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By Joseph Knoop Jarod Nandin, a member of the Blizzard fan community known for his South Park World of Warcraft cosplay, has died. BlizzCon host Michele…

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Jarod Nandin, the World of Warcraft South Park Cosplayer, Dies

Covid
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Garrett (Los Angeles, CA)

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
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Caroline & MoIses (Los Angeles, CA)

Personal Stories

By Ger Tysk Breaking All The Rules: Cosplay and the Art of Self-Expression is a photobook project documenting the culture of fan costuming, known in most circles…

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Breaking All The Rules: Cosplay and the Art of Self Expression (website, 2013)

Essays

I havent been to a con since 2020 and even though things opened up a lot this year, I didnt go to pretty much any. I…

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Dio maxwellE

Covid
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Corey (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories
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CaffEineCraft & Setterspecs (Chicago, IL)

Personal Stories
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Kelsey (Atlanta, GA)

Personal Stories

It was directed by Luise Petti, with Bjo Trimble as a consultant who suggested designs and helped those making their own costumes. Elizabeth Pickering, a Star Trek model, brought to the con by…

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TRICON 1966 FASHION SHOW

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Amanda Werner

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
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Project Bazooka

Books

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 

Essays
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Volpin Props (Atlanta,GA)

Personal Stories
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@CosplayMom99 (Los Angeles, CA)

Personal Stories

By Andrea Letamendi. Why might a person want to become someone else? What would compel them to put on a costume and assume a different identity? …

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To Be Others is to be more like ourselves

Essays
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Fallen Feathers Cosplay (Ooltewah, TN)

Personal Stories
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Lisa Lake (Atlanta, GA)

Personal Stories
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MIO.GG

Personal Stories
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