Cosplayer Life’s a Glitch was stopped by everyone for a selfie after unveiling her Warhammer 40K Space Marine cosplay.
AMAZING cosplays, family fun and tabletop gaming were the order of the day over the weekend as KZN’s premier geek culture convention, ICON Durban, made a welcome return after a six-year hiatus.
The event took place at Westville Girls’ High School and it was the attendees who stole the show with some meta references, crossovers and popular culture-inspired clothing.
Incredibly it was the 10th anniversary of the first ICON Durban.
Cleo Fitzgerald, one of the organisers, also shared her excitement about the convention.
“It has been an amazing weekend. This community has always stepped up when we needed. What was so refreshing and awesome to see were the many new faces and demographics that have come through. We had hundreds of visitors over the two days and I definitely feel the word has gone out. It was also great to see so many families come through and it’s so exciting seeing everyone’s cosplays. People love the chance to dress up and we’ve seen some amazing cosplays at the convention,” she said.
Braiden Becker shows off his Dante cosplay from the game Devil May Cry.Sheri and Mihi Kajikawa were excited to be at the event. Mihi was cosplaying Mitsuri Kanroji from the show Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba).Some 3-D printed Pokémon figures of Meowth, Eevee and MewTwo.One of the vendors was Brian Woodbridge who makes custom dice.Jason Erdey stands next to his 3-D printed Invincible figure.Kayla Smith and JC Cameron show off the crocheted items on sale, including Hedwig (Harry Potter) and a Zombie from the Plants vs. Zombies game.Luc De Fleuriot (Chronos), Leigh Minnie (Bubble head nurse from Silent Hill) and Ambrose Di Zio (Dark Urge Baldur’s Gate).Some of the organisers of ICON Durban, Travis Catlett and Shelley Kirby.Jason O’Donoghue shows off his Dilios cosplay from the movie 300.Queensburgh residents Candice Leth and Brendan Lyle.Virusha Govender and Chyavan Reddy.A 3-D printed action figure of Broly from the Dragon Ball Z series.Tamlyn Prosser pays homage to Princess Peaches from Super Mario Bros.Amy Barnard and Lolly Ludlow did live demos for Cricut at the event.Vedanth Reddy and Yastaav Padia were some of the vendors at the event. Vedanth was cosplaying a character from the anime show Attack on Titan.Darshan Govender blended a mix of characters into his cosplay, including a Spider-Man T-shirt, a Yu-Gi Oh-inspired necklace, a Giyu Tomioka kimono from Demon Slayer, and a 3-D printed Sakai mask from the game Ghost of Tsushima.Kleo Naidoo and Sameerah Kharwa provided the best One Piece-inspired cosplays of Nico Robin and Boa Hancock.Mckaylen Reddy is wowed by what he sees at the event.The Mdluli siblings Skye Mdluli, Langa, Rocco and Gee-Q.Adding a little fantasy to the cosplay list are Janine Grobler and Peter Griffiths.Ethan Jacobs brought to life his Roronoa Zoro from One Piece.Taylor Hendry from The Bat Cave shows off some of the items at their stall.Logan Laas from the Fight a Knight arena.Delaney Cadwell shows off her Chainsaw Man-inspired cosplay with Nina Gräbe’s Moth Man-inspired cosplay.
Shiraz has been a community journalist for the last 12 years and has a specific interest in everything sports. He holds a Bachelor of Arts undergrad degree and honours degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal where he majored in Communications, Anthropology and English.
