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JENNIFER PYNN, dressed as Quinn from the video game League of Legends, is named the winner of the cosplay costume contest at the Kelowna Anime and Comic Festival last Saturday.
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nime characters Nepeta Leijon, Goldymarg, Kagome Higurashi, as well as more than one Batman mingle as they crowd into Kelowna’s Black Box Theatre last Saturday. Sitting on a stool at the back of the main stage, Bonnie Gratz says she’s surprised by the turnout at Kelowna’s first Comic-Con. “It’s great, the number of people who have dressed up and made their own costumes…we didn’t know if it
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would be just us (dressed up),” says Gratz, pointing to her son, Brock, who is wearing a costume that took him “a week of all-nighters” to create. Sitting at a table near the other side of the stage, John Delaney glances at his tablet. The director, designer and comic book artist whose resumé includes pencilling Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, as well as characters from Futurama and The Simpsons, already has the room buzzing about his upcoming question-and-answer session. Near the front of the stage, Davin Hobbs, 7, and
his brother, Cailen, 4, strike poses in their Batman and Robin outfits while their mom snaps a photo. Toward the middle of the room, several friends and strangers congratulate Jennifer Pynn on her cosplay costume contest victory. At the Black Box Theatre’s entrance, more spectators continue to enter the venue. Looking out at the crowd, Gratz says, “We just couldn’t believe that there hadn’t been a Comic-Con here before.” See story on page A3
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