked.
Both Yoshi and this artist stared back at me in shock. Yoshi shook his head disapprovingly while the artist smiled and nodded.
Within 15 minutes, the artist had created my own personal drawing for $25 (that came with his comic book). If I had the intention of spending more money on commissions, I would have asked to have a picture of Rogue and Gambit locked in a hot embrace…
Amazing artist creating artwork with chalk on the floor... AMAZING!
Anyways… by 5PM, I was exhausted. I mean… almost rushing Wario… stealing back my mushroom from Cable… almost getting into a fight with Megatron… and running away from excited fans… well, I was ready for normalcy (and dinner).
On our way out, I saw another artist creating a piece on the floor with chalk. CHALK people!!! WOW!!!
Outside, the sunlight still shown quite brightly. Yoshi and I, still in our gears, waved to tourists, New Yorkers, children, adults and more. Our friends followed behind us pointing and laughing.
“You guys feel like celebrities, huh?!?!” One friend said.
I didn’t even know how to answer him. My whole body ached from jumping on Yoshi’s back left and right, posing for pictures and walking all over the convention.
I only nodded in agreement.
It took us a while to get to dinner, but we finally had a chance to transform ourselves back to our human forms.
All in all, it was a wonderfully exciting and exhausting day at New York Comic Con!
SIGNING OUT —– MARIO.
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Proud Nerds: These fans are like the guys from “Big Bang Theory.” They love the convention because they live for the comics. They have no shame whatsoever dressing up as Battlestar Galactica or Star Trek characters. They go ALL OUT with their costumes. Some of them even look exactly like the anime or science fiction stars they wish to portray. They have fake weapons. They speak in Klingon. They will only answer to “Spock” or “Batman.”
Slutty Girls and Horny Boys: For a lot of girls, Comic Con is Halloween x 100000000. 90% of the girls there will dress like anime characters. Yup… that’s right… half-naked chicks! Some wear bikinis, some wear super short skirts. Some will be slutty school girls, some will be slutty nurses. Some have blue hair. Some have white hair. Overall, the sluttier you get (as long as you’re portraying an anime character) the better. At the same time, a lot of very horny boys know this is going to happen at the convention, thus MANY OF THEM come to see the skantily-clad women in action. Plus, if they dressed up as the male counter part—let’s say “Tuxedo Mask” to her “Sailor Moon”—then they might get some “action.”
Drunk & Curious Guests: The rest of the people at the convention tend to be drunk and curious guests. I mean, this sh*t is like Halloween on CRACK! Might as well get a bottle and enjoy the festivities.
I am going as Super Mario. A pretty fat one to be exact… with super exaggerated cartoon hands… and a GIANT oversized mustache (my favorite part of the costume). My friends might be either dressed like slutty Pikachu (yes, that would be a boy dressed as that…) or random Pokemon characters or other Super Mario characters like slutty Toad or slutty Princess Peach or slutty whatever. Of course, Mystery, will be a super fat Yoshi… Oh yeah, be prepared!
NY Comic Con Revealed
23 OctAs anticipated, New York Comic Con was AMAZING! Never a dull moment… Of course, it did help that Yoshi and I were mini celebrities, getting stopped every five steps so we could get our pictures taken. Yes, that’s right. We were that freaking awesome.
Just imagine: a giant moustached plumber holding a stuffed 1-UP mushroom (from Chinatown) next to a super fat Yoshi. Who wouldn’t be entertained?
Curious? Well, here’s a sneak peek of our costumes:
Yoshi and Mario silhouettes
I’ll reveal the costumes in a bit… However, there were many a costumes crazier than ours. Here are a few:
Chewie!!!
Is that Toby McGuire? Nope... just Spidey.
Sadly, I didn’t get to see Chewie and Spidey in person, but what I did see… well, let’s just say it was ridiculous!
So this was my day:
Yoshi and I arrived on the scene around 1PM, at which point, Javits Center had been over-taken by hundreds of Comic Con fans.
