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Fashion and style, glamour, glitz aand Gamilons? Obviously these are not the runways of Paris, the pageant that we’re describing is the fantastic world of COSPLAY. Cosplay is an abbreviation of the words costume…

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Cosplay in the United States (1995)

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Subaru Camui (Las Vegas, NV)

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IAN (Dallas, TX)

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My Costume, Myself: Celebrating Stories of Cosplay and Beyond 

Books
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kangelicx (Washington DC)

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Rethink Cosplay (New York, NY)

Personal Stories

By Lauren Orsini JUNE 25, 2021 It took Michelle Anderson a month to create her E3 2019 outfit. It took her another hour to put it on.…

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All dressed up with nowhere to go: Cosplaying in the pandemic

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KnightmaGe (Youngstown, OH)

Personal Stories

By Sy Sable On 4/4/2020, Sy Sable (Mark Merlino) sent this brief history of the Cartoon/Fantasy Organization, founded in 1977. His story comes from recent message…

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A brief history of the Cartoon/Fantasy Organization, America’s first anime fan club

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Toni Darling (Phoenix, AZ)

Personal Stories

By: Liz Ohanesian Ginger Burton remembers the first anime convention she attended. It was Anime Expo back in 2007. While Burton knew about anime, she was…

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How Cosplay Can Change Lives

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T.J Burnside Clapp (Arlington, VA)

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Logan Allen Wolf (Atlanta, GA)

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Alan Yeh (Cary, NC)

Cosplay Repair
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Tranquil AShes (Washington DC)

Personal Stories

*whew* Things are finally slowing down around here. It is Christmas and I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who have supported me…

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Happy Holidays!

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Rick Prince (Nashville, TN)

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Anime Expo 2001 – Ninja Neptune

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ConnArtistry cosplay (Anchorage, AK)

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Punished Props (Seattle, WA)

Personal Stories
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