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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

For those new to Cosplay Contests by Ryk E. Spoor For a few years, my wife Kathleen and I were part of the most infamous cosplay…

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Advice for Cosplaying (2004)

Essays
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The Mending Medic (Raleigh, NC)

Cosplay Repair
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Chunky Cosplay (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories
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Lisachu (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories
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Sunday Creature

Personal Stories
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Punished Props (Seattle, WA)

Personal Stories

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

I havent been to a con since 2020 and even though things opened up a lot this year, I didnt go to pretty much any. I…

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Dio maxwellE

Covid
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DJ Croft (Atlanta, GA)

Personal Stories
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Nikki Moxxi (Orange County, CA)

Personal Stories

(Transcript of original audio interview we recorded at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2010 that aired on the Tokyo Tower Show that same year.) Zippy: We get the…

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Helen McCarthy (UK)

Masquerade: This is part of a longer post called “How I Spent My Summer Vacation, Part II” posted on Rec.Arts.Anime on July 9, 1993

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Enrique Conty (Anime Expo 1993)

Masquerade / Cosplay Contest

During the peak of the pandemic, my congoing went down to attending no in-person cons but I continued to attend virtual cons. However, the virtual cons…

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Blue.Eyed Cosplay

Covid
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Shiratori Hime Cosplay (New Orleans, LA)

Audio
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Alternative Covers

Blog
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Regina (Portland, OR)

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

by Tom Croom. Originally posted June 15, 2020 “Leeroy Jenkins!” For those of you unfamiliar with term, there’s a popular online video that shows a group of players…

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Florida attempted a small pop culture event last weekend and it went exactly as you would expect. Because Florida.

Covid
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Forrester Sisters

Personal Stories
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