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By Ger Tysk Breaking All The Rules: Cosplay and the Art of Self-Expression is a photobook project documenting the culture of fan costuming, known in most circles…

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Breaking All The Rules: Cosplay and the Art of Self Expression (website, 2013)

Essays

I’ve been making fewer cosplays, but the ones I make I take more time with and they’re characters I care very deeply about. I’m only just…

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marquis_cosplay

Covid

Prior to the pandemic I was satisfied with attending cons in my cosplay and just being seen at the event but ever since the pandemic I’ve…

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REBECCA

Covid

The con was rad. The dealer’s room was alright; most of thedealers there I’ve already seen at the San Diego Comic Con, with the exception of…

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Noel Gamboa

Convention Report

Judges panel from left (seated front row): Fred Patten, Frederik Pohl, Carol Pohl, Joni Stopa, Jon Stopa, and unidentified man. George Scithers seated on stage with…

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Tricon 1966 Masquerade

Convention Report

By Infinitus_Potentia (Reddit) I’ve been making a list of notable people who had a hand in shaping the American anime fandom before 2000 (which you can…

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How The Cartoon/Fantasy Organization – torchbearers of anime in America in the 80s – was brought down

Essays
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Dragon Con Cosplay Medics (Atlanta, GA)

Cosplay Repair
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My Costume, Myself: Celebrating Stories of Cosplay and Beyond 

Books
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Bryan Morton (Los Angeles,CA)

Personal Stories
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Assist Wigs (Los Angeles, CA)

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Project Bazooka (Los Angeles, CA)

Personal Stories
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@goddessradiance (Atlanta, GA)

Personal Stories
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Rick Prince (Nashville, TN)

Personal Stories
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amuly21 (North Carolina)

Personal Stories
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Ubehime (Florida)

Personal Stories
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DeZBAH ROSE

Personal Stories
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Toni Darling (Phoenix, AZ)

Personal Stories

By Greyrondo There is nothing ordinary about cosplay. Whether it’s the character’s personality or the costume, the end result is always larger than life—not that cosplayers…

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There is nothing ordinary about cosplay

Essays
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Chunky Cosplay (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories
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COSPLAY NOTEbook :  Bleuum Scarlett

Cosplay notebook
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