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Assist Wigs (Los Angeles, CA)

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Babychwan (Anaheim, CA)

Personal Stories
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COSPLAY NOTEBOOK – Hlee Xyooj

Cosplay notebook
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TrinityRen (Denver, CO)

Personal Stories
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Anatomy of a Cosplayer

Books
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Katana Cosplay (Reno, NV)

Personal Stories
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Buffalo’s Best Batman (Buffalo, NY)

Causeplayer
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Patience (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories

By Beth Elderkin Yaya Han was supposed to be on tour right now. Instead of signing copies of books and posing for pictures with fans, the cosplayer is…

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Cosplay Is a Business and It Is Suffering

Covid
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@CosplayRepairMedic (Pittsburgh, PA)

Cosplay Repair
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Sarah (Nashville, TN)

Personal Stories

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
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Dragon Con 2014

Books

I will say that there were many things about the [A-Kon 1991] convention that I didn’t like,
but those didn’t stop me from having fun. I had…

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Brandon Freels

A-kon

It’s made a big difference. I spend more time on my projects and am overall less motivated to crunch. I build less for other people than…

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Veijanikita

Covid
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Jordan Rennert (Los Angeles, CA)

Documentary
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COSPLAY ZINE

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

Books
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A7L Props (Huntsville, AL)

Personal Stories

I believe it was Anime Los Angeles 2017 when I met Alify Nasution or better known as Alive Alf. I remember this because he had a portfolio book…

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Alive Alf

Personal Stories
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