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Kendra (Whitewater, WI)

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@sweetieplague (Chicago, IL)

Personal Stories

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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Behind the Scenes : At the Convention (2009)

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KnightmaGe (Youngstown, OH)

Personal Stories

By Alan Takashita Life before r.a.a.——————Well, frankly, people mostly just didn’t talk much about anime.This was the time period where Robotech was the big anime-related thing. At…

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A Brief History of the rec.arts.anime newsgroup 

Essays
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TrisRex (Chicago, IL)

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Sterling & Gretchen (Kansas City, MO)

Personal Stories

By Mike Roe San Diego’s Comic-Con International — and all the cosplaying fans — is back this week for the first time in three years. Cosplayers…

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Comic-Con Is Live And In-Person Again And Yes, That Means Cosplayers Are Back. Why They’re So Excited

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Project Bazooka

Books

G’day, I’m Kirilee cosplay, I’m a cosplayer based in Perth, in Western Australia. And at the end of last year, I had the absolutely amazing opportunity…

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Kirilee Cosplay (Australia)

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ANNA MINA (North Carolina)

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.

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Katana Cosplay (Reno, NV)

Personal Stories
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@blueclarice (Pennsylvania)

Personal Stories
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LuckyGrim Cosplay (Boston, MA)

Personal Stories

I’ve been making fewer cosplays, but the ones I make I take more time with and they’re characters I care very deeply about. I’m only just…

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marquis_cosplay

Covid

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.

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Highway Just Cos (North Carolina)

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@Houston_Fisk (Houston, TX)

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