Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.

ABOVE: Cosplayer Vampy Bit Me as Spider-Woman. I have no witty puns or le sexy comments. I’ll just say what a good use of latex this is.    [CBM]

Super Mario Bros. cake by Cake Crumbs Itsa Delicious! [ObviousWinner]

Illustrated alphabet of Harry Potter characters. Dumbledore is a stunning beard owner, isn’t he? [Geekologie]

Arc Reactor ring. Does this mean Tony Stark has the power of love? [FashionablyGeek]

This drink is called “Death To Superman” and it’s made at EXP, which describes itself as a classy restaurant for the grown-up gamer. It was made as part of the Injustice: Gods Among Us launch event. [ThatsNerdalicious]

Illustrator Adam Spizak is responsible for these striking portraits of Daenerys, Tyrion, and Jon feature the animals of each character’s house sigil in the background as well as the house words. [NerdApproved]

Reg Dad vs Geek Dad. I’m not a father as of yet, but I foresee my nerdy sensibilities will have equal if not greater influence on my child.    [GeeksAreSexy]

If Xbox One Were a girl. OK, where’s the version where the Sexy dark haired PS4 girl comes in and saves the day? [Dorkly]

Jon Snow has to win the respect of the men of the Night’s Watch… this calls for a training montage with a synth-heavy inspirational 80′s soundtrack. [Dorkly]

And now, T-Shirts You Gotta Buy…TODAY! (Before they’re gone.)

(Click ‘em, to buy ‘em)

Don’t forget about our Nerd Bastards’ tees, available at RedBubble!

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Hailing from Denver, Colorado’s and currently calling the sunshine state (Florida) home , cosplayer Hydra. is this weeks  Sexy Cosplay of the Week!

Hydra is an avid Star Wars fan and most of her cosplay revolves around custom Star Wars pieces.  She does branch out to other franchise though, like Mad Max and Fallout as well as video games and comics with Spider-Man‘s Black Cat and Street Fighter‘s Cammy White. Check out more in the gallery below.

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Just when you think we, as a geeky, nerdy culture have started making some strides in raising awareness about Cosplay not equaling Consent, this pops up its ugly head. At this year’s AnimeNext convention some Internet popular Cosplayers got a shocking surprise when they and their friends walking around the dealer’s room found 2 Image Solutions selling full body pillows with Cosplayers likenesses on the front and back.

One side with the front picture seen above and the other side with . . . their backsides. If you haven’t read about these “Body pillows” it’s one of those Japanese things that borders the line between everyone’s personal freedom to do what you want with that creepy overtly sexual thing someone is doing with a pillow featuring the likeness of a sexy anime character. Some guy actually tried to marry one of these things.

Imagine how you would feel finding your image on one of these pillows or some other borderline sexual item. I’d hope you were as outraged as many of those Cosplayers whose image was used without their express permission.

The Superman cosplayer pictured above, Dustin Dorough, went on record on Facebook to say:

“Whoa… I DEFINITELY did not give permission for this.”

“I never signed any sort of release for any products or prints. I’ve only done photoshoots with 4 photographers and never in this suit. This pillow is a random convention candid from Dragon*Con.”

Another of those involved, Marie Grey, who Cosplays Phoenix pictured above, wrote about her experience over the weekend in her new blog, The Grey Point. It’s an interesting read worth clicking over to read the entire post. The short story is that after some discussion and back and forth between the Cosplayers, AnimeNEXT Officials, and 2 Image Solutions, the following solution was determined.

EDIT 8:02 PM: At this time, 2 Image Solutions has agreed to change their policy and will no longer be selling posters, prints, pillows, stickers and other materials of cosplayers unless the individual cosplayer requests the products themselves. Thank you, Eric, for listening to us and following our wishes! For a reference to his new policy, please go here.

Now this is just one case that ended well. The bad news in this story is that pillows were already sold with Cosplayers images and can’t be gotten back. As we all know there are shady dealers at every convention. Just check for a video or DVD booth and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Some art print dealers and “artists” have also been discovered selling pirated copies of comic book artists work to which they have secured no legal rights to.

