Personal Stories
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amuly21 (North Carolina)
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In 2014, I wore the comic book Captain Marvel costume to HeroesCon, a guy ran up to me and asked if I could take a picture with his baby…
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Anna-neko
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It really does go back to ancient days of AOL – usenet boards (rec.arts.anime) anime chatrooms where you might accidentally stumble upon a fellow nerd who had the latest…
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Chip (CHicago, IL)
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My group of friends usually gets pretty into Halloween, so everyone wants to have a good costume. And through that I found it was fun to create costumes. I…
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ANNA MINA (North Carolina)
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For years I’ve seen Jim Shore’s Disney Traditions figures and thought they were beautiful– they’re still Disney, but very unique compared to the original character designs, with intricate patterns…
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MIO.GG
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It was about a month out from the convention and a Black Rock Shooter group I was going to be a part of ended up not happening so last…
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Delta Major (New York City, NY)
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I love cosplay but wanted to step out of doing exact replicas of the characters; instead, I wanted to do my own take on the characters by adding my…
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MJ
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I’d been cosplaying for a couple of years when I did my first “joke” cosplay, which was Pokémon Go themed, and was floored by how many people wanted to…
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Super Reflex Cos
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I’ve been a fan of Kirby games pretty much my entire life. King Dedede was one of my original cosplay ideas when I first started going to cons. I…
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KAYE COSPLAY (Orlando, FL)
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Photo : Felix Wong. I was surprised that so many people at the convention recognized who I was cosplaying! I expected that not many people would know because my…
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DeZBAH ROSE
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Photo: @terrance_clifford Dani is one of the few fully developed Indigenous characters in comic book history, let alone a Native Woman. I decided to give her more authenticity by…