2018 Colorado Springs Comic Con

A Viking Jarl from the video game “For Honor” wasn’t shopping at the Chapel Hills Mall for just the right pair of raiding boots or a good axe sharpener, he was attending the Colorado Springs Comic Con. The Comic Con was held over the weekend at the Chapel Hills Event Center. A Comic Con is a comic book convention that also includes villains, super heroes, and fantasy characters of many types of entertainment genres. Logan Clark made his Viking Jarl costume and later participated in a costume contest. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

Two Orcs from “Lord of the Rings” movies chat in front of one of the Chapel Hills Malls stores while attending Colorado Springs Comic Con. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

Waiting for the costume contest at Colorado Springs Comic Con at Chapel Hills Mall on Sunday, August 26, 2018. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

Sydney Montey dressed as Yvraine from the video game “Warhammer 40K” for the costume contest at Colorado Springs Comic Con at Chapel Hills Mall on Sunday, August 26, 2018. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

Nicholas Whitman was dressed as the Joker from Batman at Colorado Springs Comic Con at Chapel Hills Mall on Sunday, August 26, 2018. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

Jeff Shrank was wearing his Star Trek reference t-shirt at the Colorado Springs Comic Con at the Chapel Hills Mall on Sunday, August 26, 2018. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

Billy Boyd, “Pippen” the Hobbit in Lord of the Rings” answered questions and entertained the audience at the Colorado Springs Comic Con at the Chapel Hills Mall on Sunday, August 26, 2018 (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

The children’s costume contest at the Colorado Springs Comic Con at the Chapel Hills Mall on Sunday, August 26, 2018 (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

The children’s costume contest at the Colorado Springs Comic Con at the Chapel Hills Mall on Sunday, August 26, 2018. That’s Keith Furman dressed as Dalek from Dr. Who in the center. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

The children’s costume contest at the Colorado Springs Comic Con at the Chapel Hills Mall on Sunday, August 26, 2018 (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

Marcus Copeland-Rodden chases BB8 from the Star Wars movies at the Colorado Springs Comic Con at the Chapel Hills Mall on Sunday, August 26, 2018. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

Amanda Knowles get a hug from Cooper Andrews from “The Walking Dead” at the Colorado Springs Comic Con at the Chapel Hills Mall on Sunday, August 26, 2018. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

Some of the many collector’s items available from vendors at the Colorado Springs Comic Con at the Chapel Hills Mall on Sunday, August 26, 2018. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)