RGB: Winston Zeddemore

From Otakon 2011 comes my humongous, spectral-spectacular, 7-months-in-the-making Real Ghostbusters cosplay group!! The most epic undertaking I've ever done, with every problem you can imagine popping up, going way over budget, and just plain icky, we FINALLY got it done and were a gigantic hit at the con! In fact, "gigantic" is an understatement! People were all "OMFG That's awesome! NO ONE EVER does the CARTOON Ghostbusters!!" EVERYONE wanted our picture, and many of them wanted their picture taken with us, and not just people at the convention! Random folks wandering around the Inner Harbor, too! We were even interviewed by the internet! Twice! One video can be seen here: [link] (go to 17:04 to see us!). The other one, we haven't found yet...

Here we have my buddy Pierre as Mr. Winston Zeddemore. I bet I don't have to tell you why I felt he was a natural fit for Winston, lol! But lemme tell ya, he was our ace in the hole! Pierre MADE the group, you know? Everyone was all "OMG you NEVER see a Winston!" One guy even loved the dreads! Our favorite moment was when we were walking down to the Gallery to eat, and a tall fellow of African-American decent stopped us and said "Oh my God, I GOTTA get a picture of this! The Ghostbusters, and they have an actual black guy!" We all had a good laugh, especially Pierre! But ethnicity aside, he just looked the part so well! He was BORN to wear this stuff...