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The early anime cons (A-kon, Anime con’91, Anime expo’92) were all about the experience, because it was new for everyone. From finding new merch that you…

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Brian Flynn

Fashion and style, glamour, glitz aand Gamilons? Obviously these are not the runways of Paris, the pageant that we’re describing is the fantastic world of COSPLAY. Cosplay is an abbreviation of the words costume…

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Cosplay in the United States (1995)

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Ubehime (Florida)

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TrisRex (Chicago, IL)

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@blueclarice (Pennsylvania)

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Thanks for a great AUstin Cosplay Swap Meet #2

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Avis (Dallas, TX)

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Soydoka (Chicago, IL)

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Dash Gordon (League City, TX)

Causeplayer

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.

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Chunky Cosplay (Anchorage, AK)

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IAN (Dallas, TX)

Personal Stories

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 

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Gretchen (Kansas City) & Sterling

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Monkey Monsters Cosplay (Los Angeles, CA)

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Fanatic Wars

Books

Cosplay Around the World (2014) / 2022 Re-Edit Where the Hell is Matt (2006) inspired me and I thought to myself, why not do that but…

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Cosplay Around the World (2014/2022)

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Kendra (Whitewater, WI)

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@FernsideDragons (Seattle, WA)

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Rachel (New Orleans, LA)

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