Vigilance is needed by all of us to stamp out this before it becomes a trend. My main concern is that those selling these images should have the Cosplayers permission or signed rights. If you as the Cosplayer are OK with it then fine, but no one should use your image in such a manner without your consent.

Via: OH!Entertainment

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With summer at our doorstep you would think we’d cool things down at bit, but oh no, we’re turning up the heat with America’s own Ivy Doomkitty. Enjoy this weeks the Sexy Cosplay of the Week.

A writer, baker and candle stick maker occasional belly dancer Ivy Doomkitty is first and foremost a cosplayer. Finding a fantastic way to display her fandom, this Californian turned to cosplay and has since been featured all over the Internet and as a guest at many conventions across America. She’s also been the figure model for comic book artist/writer, Frank Cho!

Dedicated and clever, Ivy steadily keeps herself busy and talented making all her own costumes from scratch and fabric. From DC comics Zatanna and Wonder Woman to Metroid‘s Samus Aran. Check out more in the gallery below.
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Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.

ABOVE: King Koopa crochet sweater turns your tortoise into Bowser. Mehehe, turtles got a “derp” face. [ObviousWinner]

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Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.

ABOVE: Cosplayers Mead Mel Madigan (what an excellent name) and Heather 1337 as Spider-Man’s Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy in bed together. I’ll be in my web.

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Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.

ABOVE: I think I bent his wookie – Han Solo in carbonite light switch [Thisiswhyimbroke]

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A gaggle of geeks invaded Philadelphia for Wizard World this weekend, rushing into the Philadelphia Convention Center to shop a show floor that was filled with comics, toys, nerd shirts, and some awesome handmade products (more on that later). The show was also blessed with special guests like The Walking Dead‘s Derle and Merle aka Norman Reedus and Michael Rooker, Firefly‘s Gina Torres and Summer Glau, legends like Stan Lee and William Shatner, and several others. With all of that said, though, what I really want to talk about are the ingenious creations that were worn by Philly’s cosplayers.

Several people came to share their love of their favorite characters with everything from homemade extreme costumes to ordinary store bought options. There was an abundance of Poison Ivy, Spider-Man, Deadpool, and Joker cosplay but not as many Wonder Woman cosplayers, anime characters, and Time Lords as I’m used to. Who knows, maybe the Whovians were in mourning.

As for my personal favorites: Poison Ivy, the kick-ass Blade cosplayer, and an epic battle between Marvel and DC sprint to mind. Check out the gallery below for those pics and so many more shots of the best cosplay from Philadelphia Wizard World.

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We celebrate some of the finest lady cosplayers the net has to offer in our weekly Sexy Cosplay of the Week feature. We love Sexy Cosplay of the Week – it is an institution here at NerdBastards – but the staff thought it was about time that we did something to celebrate some of the sexiest male cosplays we could find.

So, with that in mind, we bring you this Salute to Sexy Male Cosplay, because damn it, you deserve a good dose of eye candy and these guys deserve a little bit of recognition for their awesome costumes, attention to detail, and abs that make all the guys here at NerdBastards feel extremely inadequate.

So enjoy the Nerd Bastards’ Salute to Sexy Male Cosplay!

Hit the jump for all the muscles and fabric you can enjoy and send your own to nerdbastardcosplay@gmail.com so we can keep doing this.
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Friday is back and so is another edition of Nerd Bastards’ Sexy Cosplay of Week. This week we, and by “we” I mean the Internet, share the talented Italian cosplay of Giada Robin.

A world traveler, Giada spends her spare time away from her busy schedule as an alternative model and conductor-organizer taking over her native land and beyond. She’s judged several cosplay events as well as been the special guest of a few. This lovely lady knows what people are looking for in a award-winning costume and ith her attention to detail she sure knows how to wow a crowd.

A cosplayer of exceptional skill, Giada has created several costumes based off famous gun wielders including Underworld‘s Selene and Resident Evil‘s Ada Wong. She even goes after more adult characters like Bible Black Gaiden‘s Hiroko Takashiro, don’t ask how we know that. Check out more in the gallery below. (more…)

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