Comic Com 09’ is a sea filled with bobbing pop-characters ranging from a black Scooby Doo to a white Darth Vader. A 4yr old “I Dream of Genie” to a 65yr old Wonder Woman. And we’re not just talking about your run of the mill store bought Halloween bullshit here either kiddos. While costume design can begin the gambit with a simple sponge paint Poke’mon t-shirt; it’s the 2 years in the making handmade cosplayer’s guise, which truly embodies a fan. Chris “Wayne”, we shall call him, just so happens to be one of those devotees.

I shot some 300 different pop-characters and saw easily over a couple thousand alt personas over the course of Comic Con 09’. But it was this variant of the caped crusader that stood out. I really wanted to know what it took to dress as Batman Beyond in time and character. Here’s what I found out.

Words and photos by Dustin Downing