Cosplay Progress: Steampunk Nightwing and Riddler

February 06, 2026

Cosplay Feature: Wumbo's Monoco!

Photo by David Ngo Happy February! I hope you had an amazing start to your new year and that you're excited to learn about the amazing cosplays that are out there for 2026. The cosplay community usually dubs the one-two punch of MAGFest & Katsucon as the kickoff for the convention season. I spent the last month or so gathering cosplays that as of today's date, all stem from the former! I also am insanely excited that many of these I'm about to share are first time write-ups for the creators themselves. Today, you get a look at Wumbo's masterful recreation of known feet lover Monoco from 2025's Game of the Year, Expedition 33! In looking at some of the photo posts on her instagram, she made all of this by herself so I don't have to worry about adding in extra creators who may have assisted with design files etc. Quick backstory, Monoco is the last party member you add to your team who's a longtime friend of Verso and gained a grasp on the English language...

One of the cosplays I'm working on for this year is a Steampunk version of Nightwing alongside my Dad who wants to do a Steampunk Riddler. This idea came about after NYCC 2013 when my Dad was incredibly interested in the idea of steampunk so much that he wanted to create a costume. The Riddler was the first thing that came to his mind. At RI Comic Con last year we told this idea to Jessica Nigri who not only loved the idea but then suggested to me that I try my hand at a Steampunk version of Nightwing to go along with it, and thus the whole plan was set!

At this moment our weapons/props are done and Dad has a fancy Hat he ordered online from one of the vendors he saw last year. Below are all the progress pictures I've posted on Twitter and my cosplay page so I hope you guys enjoy them! What's left for me is the goggles, a leather aviator hat which I picked out and need to buy and cufflinks to make. The rest I can do with clothes at my house! Dad has a whip being made alongside his cane and he also needs to create gears for the outfit as well as a vest and matching pants/shoes.