There have been plenty of reasons for Houston to dress up this year: costume parties, comic cons, an anime convention and a visit from the Village People, to name a few. Houston loves to strut its costume stuff, and there are our favorites of the year so far.

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Cory Garcia is a Contributing Editor for the Houston Press. He once won an award for his writing, but he doesn't like to brag about it. If you're reading this sentence, odds are good it's because he wrote...