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By Alessandra Listen up, children.  Once upon a time there was no such thing as the Internet.  In those dark days we had to scrape and…

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The Whole Costumer’s Catalogue : A Review 

Essays
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ANNA MINA (North Carolina)

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

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

Jordan Renner co-director of this latest documentary talks aobut the 7 years journey to bring this film to the big screen, We had made these two…

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Cosplay Universe (2022)

Documentary
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T.J Burnside Clapp (Arlington, VA)

Personal Stories

I remember sometimes having to doom scroll thru messages because if something was a hot topic multiple people would be emailing at the same time so…

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Melissa (Louisville, KY)

Personal Stories

By vfxart Let me go back to 1975 or so, yeah my fandom started then. I was early school-age, but grabbed easily. 😉 But first, and…

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Anime in America : A Personal Account

Essays
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Warren (Chicago, IL)

Personal Stories
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Project Bazooka (Los Angeles, CA)

Personal Stories

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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Caroline & MoIses (Los Angeles, CA)

Personal Stories
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Masquerade : The Magazine of Science Fiction Costuming

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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Chunky Cosplay (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories
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