To my disappointment, only about 1/5 of the attendees dressed up. Many simply came in casual gear, shopped around the booths, got autographs, attended panels and left after a few hours.
I knew as soon as I got there that there was no way in hell I was going to just stand around. I had to explore! If not for myself… but at least for other Comic fans who’d shoot me if they knew I was at there and not thoroughly enjoying the convention.
Thus, Yoshi and I plus our friends, who were so lame for not dressing up, moved around the Convention.
The first level had booths set up that sold anything and everything from ear phones for gaming to USB keys in the shape of Hello Kitty to old Comic Books to Techno music.
We walked around, ecstatic. Almost as soon as we stepped foot into the open area, a flock of fans rushed us, screaming and yelling like little teeny-bopper girls at a Jonas Brothers Show.
Yoshi recoiled at first but then accepted his fate. I didn’t hold back. Jumping up and down with my 1-UP mushroom, rushing Yoshi and jumping on his back, humming loudly the well-known Mario theme song.
I felt in my zone. I relished in the flashes of light. Oh, paparazzi... I loved every moment!
It took over five minutes to move from the first spot. I still had yet to see anything else, so I quickly dodged away from the limelight while dragging poor Yoshi with me.
Mario Party
Suddenly, out of the blue, I saw my nemesis Wario walk towards us with Princess Peach. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Yes, it had taken me ages to find my Princess, but to see her with that despicable Wario!??!?! I could not just leave.
I felt the adrenaline build within me and I rushed him with my 1-UP in my hands. Fortunately for him, Yoshi held me back. I thought about it some more and decided not to spoil the fun of Comic Con. Plus, Princess Peach obviously looked like she enjoyed Wario’s company more than mine. And… I had Yoshi…
As soon as the four of us gathered, people started taking our photo. Again, we had to pose for ages before we could move away. I let Wario go this time because Yoshi got hungry for some apples… but next time, Wario, you will not be so lucky!
Na'avi ladies!
Yoshi and I moved about the first floor looking for secret hideaways and passages (and even green tunnels). We didn’t find any. Instead, we found blue avatar ladies… like 6 of them in a row… half-naked. (See, I knew it!!! Sloots!)
Star Wars... with super creepy Emperor Palpatine
Meanwhile, behind me, Star Wars characters moved stealthily from one corner to another. Emperor Palpatine looked very creepy… not scary, but kind of like a sexual predator creepy…
Yoshi begged us to continue forward.
“Why?” I asked him.
He whimpered and pointed with his belly. (Yes, Yoshi got fat… real fat… some said he looked like a washed-up Yoshi.) I saw a throng of fans running towards us with their iPhones and super cameras. They motioned for me to jump on Yoshi’s back (again). Yoshi shook his head. He was hungry. He wanted his apple. Without it, he wasn’t a happy trooper.
Being the nice person that I was, I agreed and we walked towards the concession stands in the corners of the convention.
Some anime character?
Out of the blue, a random angel / anime sloot appeared… with a Starbucks. Ha ha ha. I pointed to the cup to see if that would appease Yoshi. He shook his head no. I had no choice. I reached into my giant blue pockets and pulled out a 5-hour Energy drink.
Yoshi hastily guzzled the liquid down his throat… and before I knew it, he was jumping up and down, hugging random strangers, allowing them to rub his fat belly and speaking in a non-sensible garbled language.
With Yoshi ready to go, we continued.
R2D2 controlled by a papa while his babies are dressed like Luke & Princess Leia
We really couldn’t escape those darn Star Wars people. However, I have to admit, the next set of Star Wardians were super cute.
R2D2 led the way with a mini Luke and mini Princess Leia following behind. I noticed that the dad held a remote control and realized he directed the R2D2 to lead the way for his little babies. How adorable!
I watched them for a while and then realized by doing so I had allowed for fans to find us.
A young fan shouted out: “Mario, what happened to Luigi?”
I looked back at him, furrowed my brow and pointed at fat Yoshi behind me.
