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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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COSPLAY ZINE

Magazine

I believe it was Anime Los Angeles 2017 when I met Alify Nasution or better known as Alive Alf. I remember this because he had a portfolio book…

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Alive Alf

Personal Stories

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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Breaking All The Rules: Cosplay and the Art of Self Expression

Books
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@FernsideDragons (Seattle, WA)

Personal Stories
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Miss Relena  & Angelic Threads (Hurricane, UT & Las Vegas, NV)

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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ConnArtistry cosplay (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories
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@theblackbard (Chicago, IL)

Personal Stories
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MJ

Personal Stories
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Damon & Yancey (Minneapolis, MN) 

Personal Stories
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Myleah of Lumikha Cosplay Resale

Audio
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@Wasted_Fett (Las Vegas, NV)

Personal Stories
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Delta Major (New York City, NY)

Personal Stories
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Gerald (Nashville, TN)

Personal Stories
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Otakon 1999 – DTY

GeoCities
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William, Evelyn & Natalie (Vancouver, WA)

Personal Stories
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Jez Roth (Las Vegas, NV)

Audio
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Trap Sushi (Atlanta, GA)

Personal Stories
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