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COSPLAY ZINE

Magazine

It makes it really hard to want to interact and talk with new people at cons because of it. I caught covid for the first time…

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AMANDA

Covid
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Cosplay World

Books

by Carol Resnick I don’t know why other people go into costuming, but to me it is the thrill of visualizing a costume (or a presentation,…

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Some Thoughts on Costuming

Essays
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Gerald (Nashville, TN)

Personal Stories
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KAYE COSPLAY (Orlando, FL)

Personal Stories

Animation that’s for adults only By Kathleen DonnellyMercury News Entertainment Writer IF THE turnout at AnimeCon – a convention for fans of Japaneseanimation – is an…

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Kathleen Donnelly, Mercury News

Convention Report

by Michael Bruno Even though the art of Cosplay in Japan is based on SF costuming in America, there are only a few similarities and many…

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Costuming a World Apart: Cosplay in America and Japan

Essays
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Molotov Bailey

Personal Stories

By Audrey Cleo Yap Every summer, some 130,000 attendees gather in San Diego for Comic-Conto celebrate entertainment, fandom and geek culture. Amy Vaughn had hoped to be one…

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‘I Love Cosplay, But I Also Like Living’: Cosplayers in the Age of COVID-19

Covid

By Alan Takashita Life before r.a.a.——————Well, frankly, people mostly just didn’t talk much about anime.This was the time period where Robotech was the big anime-related thing. At…

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A Brief History of the rec.arts.anime newsgroup 

Essays
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Kendra (Whitewater, WI)

Personal Stories
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Shiratori Hime Cosplay (New Orleans, LA)

Audio
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Cosplay Repair Fairy

Cosplay Repair
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NegativeDreamer (Orlando, FL)

Audio

By Andrea Letamendi. Why might a person want to become someone else? What would compel them to put on a costume and assume a different identity? …

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To Be Others is to be more like ourselves

Essays
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@CosplayRepairMedic (Pittsburgh, PA)

Cosplay Repair
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Austin Cosplay Swap Meet #2

Blog
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Anime Expo 2002 – Ninja Neptune

GeoCities
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Lisachu (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories
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