photos – Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

One of our favorite parts of any convention is the kickass cosplay! Here are some of the many, MANY X-Men (and a few others) from Emerald City Comic Con:

WE FOUND A HONEY BADGER!!! (Well, she found us. BUT STILL! HONEY BADGER!)

Gambit and All-New Jean!

I would 100% buy that Jubilee and Rule-63 Quentin Quire have a mermaid friend.

Speaking of Rule-63, this Emma Frost was killing it!

Janet K. Lee’s art nouveau Emma Frost! (Jay helped make this one.)

A really, REALLY good swashbuckling Nightcrawler!

We first met this punk Storm in 2015, and she continues to be The Absolute Coolest.

Okay, fine, EVERY punk Storm is the coolest. <3

(Same Storm as previous.)

We know they’re not technically X-Men, but NOBODY cosplays Clea, and when I saw this one I kind of freaked out, and she was very gracious about it. (Dr. Strange is okay, too, I guess. But CLEA!)

Several Disney-X mash-ups!

The cutest Pixie!

X-23…

…and her evolved form, Best Wolverine!

This Rule-63 Jubilee was the first X-Men cosplayer we spotted all weekend!

It’s not a convention without at least one Dazzler!

This group is SO GOOD, as is the entirely accidental Young Avengers photobomb in the background.

That shirt. THAT. SHIRT.

Gambit!

Another really good group. I don’t think Cyclops has ever had a beard in canon (not counting his terrrrrible Ultimate version), and that’s a shame.

Rogue!

There was surprisingly little Gifted cosplay, but this Polaris was cool enough on her own to more than make up for the absence of her compatriots.

Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead!

Closing with another non-X-Men costume, because this tiny Hela is amazing and we love her.

Listen to the live episode here!

Art by David Wynne. No prints this week, but you can contact David to purchase the original!

We are pretty proud of the new button design, y’all. (Yes, there will be a t-shirt. Eventually.)

Also this one.

OH HEY WE FINALLY UPDATED THE ZINE COVERS, TOO!

The second J&MXtX-M zine is precisely what it says on the tin.

You know it’s true.

Miles and Al at our booth!

Having the wall up at our booth meant we got a ton of rad photos at the con as well as the party. Here’s Administratrix Emeritus Tina as Emma Frost!

A superlative ’90s Cyclops and Phoenix!

Eric also cosplays a super excellent Quentin Quire.

PEOPLE CAME AS BOOM BOOM AND DOCTOR DOOM IT WAS A COUPLE COSTUME IT WAS FANTASTIC

We do quick and very unprofessional sketches for $1 at conventions! Here’s Miles’s Dark Phoenix!

Punk Storm, by Jay (who forgot to take pictures of most of their sketches, most of which were of Warlock).

Adam X gets more X-Treme every time Miles draws him.

Boom Boom, by Jay.

Miles’s Mirage ain’t afraid of no Demon Bear!

If you tell Jay to draw whoever they want, Jay will draw Warlock. Every time.

Chamber, by Miles!

Jay also got in a couple sharpie knuckle tattoos! (Happy belated birthday, Diana!)

Always a classic.

The drinks at this year’s party were Inner Circle (with alcohol) and Hellions (alcohol-free) themed this year! (Inferno Watch was the best, though.)

Shadow is a super awesome local musician, and they came to the party as Wolverine with a viola, which may be the greatest deep-cut cosplay of all time.