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COSPLAY NOTEBOOK – ksmurfcostumeS

Cosplay notebook

I was pleasantly surprised today to find out I made About.com/Manga’s list for 2010. Really surprised in fact. I never though my book would be mention on…

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About.com/Manga’s List for 2010

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Cosplay: The Illegitimate Child of SF Masquerades

Essays

I started a huge project at the beginning of lockdown, and I used its completion as incentive to get back into competing as the world began…

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faerie_fingers

Covid

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
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Spades & Aces (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories

by Tom Croom. Originally posted March 15, 2021 Did you forget a painful or traumatizing moment in life? Don’t worry. Social media is here to remind…

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One year ago pop culture conventions stopped happening. Last weekend I went to one that’s now run twice during the pandemic.

Covid

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

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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Volpin Props (Atlanta,GA)

Personal Stories

Animation that’s for adults only By Kathleen DonnellyMercury News Entertainment Writer IF THE turnout at AnimeCon – a convention for fans of Japaneseanimation – is an…

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Kathleen Donnelly, Mercury News

Convention Report

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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StrangeCatCosplay & Fooprawn (New Orleans, LA)

Personal Stories

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

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Ian (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories
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Jessica Nigri (Phoenix, AZ)

Audio
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Thanks for a great AUstin Cosplay Swap Meet #2

Blog
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Jeremy Fisher (Los Angeles, CA)

Personal Stories
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CaffEineCraft & Setterspecs (Chicago, IL)

Personal Stories
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@NIMSCRAFT (Cleveland, OH)

Personal Stories
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