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Amanda Werner
Meet Amanda Werner, financial reform crusader. On Wednesday, former Equifax CEO Richard Smith testified before the Senate Banking Committee…. Today, though, there was someone interesting peering over Smith’s shoulder: the Monopoly Man (also known as Mr. Monopoly or Rich Uncle Pennybags). As the hearing went on, Pennybags, complete with mustache and top hat, held up…
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Jacen
My favorite experience while cosplaying Cheryl from Archer would have to be at KrakenCon last November when there was a booth with a flying simulator that people could test out. The booth was blasting Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins and I let loose. Danger Zone is basically the unsung theme song of Archer and 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 anime alongside Inuyasha and Yu Yu Hakusho. She was this amazingly powerful character who was trying to find her purpose, and herself, and at a time in my life where I didn’t know if who…
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Chunky Cosplay (Anchorage, AK)
So, at first Maybel Pines started off as just a simple costume just to provide some more content on mymusical.ly account. I came in to the Gravity Falls fandom right as the series was ending, but I loved how bubbly and cheerful Maybel was during the show. Also this was a stretch for me as…
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Scrapper Costuming (New York)
media @making.with.megan The Classic Batman TV series, to my memory was my first real exposure to superhero media- my parents were both the right age to watch the show growing up, and around the time I was 4 or 5 I remember knowing when Batman would air on TV land in the evenings. Even as…
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Yaldamn (New York)
Sailor Moon VHS // Photo : Max Scoville / Originally posted Nov. 2017 I was visiting my parents at my childhood home and stumbled upon these old Sailor Moon VHS tapes I used to watch obsessively as a kid. I’ve always wanted to cosplay Sailor Moon (the icon, the legend) but wanted to take it…
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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 XIII]. You would think such a serious character would turn people off, but they just eat it up! I remember one time this girl came up to me and said her friends really wanted a…
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Anime in America : A Personal Account
By vfxart Let me go back to 1975 or so, yeah my fandom started then. I was early school-age, but grabbed easily. 😉 But first, and this may be important, I will talk mostly about the mid-80s through mid-90s, having been one of the crew/supporters of AnimeCon ’91, and some related fun. In the mid…
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Ubehime (Florida)
Photo: DTJAAAAM DW has become so integrated into my experience as a cosplayer because she reminds me to never forget to have fun. I always describe myself as a simple meme and being DW helps me avoid contributing towards the toxic side of the cosplay community that cares about numbers, racial exclusion based on “accuracy”,…
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Highway Just Cos (North Carolina)
Photo : Jessi Jetsom. To me, it started out as a ‘just because’ project since Silverhawks didn’t seem to be as popular as other fandoms, especially among 80’s cartoons. One of my friends had previously discussed the idea of being one of the Silverhawks, so my casual project motivated her to start building Steelheart, and…