“Oh my goodness! Yoshi ate Luigi?!?!?!”
I mean… how else did Yoshi get that giant belly?
We took some more photos. It was now 3PM. I couldn’t believe we had spent close to two hours running around, getting our photos taken, meeting my twin as well as many Luigis on the way. No Yoshis though. The whole Convention had only one Yoshi and he was loyal to his Mario… ME.
Cable, I am not afraid to shoot you if you steal my 1-UP!
In the far end of the first level, I noticed a sign saying “Intense PC Gaming.” We had to go explore that!
We pushed through the mass and found ourselves face-to-face with Cable from X-Men. He aimed his gun at me and threatened to take my mushroom. I had no choice but to give it up… or so he thought.
I slowly handed the mushroom to Cable. Just as he took a hold of the mushroom, I rushed in and grabbed his gun.
“MUAHAHAHHAHA,” I laughed threateningly. “Did you think you can take my 1-UP mushroom?!?!?”
Cable’s eyes lit up (not because of that giant light bulb on his left eye). He apologized profusely and begged me to give him back his gun. He had all those guns for a reason…
“Only if you give me back my mushroom, B—-!”
do-do-dddd-doooooooo
He threw the mushroom into the air. Seeing my mushroom fly into the air, I jumped up in my famous pose and caught it just in time to find Megatron sneaking up behind me.
Megatron handmade from soup cans and metal scraps
This human-sized Megatron could not be any more real. Seriously. His whole gear comprised of painted cans, metal scraps, kids toy car wheels and more. I was amazed!!! I mean… I was pretty darn impressed by the Na’avi ladies, the Star Wardians, the X-Men and more… but this guy!?!?! THIS GUY was amazing.
Anyways, we didn’t want to fight with Megatron, so we quickly ducked into the Gaming area.
There we found lots and lots of nerds huddled around customized computers watching professional players play Starcraft 2. If I didn’t entice Yoshi with apples, I think he would have been sucked into the game play!
Around the corner of the Gaming area was the gem of them all: the Artist’s Alley. Over 200 comic book artists sat side by side promoting their comic books, signing autographs and doing commissions.
Another artist drawing with a sharpie on a white PS3.
I saw one guy drawing with a sharpie on some white metal object. I got closer and saw that he had drawn a super sexy Catwoman on someone’s PS3.
Yes, that's right... it's SEXY Catwoman!
I asked him to draw on my iPhone but sadly he couldn’t. The back of the iPhone was just too slippery for any kind of drawing. I had to think of something quick, as the line behind me started to pile.
“Can you draw a picture of Mario slapping drunk Yoshi on the butt?” I asked.
Both Yoshi and this artist stared back at me in shock. Yoshi shook his head disapprovingly while the artist smiled and nodded.
Within 15 minutes, the artist had created my own personal drawing for $25 (that came with his comic book). If I had the intention of spending more money on commissions, I would have asked to have a picture of Rogue and Gambit locked in a hot embrace…
Amazing artist creating artwork with chalk on the floor... AMAZING!
Anyways… by 5PM, I was exhausted. I mean… almost rushing Wario… stealing back my mushroom from Cable… almost getting into a fight with Megatron… and running away from excited fans… well, I was ready for normalcy (and dinner).
On our way out, I saw another artist creating a piece on the floor with chalk. CHALK people!!! WOW!!!
Outside, the sunlight still shown quite brightly. Yoshi and I, still in our gears, waved to tourists, New Yorkers, children, adults and more. Our friends followed behind us pointing and laughing.
“You guys feel like celebrities, huh?!?!” One friend said.
I didn’t even know how to answer him. My whole body ached from jumping on Yoshi’s back left and right, posing for pictures and walking all over the convention.
I only nodded in agreement.
It took us a while to get to dinner, but we finally had a chance to transform ourselves back to our human forms.
All in all, it was a wonderfully exciting and exhausting day at New York Comic Con!
SIGNING OUT —– MARIO.
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