Personal Stories
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Scrapper Costuming (New York CIty)
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Photo: @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…
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Marc Kandel (NEW YORK)
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Photo: @Miggychagon Iron Man, the Silver Centurion and later the Modular armor, were chosen as all my builds are, from a period from roughly 1982 to 1994, the height…
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adri.nyan
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Photo:@climacam People kept asking if there was real food in the bucket/peach mango pie container! I told them “No, don’t you think it’d be soggy by now?” I feel…
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Molotov Bailey
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All the responses were great but this one older guy on the Hyatt sky bridge totally flipped out, Jumping around and Yelling that he had been watching Astroboy…
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EMMA (New Mexico)
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My first con was in Baltimore for Otakon 2001. Pre 9/11! I originally wanted to attend a con either out in Colorado or Texas, but I was the only…
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@goddessradiance (Atlanta, GA)
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(photo: @I_love_cosplay) The response was amazing! Young and old recognized me. Truly. Sometimes I had younger people asking for photos to send to their parents. Sometimes they just told…
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@alia_vera
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Dressing as Madame Leota was inspired by many years of visiting Disneyland with my favorite ride being the Haunted Mansion. My family wanted to do a group costume for Halloween…
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@vakermaker (Dallas, TX)
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For as long as I can remember, Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays due to the fact that it was the one where you could be…
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ventuswentus
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(photo: Felix Wong) He’s cool as hell, punk, AND BLACK? That’s such a win for black fans, especially black fans who are alternative like me. This has been said…
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kangelicx (Washington DC)
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(photo: @quachstar.jpg) I started making my costumes at the age of 12. I learned about cosplay through my love of art, movies, and gaming. As a child I would…