Make no mistake: neither the fictional character Joker, nor the film, is an endorsement of real-world violence of any kind. When you and your friend go as Batman and the Joker, there are dozens of hilarious hijinks, foiled attacks, and pranks that can make Halloween a hilarious and memorable experience. Speaking to Elle Malaysia previously, Saraswati said her looks take up to two and a half hours to create, depending on ‘the complexity of the make up, face painting and hijab styling’. Over the past two years, self-taught make up artist Saraswati has been wowing thousands with her ability to incorporate her hijab into her incredible make up transformations. The mother-of-two also revealed that she was inspired to become a make up artist in 2008 when she was battling depression and her first ever character make up was the Joker from The Dark Knight. One fan put a lot of effort into coming as Heath Ledger’s Joker from The Dark Knight film while a youngster donned a mask and Infinity Gauntlet to pose as Thanos from Avengers: Infinity War. Natalie posted to her Instagram on Saturday showing the pair lovingly embracing, dressed as Batman villain Harley Quinn while her Neighbours beau was dressed as Heath Ledger’s famous 2008 chilling adaptation of The Joker in The Dark Knight.
Tim Burton’s first Batman movie remains a classic 30 years on. The outfit was first developed in sketches by Rodis-Jamero, assistant art director of visual effects for The Empire Strikes Back and the Return of the Jedi costume designer. Out of respect for the victims and their families, I suggest that you do not wear a Joker costume this year. All the while, she is yelling out emotes. Thousands of cosplay fans turned out dressed to the nines for the first day of New York Comic Con on Thursday. Thousands of comic book fans dressed up as their favorite heroes – or in some cases villains – for day three of the event at the city’s Bartle Hall. The self-confessed ‘geek’ exhibition is a chance for die-hard science fiction and fantasy fans to dress up as their favourite comic book characters, in a whirlwind two-day event at Glebe Island. Stars from hit movies and TV shows, such as Star Trek’s Nichelle Nicols, Star Wars’ Billy Dee Williams and Ksenia Solo of Orphan Black fame were on hand to meet their fans and sign autographs.
Next up was the Double Trouble segment, where clones of Ant and Dec go rogue, it featured guest appearances from Strictly 2020 winner Bill Bailey and This Morning star Alison Hammond. Drawing in over 100,000 enthusiasts in events across the country this year, the large-scale expression of creativity and imagination was backed up with guest appearances by famous actors from Supernatural, Stargate, The Lord of The Rings and Harry Potter. And fans were also hopeful of meeting some of their favourite film actors and writers in real life, with an appearance by Star Trek star Simon Pegg selling out, and Aquaman’s Jason Momoa heading a panel discussion on centre stage. The weekend was packed full of cosplay, comic books, memorabilia, and even more famous actors. At times their never-ending war of words has verged on the ridiculous and catty while at others it’s been violent and vulgar, even if they do have a fight to sell.
Still, Watchmen is a great example of an adaptation with impressive ambition, even if it didn’t please everyone. It’s more than your typical comic book flick and, while it arguably doesn’t have as much going on below the surface as it professes to, Joker will occupy your mind for days. Comic Con has long been one of the most popular speculative fan fiction conventions. MegaCon is one of the largest and weirdest gatherings of comic book, sci-fi, gaming, anime and fantasy conventions in the United States. Hiding in plain sight at Comic Cons quickly becoming vogue among celebrities – Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson went to this year’s San Diego Comic Con as a demon jester, Ryan Reynolds hid beneath a Dart Vader Mask and both Daniel Radcliffe and Maisie Williams snuck around as Spider-Men. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego but has since expanded into a global franchise. This new video from Sneaky Zebra, posted July 27 on YouTube, showcases the most impressive cosplay costumes spotted at San Diego Comic-Con 2016, accompanied by the song “The Weekend” by Allen Stone. Comic-con originated in San Diego in 1970, where it now pulls in over 130,000 attendees over four days, and has since spread to over 30 separate events of the same name-tag across the globe.