Overthinking It’s coverage of New York Comic Con 2011 kicks off with an oh-so-wondrous costume photo gallery. For those of you that have never been to a Comic-Con, you should know that “cosplay” is a major part of the experience, and that fans go to extensive lengths to take on the personas of their favorite pop culture icons. The most popular costume this year by far was Captain America, thanks to the box office success of the recent movie. But really, I brought that up just to remind everyone that the plural of “Captain America” is “Captains America,” not “Captain Americas.”
Over the course of next week, I’ll post even more photos–I saved my favorites for their own posts–and videos, including an interview with Dan Wallace, Overthinking It reader and author of multiple Star Wars books. For now, enjoy the costumes, and start planning ahead for your upcoming cosplay opportunities, be they Halloween, your holiday office party, your cousin’s bar mitzvah, etc.
Lee, thank you for the grammar reminder. Often with these titles it’s difficult for people to figure out which word should be pluralized, especially because it is often not the last word. A recent Dinosaur Comics was talking about the Grand Theft Auto series, and wasn’t sure the correct way to pluralize it. For the record, it’s Grand Thefts Auto.
What if Captain America is his name? Surely if there was more than one Mark Lee, we wouldn’t refer to them as Marks Lee.
Agreed, Leigh. For instance, the plural of Iron Man would be Iron Men. Or if a family were composed of generations of men named John Smith we would call them John Smiths. If he was called Captain of America then it would be different. Then it would be plural Captains of America. Right? #clearlyOTI
I think we need a Grammar Thursday ruling on this.