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Cosplay Is a Business and It Is Suffering
By Beth Elderkin Yaya Han was supposed to be on tour right now. Instead of signing copies of books and posing for pictures with fans, the cosplayer is at home prepping her next shipment of washable masks to help people prevent the spread of covid-19. The novel coronavirus pandemic has become an international crisis, with over 4.7 million…
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Summer Cons
I’m bracing for myself for a very busy few months…. You see, Anime Central is next weekend and I’ll be there with Epic Cosplay wigs in the dealer hall with my book “Cosplay in America”, my photo booth, and my sleep-deprived body – lol, come watch Ejen get more and more crazy as he gets…
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FIDM Library
Over the weekend at ALA, someone told me my book was actually at the library of FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising) over in downtown LA. Now I’ve heard of FIDM for years but have never gone by. I guess FIDM is like SCAD ? Dunno as I’ve never attend either. So on the…
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Alternative Covers
Okay to some of y’all who have been following me for more than a year will remember when I posted 2 different covers on Facebook to ask your opinion around fall of 2009. I showed the cover which y’all know today as well as the lower left cover. What you didn’t know was there was…
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Happy Holidays!
*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 this year in whatever way from buying a copy of the book to telling a friend or following me on Facebook. I feel very blessed I had the opportunity…
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About.com/Manga’s List for 2010
I was pleasantly surprised today to find out I made About.com/Manga’s list for 2010. Really surprised in fact. I never though my book would be mention on a manga site ! Big thanks to Deb for selecting my book ! As the product of over five months of cross-country travel, many hours and hundreds of photographs,…
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Otakon 2010
Okay, hands down, Otakon rules ! I’ve been to 5 cons across America in the past 3 months and I gotta say I really enjoy Otakon this year. Now you’re saying to yourself – how can he know ? He’s in Artist Alley the whole time ! Yup, I was. I racked up 14 hours…
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AWA 2009
It was Sunday morning September 20, 2009 and it was the final day of Anime Weekend Atlanta. Rain had been falling steady the entire time I waas here and I understand that it had rain for a week before I even arrived. Some spots had reached over 12” of rain in a week’s time and rising that…
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Behind the Scenes : At the Convention (2009)
That is my set-up that I’ve taken throughout the country last year on my many trips to various anime conventions across the United States. It’s a simple set-up. One point lighting with a Profoto 7B and a Thunder Grey seamless backdrop. It looks simple but there’s always problems that arises from hauling gear all over…
