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Damon & Yancey (Minneapolis, MN)
My first experience cosplaying…this may sound odd, but the best part was meeting many other cosplayers and those people who…
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Caroline & MoIses (Los Angeles, CA)
My first comic con that I attended was at Long Beach Comic Con 2009 where Stan Lee cut the ribbon…
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Camille (Los Angeles, CA)
Growing up, I was pretty sheltered. My parents wouldn’t let me watch too much tv or listen to music besides…
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William, Evelyn & Natalie (Vancouver, WA)
The crowds never really bothered Evelyn. She’s kind of a ham and likes attention, so people asking for pictures made…
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Babychwan (Anaheim, CA)
I found out about cosplay through my friends when I went to high school. My friends Brittanie and Mat invited…
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@samurairocker55 (Los Angeles, CA)
It was 2002 and I just finished the first Devil May Cry video game. I had a black leather jacket,…
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@sweetieplague (Chicago, IL)
The idea to cosplay as the C2E2 sign has been in the making for around 4 years now. I was…
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Clinton (Owasso, OK)
I’ve always been a big fan of superheroes and I have a big fondness for a lot of the classics,…
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@FernsideDragons (Seattle, WA)
CIA What inspired the Nyan cat? MEGAN I have loved Nyan cat ever since I first watched the video in…
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Rethink Cosplay (New York, NY)
Written : Zippy / Photo : Felix Wong Ariel Krupnik, aka Rethink Cosplay, creates elaborate and unique cosplays that not…
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Jordan Rennert (Los Angeles, CA)
I have been working on Cosplay Universe since 2015, so that means it’s been about seven years! I met Lauren…
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Sheik (San Francisco, CA)
I grew up watching Wonder Woman with Linda Carter in it because my mom loved watching the show. I loved…
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@CosplayMom99 (Los Angeles, CA)
Photo: @bb49r Everything Everywhere All At Once went viral and it was really exciting to see all of the buzz…
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Kim (Anchorage, AK)
I am a self taught seamstress, and aside from one class about how to thread my machine back when I…
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Myleah of Lumikha Cosplay Resale
At only 26 years of age, Myleah has already made her way through college, started an anime convention, worked as…