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Lindsay (Chicago, IL)
“As for my best con experience, it has to be at SDCC 2013. I ran into the producers of Tron:…
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KnightmaGe (Youngstown, OH)
’ve always loved Spawn as a character but loved his design even more. It took me about 15 hours total…
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Fallen Feathers Cosplay (Ooltewah, TN)
Been cosplaying since 2001, but I personally haven’t been sewing until 2011. I’ve always loved Halloween and to have a…
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Lady AVA Designs (Baltimore, MD)
I stumbled upon Otakon 2001 through an ad in Animerica Magazine. With anticipation and a lot of begging, I convinced…
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Xander (Austin, TX)
Photo: Kevin Lillard. It was sometime in the very early 2000s, probably 2000 or 2001. I discovered the website A…
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Nikki Moxxi (Orange County, CA)
I was running out of time to create my Anime Expo cosplays (one week before con!) And I knew I…
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Spades & Aces (Anchorage, AK)
At a young age I found the original Ghost In The Shell movie, and it helped cultivate my love of…
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Avis (Dallas, TX)
I could fill a book with all the funny things people do when they come up to Lightning [Final Fantasy…
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Super Reflex Cos
I’ve been a fan of Kirby games pretty much my entire life. King Dedede was one of my original cosplay…
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KAYE COSPLAY (Orlando, FL)
Photo : Felix Wong. I was surprised that so many people at the convention recognized who I was cosplaying! I…
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EMMA (New Mexico)
My first con was in Baltimore for Otakon 2001. Pre 9/11! I originally wanted to attend a con either out…
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CaffEineCraft & Setterspecs (Chicago, IL)
Photo: Payton’s Photography CAFFEINECRAFT: This is the story of how Setterspecs and I met and how things came together for…
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Ashentrees (Philadelphia, PA)
So i did change like the credit card numbers to be like 2023, all of the coupon codes are the…
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Soydoka (Chicago, IL)
I decided to crossplay as Ruby Rose because she is my favorite character from Rooster Teeth’s RWBY. She’s fun character…
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Sarah (Nashville, TN)
Styling wigs can be a pain trying to manipulate the fibers to stay in these shapes and forms that real…
Further Reading
They’re Young. We’re Dead. So it’s Cosplay by Wendy Ross Kaufman
