I love Halloween and I love the Autostraddle community, so what could possibly be better than combining those two loves in an epic reader (and staff!) Halloween costume gallery?
Vanessa as a witch and Cara as Vanessa
Shannon as Sexy Voldemort (Vulvamort)
Laura as Xena
Hannah as Robin Hood and Tiff as Harry Potter
Twin Peaks! Allie (left) as Log Lady, Intern Rebecca (middle) as Audrey Horne, and Anne (right) as special agent Dale Cooper.
Shannon as Peter Pan
Stef and a friend as LiLo and SamRon
Hannah as Rosie the Riveter
Robin and Marika as Robin and Batman
Alex and Riese as Adam Lambert and Lady Gaga
Rachel as Michelangelo from TMNT
Shannon as Cap’n Barnacle Burntbeard
Goddess Chelsey as Hipster Little Mermaid
Kristen as a Roy Lichtenstein
Brittani as James Franco in 127 Hrs and Liz as Tootsie Pop Owl (left) and Oliver Twist (right)
Jess and Christina as Bam Bam and Pebbles
Triszh as Snow White
Olivia (right) as a unicorn
Taylor, Cee, and friends as…well, you know
Mere and Jacq as The Baroness and a Swashbuckler
Liz as all the Avengers (photo by Albert L. Ortega)
Launa as one of Mr. Veil’s girls from Fallen London
Kristan as Kurt Hummel
Stef (right) as Keyboard Cat
Kerrie as a bedbug (TERRIFYING)
From left to right: Kendall as Indiana Jones, Allie as a doll, Kelsey as Rachel Maddow, and Kayla as a jester
Kat (left) as Sherlock Holmes
Katie and Amber
Jess and Christina as Halloweenies
Lizz as a vampire penguin
Sara and Brooke as Sally and Jack from The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jamie as Katniss, the Girl On Fire
Lizz (right) as a giraffe
Katie and friends as the entire OITNB crew
Kira and Lucia as Marceline the Vampire Queen and Princess Bubblegum from Bubbline
Lizz as Black Swan
Carrie as a shark attack and Mary as a minion from Despicable Me, with Dracula making a surprise appearance
Giselle wins for most amazing face paint situation
Angela and Hailey as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie
Mey as Lumpy Space Princess from Adventure Time
Evan and Shannon as Brokeback Mountain
Emily as a Super Happy Trip and Rachel as a newsie
Emily as a 1930’s French Lesbian Vampire
Kathryn as something very very scary
Ella as a Pan Am flight attendant (photo by Diana Levine)
Chloe as Smee
Katlyn as Elphaba and Amanda as Galinda
Stef as Courtney Love
Chris with son CJ (age 7) as the Doctors Jones (Indiana Jones and Indiana Jones’ dad)
Chloe as Rosie the Riveter
Chicago Straddlers!
Celeste and partner as the White Rabbit and the Mad Hatter from Alice In Wonderland
Christina and Shannon as Catwomen
Alexis as Amy Winehouse
Jeanie and Anne Marie as sharks
Marine and Ashley, the Scientist and the Poet
Amanda as Captain Hammer
Amanda as Black Widow from The Avengers
Naimah as a boyscout
Dana and Alison as Tank Girl and Jet
Mey: “It’s Bruja time.”
Alexis as Abraham Lincoln, Bacon Slayer
Alicia does Blues Brothers
Haviland as a unicorn
Naimah (center) and friends as the Spice Girls
A friend and Torre as Richie and Margo from the Royal Tenenbaums
Stef as Courtney Love (again)
Haviland as a roller girl
Megan and Kathryn in Harry Potter costumes
Torre as the witch from Monty Pythons Holy Grail
Hilary as Lesbian Bed Death (scary!)
Shelby as a steampunk mecha-pilot
Kade as Marshall Lee from Adventure Time
Vanessa: “Pick a photo where the hatchet is showing!”
Kaylah as a pot brownie
Riese and Marni as Brandy and Julie
Georgina as Ke$ha
Haviland as a SuperPAC politico, inspired by this video: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/0ae6ffc284/super-freak-super-pac
Meredith as Waldo
Riese and Marni as Brandy and Julie again
Happy Halloween, weirdos. You all look so damn good and I am proud to be a part of such a creative, spooky, sexy community. Trick or treat responsibly tonight and remember to take lots of photos of yourself in costume so you can be featured in next year’s gallery!
