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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
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@CosplayRepairMedic (Pittsburgh, PA)

Cosplay Repair
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Camille (Los Angeles, CA)

Personal Stories
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Yaya Han’s World of Cosplay: A Guide to Fandom Costume Culture

Books
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William, Evelyn & Natalie (Vancouver, WA)

Personal Stories
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Trap Sushi (Atlanta, GA)

Personal Stories
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Project A-kon 1990 – Jack Thielepape

GeoCities

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
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Jeff & Elizabeth, (Minnesota, MN)

Personal Stories

Judges panel from left (seated front row): Fred Patten, Frederik Pohl, Carol Pohl, Joni Stopa, Jon Stopa, and unidentified man. George Scithers seated on stage with…

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Tricon 1966 Masquerade

Convention Report
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Fallen Feathers Cosplay (Ooltewah, TN)

Personal Stories
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Caroline & MoIses (Los Angeles, CA)

Personal Stories
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Chip (CHicago, IL)

Personal Stories
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Rethink Cosplay (New York, NY)

Personal Stories

The pandemic severely affected my energy levels. Not sure if it me getting older, but my social threshold is much lower. I get tired quicker. I…

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KōgiHime Cosplay

Covid
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Wonder Women of America

Books

By: Liz Ohanesian Ginger Burton remembers the first anime convention she attended. It was Anime Expo back in 2007. While Burton knew about anime, she was…

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How Cosplay Can Change Lives

Essays

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
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NegativeDreamer (Orlando, FL)

Audio

By Tom Croom Originally posted July 20, 2020 Three weekend long pop culture events decided to move forward in the United States in the midst of…

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Comic Cons “Return” in the U.S. and a surprise appearance by that Vic guy.

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