{"id":13382,"date":"2014-02-13T14:17:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T19:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=13382"},"modified":"2014-02-13T14:17:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T19:17:53","slug":"two-more-bare-chested-cosplay-pics-from-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2014\/02\/13\/two-more-bare-chested-cosplay-pics-from-1974\/","title":{"rendered":"Two more bare-chested cosplay pics from 1974"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sammaroniesentertainmentfunhouse.com\">Sam Maronie<\/a>, who recently sent me <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2014\/01\/12\/in-which-i-am-bare-chested-carrying-a-broadsword-and-threatening-joe-sinnott\/\"> a photo I&#8217;d entirely forgotten<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2010\/02\/20\/the-only-costume-ive-ever-worn-to-a-con\/\">the only costume I ever wore to a con<\/a>, has turned up two more. According to Sam, these were taken at the 1974 New York Creation Convention at the Hotel Commodore.<\/p>\n<p>In the first pic, I&#8217;m dueling with fellow fan Dave Simons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ScottEdelmanDave1975.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ScottEdelmanDave1975-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"ScottEdelmanDave1975\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ScottEdelmanDave1975-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ScottEdelmanDave1975.jpg 765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A heavily cropped version of this was published in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/editing\/foom\/\"><em>F.O.O.M.<\/em><\/a> back when I edited the magazine for Marvel.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the next photo, Sam came out from behind his camera so I could run him through with my two-handed broadsword.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ScottEdelmanSanMaronie1975.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ScottEdelmanSanMaronie1975-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"ScottEdelmanSanMaronie1975\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ScottEdelmanSanMaronie1975-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ScottEdelmanSanMaronie1975.jpg 785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry. It was only a flesh wound.<\/p>\n<p>I still own that broadsword, which I bought at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2012\/08\/23\/the-only-two-things-i-still-own-that-i-bought-at-my-first-worldcon\/\">my first Worldcon<\/a>. But that sheepskin, that headband, those boots, and that chest? <\/p>\n<p>All gone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Maronie, who recently sent me a photo I&#8217;d entirely forgotten of the only costume I ever wore to a con, has turned up two more. According to Sam, these were taken at the 1974 New York Creation Convention at the Hotel Commodore. In the first pic, I&#8217;m dueling with fellow fan Dave Simons. 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