Squirrels of Doom: Comic Con, Come and Gone

Comic Con, Come and Gone.
By Matt Baker, July 25 2011

It is late July and once again San Diego Comic Con has slipped past. Last year at this time Roz and I were dreaming up big plans to attend the 2011 Con, but as with so many of our plans, they fell victim to the harsh realities of life and instead of roaming the wild booths with our geek brethren, we spent the weekend watching excessively violent movies and playing Left 4 Dead 2. So although we managed rock it geek-school, there was still a part of me crying deep down inside, lamenting the wondrous sights and sounds I was not to be a part of. My soul ached to be herded along, captured in the crushing throngs of nerds. I grew wistful thinking of the immense lines I would not be waiting in, the debates in which I would not take part. I thought to myself “Picard was a way better captain. Kirk would have just gotten everyone killed. You can’t hack in to real life and reprogram it to let you win no matter how much you think losing is not an option” and “Boba Fett is actually kind of a chump”. But there was nobody around to debate me (ok, there were, but nobody new!). And of course, worst of all, I missed out on the sexy cosplay chicks.

Fortunately for me and the geek world at large, the internet has got our backs. So I want to take this opportunity to give a tip of the hat to all the girls who had the guts to dress up and strut their stuff on the nerdy boardwalk and present a selection of pics collected from around the internet (mostly IGN and UGO).

Let’s start with Slave Leia. Sure this is the most clichéd and overdone of all sexy geek costumes, but it reigns supreme for a good reason and it takes some guts to wade through a sea of nerds in that little clothing. There is really no more bone-able figure in all of geekdom.