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To be honest, the pandemic has truly affected my going to conventions. I have a disease in which affects my blood vessels located in the brain…

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Spidereyezzcos

Covid
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Sumikins cosplay (portland, OR)

Personal Stories
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MIO.GG

Personal Stories
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Ashentrees (Philadelphia, PA)

Personal Stories
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Josh & Sheena (Christiana, TN)

Personal Stories
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Project A-kon 1990 – Jack Thielepape

GeoCities
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Rachel (New Orleans, LA)

Personal Stories
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@NIMSCRAFT (Cleveland, OH)

Personal Stories
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Rick Prince (Nashville, TN)

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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Ian (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories
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Forrester Sisters

Personal Stories
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Otakon 1999 – DTY

GeoCities

By Greyrondo There is nothing ordinary about cosplay. Whether it’s the character’s personality or the costume, the end result is always larger than life—not that cosplayers…

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There is nothing ordinary about cosplay

Essays
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Bryan Morton (Los Angeles,CA)

Personal Stories

I remember sometimes having to doom scroll thru messages because if something was a hot topic multiple people would be emailing at the same time so…

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Melissa (Louisville, KY)

Personal Stories
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LuckyGrim Cosplay (Boston, MA)

Personal Stories

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

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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Sheik (San Francisco, CA)

Personal Stories
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