on March 11, 2020, the country enter a new reality
With large gatherings of people being discouraged or banned in many places, many conventions cancelled or postponed. The weekend of the 15th, Emerald City Comic Con, Naka-kon and 24 other conventions across the country shut down. Some conventions have attempted to move to virtual events, but the experience is often quite different and lacks the same level of excitement and engagement as an in-person event.
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Comic-Con Is Live And In-Person Again And Yes, That Means Cosplayers Are Back. Why They’re So Excited
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 of the most excited fans as live events start to return. They’ll be holding court and taking photos with onlookers at the con, which regularly draws…
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All dressed up with nowhere to go: Cosplaying in the pandemic
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 wig with red Afro puffs, an army-green tactical vest and fake bloodstained bandage. She completed the look with medical gloves and a mask looped around her…
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Jarod Nandin, the World of Warcraft South Park Cosplayer, Dies
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 Nandin in 2013, shared the news on Twitter Sunday afternoon, adding that Nandin had died due to COVID-19. “Today the @warcraft and greater @blizzard community lost one of…