Black Canary Cosplay by Holly Brooke

Continuing the theme from yesterday's Dragon Con post comes a handful of wonderful cosplay photos featuring model Holly Brooke as Black Canary.

I found these pictures of Brooke as Black Canary on Monday at the website ComicBookMovie.  All of the photos were taken by Lucky Monkey Photography, and you can see fourteen pictures from this awesome session at their Facebook page.

I encourage you to check out all of Brooke's Black Canary pictures; they're gorgeous!  And I have to say she is one of the best Black Canary cosplay models I have ever seen.  She's got the attitude.  She's got the wide-spaced fishnet stockings.  She's got the blue jacket that looks like a denim style but made of leather or vinyl or something reflective--very cool!

What's more, this particular look for Black Canary comes as a breath of fresh air after seeing so many recent convention photos of the last year with Canary in her Arrow costume.  I get why it's so popular, because it's on TV and it's relatively simple, but I love the classic interpretation with the fishnets and either blue jacket or blue stockings.

Dragon Con 2014 Cosplay Crossover

My best friend, Shag Suarez of Firestorm Fan, recently returned from Dragon Con 2014 with tons of photographic evidence that will eventually be used against him in court.  I have never attended Dragon Con, nor have I seen any pictures of actual dragons there, but what the con definitely has an abundance of is cosplayers.  Dedicated, talented cosplayers.

If you squint, you might find Brother Power the Geek in the above photo!

There were, of course, a handful of Black Canary cosplayers in attendance.  At least one woman wore the classic fishnets, but the new standard for Canary cosplay that I've noticed in photos from every convention is the version worn by Caity Lotz in CW's Arrow.

At least it's a cool, sexy costume.  One of the cosplayers even brought a version of the character's handheld sonic weapon, her own little take on the Canary Cry.

The Arrow Canary might be the new norm in cosplay, but that doesn't mean there aren't adventurous women willing to think outside the box when it comes to dressing like the Blonde Bombshell.  One woman even dressed as the DC Bombshells nightclub singer version of Black Canary.

The photos used in this post were taken by Shag.  You can see dozens more at his Flickr and other pages for Dragon Con 2014.

But hey, this is a DC Blogosphere crossover!  For more iconic DC heroes and villains, check out the veritable Justice League of Bloggers listed below.

• Aquaman Shrine
• Being Carter Hall
• Captain Carrot's Burrow
• Firestorm Fan
• Kord Industries
• Legion of Super-Bloggers
• Speed Force

Canary Cosplay from NYCC '13

Another ComicCon has passed without DC announcing the launch of a Black Canary solo series, so really, the only noteworthy thing about this NYCC is the pics of Black Canary cosplay.

These two pics come from Bleeding Cool.  First is a couples shot featuring a blue-jacketed Dinah with her bow-slinging beau:

And the second is the first cosplay I think I've seen of the New 52 look:

This shot of Black Canary and Wonder Woman comes from Nihongogo:

I hope everyone who got to attend NYCC had a great time!

Canary Cosplay at Boston Comic Con '13

Yesterday I attended the Boston Comic Con.  I had a great time and commissioned an original sketch of Black Canary that I'll be posting later this week.

I saw four different women dressed as Black Canary.  They all looked great, but there was only one that I just had to get a picture of for Flowers & Fishnets.

I spoke to the woman briefly, but I never got her name, nor did I ask her permission to post the picture on my blog.  As such, I decided to post the picture with her face "blacked out" in case she wants to maintain some privacy or anonymity.

Anyway, the reason I stopped her for the picture rather than any of the other Canary cosplayers is because she went with the more retro blue jacket rather than the leather.  She even mentioned that she hadn't seen any other attendee wearing a blue jacket.  I agreed; that's why hers was the best!

Thanks for the Boston Comic Con moment, unnamed cosplay woman!

UPDATE: Canary Cosplay from SDCC 2013

The San Diego Comic-Con is upon us--and by "us" I mean people in the entertainment industry, in and around San Diego, California.  So, not me.

Anyway.  I doubt we'll get any Black Canary-specific news out of SDCC this weekend, but we can always depend on the cosplay community to fill that particular void.  Bleeding Cool already has over a hundred pictures from the first day, and sure enough, Black Canary is represented between Superman and Aquaman!

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And here's another pic of a Black Canary alongside Robin and Huntress!

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Black Canary Cosplay: Anna Psylocke Sheldrick

The online gossip magazine Bleeding Cool recently posted a series a photos of cosplay model Anna Sheldrick dressed as Black Canary.  Why I don't know, but honestly, I don't understand why they publish half of the "articles" they do.

But it's Black Canary, after all, so... enjoy!

Anna Psylocke Sheldrick as Black Canary.