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  • REBECCA

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    Prior to the pandemic I was satisfied with attending cons in my cosplay and just being seen at the event but ever since the pandemic I’ve been focused on…

  • marquis_cosplay

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    I’ve been making fewer cosplays, but the ones I make I take more time with and they’re characters I care very deeply about. I’m only just starting to get…

  • ChrissyPlaysDressup

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    I am much more cautious about the cons I attend and who I room with. Dragoncon used to be the highlight of my year but I haven’t been since…

  • AMANDA

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    It makes it really hard to want to interact and talk with new people at cons because of it. I caught covid for the first time when cons started…

  • redroseace

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    The pandemic hasn’t affected me all too much in regards to cosplays and conventions— in some cases it’s led to some creative work-arounds or incorporations of masks (when and…

  • Comic-Con Is Live And In-Person Again And Yes, That Means Cosplayers Are Back. Why They’re So Excited

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    By Mike Roe San Diego’s Comic-Con International — and all the cosplaying fans — is back this week for the first time in three years. Cosplayers have been some…

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

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    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. She wore a…

  • Jarod Nandin, the World of Warcraft South Park Cosplayer, Dies

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    By Joseph Knoop Jarod Nandin, a member of the Blizzard fan community known for his South Park World of Warcraft cosplay, has died. BlizzCon host Michele Morrow, who met…

  • ‘I Love Cosplay, But I Also Like Living’: Cosplayers in the Age of COVID-19

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    By Audrey Cleo Yap Every summer, some 130,000 attendees gather in San Diego for Comic-Conto celebrate entertainment, fandom and geek culture. Amy Vaughn had hoped to be one of them. Vaughn,…

  • Cosplay Is a Business and It Is Suffering

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    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…