Comic books, artists bring out aficionados and costumes

WARREN — The most eye-opening sight at the sixth-annual All Americon comic book show today at W.D. Packard Music Hall was not the thousands of comic books, art works and toys that lined the walls and filled the entire floor for the shoulder-to-shoulder turnout.

It had to be the colorful costumes worn by a number of fans who showed up to browse, buy and probably to be seen.

Fans like Elainie Huncik, 15, of Lowellville, resplendent in green as Poison Ivy, a character in the Batman comics. Her face tinted green and hair dyed red, Huncik said it took more than four hours to put her costume together.

“I used two bottles of temporary hair dye and two bottles of red hair spray,” she said. “It’s cool to see everyone dressed up.”

Her friend, Selena Phillips, 15, of Campbell agreed. She was among a few who came dressed as Harley Quinn (harlequin, get it?), the girlfriend of Batman’s nemesis The Joker.

Damiana Landfried, 16, of Niles, said her costume was based on a character from Tokyo Ghoul, an animated Japanese production featuring hand-drawn characters referred to as anime.

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