Carbon Costume

The Simpsons’ Comic Book Guy is notoriously pedantic, annoying, and above all else, lonely. You may want to trim the wig a little bit to really capture his receding hairline. Also: grabbing a slushie from your local 7-Eleven on the way to your event would definitely help breathe authenticity into this cosplay.

Penelope Pitstop is a fictional character who appeared in the Hanna-Barbera animated series Wacky Races alongside Dick Dastardly and Muttley, and starred in the spin-off The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.

Overly-optimistic, naive, and sweet as can be, Flapjack is an aspiring adventurer who is mentored by the greedy and curmudgeonly Captain K’nuckles. The pair search endlessly for the fabled Candied Island – but rarely make it out of Stormalong Harbor.

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In the beloved Kingdom Hearts series, Kairi is the childhood friend of both Sora and Riku, and is the love interest of Sora. Throughout the first game, Sora and Riku are set on different paths trying to find a way to save her. Later in the game, it is revealed that she is one of the Seven Princesses of Heart, and restores Sora’s form after he is transformed into a Heartless.

Akira is a timeless and critically-acclaimed anime from 1988 in which a biker gang in cyberpunk Neo-Tokyo clashes with a secret government telekinesis program. One of the bikers, Tetsuo, is granted unstoppable telekinetic abilities after accidentally colliding with one of the program’s ESPers. Finally powerful for the first time in his life, Tetsuo begins to lose his grip on reality as he abuses his newfound powers and they begin to grow out of his control.

In Stephen King’s It, Eddie Kaspbrak (Jack Dylan Grazer) is a sickly hypochondriac boy, though his broken arm is quite real. He might get that from his domineering mother, who is constantly worrying about his health. He only truly feels well when he’s with this friends in the Losers Club, including the likes of Richie Tozier, and Bev Marsh.

In Stranger Things, Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard) is Will Byer’s friend. As the dungeon master of the group, he’s intelligent and loyal to his friends, Eleven most of all when Lucas and Dustin start to have doubts about her.

Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) is the lead character on Penny Dreadful. She is introduced as a mysterious and powerful medium, who is sought by the Fallen Angels, who seek to use her powers to bring about the End of Days. Set in Victorian England, Vanessa is usually clad in gorgeous, black, period clothing.

In Guardians of the Galaxy, Nebula (Karen Gillan) is adopted by Thanos and raised as a sibling of Gamora. Sure she’s sadistic and evil, but at the same time it’s clear she’s jealous and hurt by the success of her older sister. For this costume, apply the metallic silver paint to face and left arm.