Personal Stories
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Jordan Rennert (Los Angeles, CA)
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I have been working on Cosplay Universe since 2015, so that means it’s been about seven years! I met Lauren St. Laurent while working on a previous film with…
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Sheik (San Francisco, CA)
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I grew up watching Wonder Woman with Linda Carter in it because my mom loved watching the show. I loved how beautiful, smart and tough she was. Everything you…
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@CosplayMom99 (Los Angeles, CA)
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Photo: @bb49r Everything Everywhere All At Once went viral and it was really exciting to see all of the buzz about it. Seeing Jamie Lee Curtis win the Oscar…
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Kim (Anchorage, AK)
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I am a self taught seamstress, and aside from one class about how to thread my machine back when I was 13 everything else has been a mix of…
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Myleah of Lumikha Cosplay Resale
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At only 26 years of age, Myleah has already made her way through college, started an anime convention, worked as a journalist and a social media marketer, and most…
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Trap Sushi (Atlanta, GA)
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Over the last decade Atlanta’s reputation as a hub for fandom and geek culture has grown. Much of this growth is driven by the success of major conventions like…
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Ted (Los Angeles, CA)
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I’ve loved comics and superheroes ever since I was a kid. That was a long time ago, but I haven’t given up my “kid spirit”. Around 2000…
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Benjamin (Cypress, CA)
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I spend well over a year combining as many outfits as I could to create closet cosplays that actually weren’t half bad, and over time I got better at…
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Dash Gordon (League City, TX)
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Not all heroes wear capes; however, in the appropriately comic book sounding League City, Texas, there’s one hero who certainly does, and his good deeds are getting noticed. That…
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OYIMI Cosplay (Seattle, WA)
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We, Ben (Lone Starr), Victoria (Barf), and Karen (Dark Helmet), start tossing out ideas where we can convincingly incorporate the wheelchair into the cosplay. There is usually a bit…