Comic Book Candy

Buffy!!! Okay, so you kind of need to look the part for this one. But if I had blonde hair right now, I’d totally go as my favorite Slayer. I think the best way to get this costume across is to dress like Buffy during her most stylistically iconic era, that being during seasons 1-3 where she wore skirts and had a French manicure most of the time. Later seasons have her wearing a lot of turtlenecks. And Leather pants. So many leather pants! This is just a loose guideline for how to dress like Buffy:   Mini skirt and white tank top OR A spaghetti strap dress, a red satin one will look very 90’s chic Jean Jacket or skirt length shirt to wear over outfit Boots. Cute ones, preferably leather knee highs Manicured nails Small hoop earrings A big gaudy silver cross necklace C ring from Angel (and these are pretty easy to find at thrift stores seeing how popular they were in the 90’s) Frosty make-up (think pinks and whites) The stake (this is all you really need to make the cos...

Matt Murdock / Daredevil   This costume is far more comfortable than Daredevil’s tight red leather suit, and is probably less embarrassing considering the general public associates that with the terrible Ben Affleck film. Here’s all you’ll need: Suit, button up shirt, and red tie; nothing too flashy or expensive (he’s a lawyer but not high paid) A pair of red tint sunglasses A walking stick covered in red tape with a white tip (electrical tape will look best) Having waves of ginger-tinged hair will help If anyone asks who you are, just say a blind lawyer. If they don’t get it yet, they probably won’t appreciate it when you tell them you’re Daredevil. It’s also pretty easy to use the same method as the Clark Kent costume , but replacing the Superman logo t-shirt with a scarlet red tee that has “DD” on the chest. Again, a sharpie will do the trick here since his logo is nothing terribly intricate. (More comic book themed costume ideas here , here , here , and here !)...

Scott Pilgrim / Ramona Flowers These costumes require a little more DIY action, but from the number of Scott / Ramona’s I saw at the recent Chicago Comic Con, it’s a pretty easy costume to make. If you plan to wear it this weekend, better set aside an evening to make a trip to your local thrift and drug stores. Instructions for both costumes are after the jump!

Death It’s tough thinking of easy costumes for the ladies. There aren’t a lot of iconic alter ego costumes, and as much as I love Alias , Jessica Jones is obscure, even for comics. If you are a Neil Gaiman fan, there is a 78% chance that you already own a Death costume. Those of us who didn’t go through a Goth phase during high school can still easily come up with the necessary items: All. Black. Clothes Fishnets in some form will help, leggings, sleeves, shirt Heavy black eye make up / lips Black chipped nail polish Messy dark hair (I think making it look like The Cure’s Robert Smith is best) An ankh symbol necklace The ankh charm may be the only thing you’ll have to hunt down, but I think even cutting the shape out of cardboard and painting it black will do just fine. Being pale will also help you with this costume, but with that many black accessories, short of being Jersey-Shore orange you will look the part. People who aren’t familiar with the Sandman comics will ...