It’s all well and good to want to be a superhero but sometimes it is fun to be bad! Here, contestants in the 2023 Atomicon costume contest compete for the best villain costume. The costume contest was held Saturday at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. Participants could compete in multiple categories and winners were able to select a prize. Contestants could get their photograph taken by Los Alamos photographer Minesh Bacrania, too. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Marq Purdy not only won one of the costume contest categories, but she won it with finesse! Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

From left, Los Alamos County Community Services Department Director Cory Styron, Municipal Judge Elizabeth Allen and library board member Francis Knudsen judge the costume contest Saturday at the Betty Ehart Senior Center while Los Alamos County Library Youth Services Department Manager Melissa Mackey serves as emcee. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Scene from the costume contest. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Scene from the costume contest. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Scene from the costume contest. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Scene from the costume contest. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com