It’s a great time to be a geek, there are new comic book movies every month, video games are cool now and maybe most impressively the cosplay subculture is booming.
For those not aware, cosplay is a combination of the words costume and play, and cosplayers wear costumes to look like their favourite comic book, cartoons, video games, and film characters.
It’s an absolutely incredible subculture that’s built up around different fandoms and cosplayers are willing to go to incredible lengths to make their insanely detailed costumes as accurate as possible, well most are…
You see when cosplay’s done right it’s fantastic, but if it’s done wrong, well, the results range from the nightmarish to the hilarious.
The good folks over on the subreddit r/Shittycosplay have collected some of the most hilariously bad cosplay I’ve ever seen, here’s a selection of their best.
Working at the nuclear plant’s clearly taken its toll on Homer…
Do you think a costume made of sticky tape would help him stick to walls?
The Avengers when Tony’s money inevitably runs out…
You ain’t never had a friend like me… and we don’t want one .
Banana?
Bad cosplay that is, Joseph Gordon-Levitt…
I actually think this one’s pretty good, although they may be a bit too happy…
Oh god it’s worse than Michael Bay’s version!!
The Aluminium foil surfer doesn’t quite have the same ring to it…
Dear god what fresh nightmare is this!
Hulk’s been skipping legs day…
I’ll strike fear in the heart of criminals!
As much as I jke about these crappy costumesI admire them, it takes a lot of courage to leave the house dressed like that…
More of a concept than a journalist, Tom Percival was forged in the bowels of Salford University from which he emerged grasping a Masters in journalism.
Since then his rise has been described by himself as ‘meteoric’ rising to the esteemed rank of Social Editor at UNILAD as well as working at the BBC, Manchester Evening News, and ITV.
He credits his success to three core techniques, name repetition, personality mirroring, and never breaking off a handshake.