A photograph by Keir Magoulas showing a group of eight cosplayers dressed as characters from the Devil May Cry video game series gathered inside the Tampa Convention Center during Metrocon in Tampa, Florida, on July 31, 2026. The cosplayers pose together in striking action stances on a patterned teal-and-green carpeted hallway, wearing variants of red leather trench coats, white spiky wigs, black trousers, and carrying prop swords and handguns. In the background, convention hall signage reading "Partner Services" hangs above a wooden-paneled doorway, with other attendees walking past in natural indoor lighting.
Metrocon at Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida on July 31, 2026. Credit: Keir Magoulas

Comic book pages and video game pixels came to life last weekend when Metrocon took over the Tampa Convention Center, bringing Barnacle Boys, Shy Guys and X-Men downtown. Here are some of the best “Hellsing,” “Deltarune” and “Devil May Cry” cosplay out strutting in the Florida heat (and air-conditioning).

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This article appears in Jul 30 – Aug 05, 2026.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...