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@CosplayMom99 (Los Angeles, CA)

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ventuswentus

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Forrester Sisters

Personal Stories

It’s made a big difference. I spend more time on my projects and am overall less motivated to crunch. I build less for other people than…

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Veijanikita

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Spades & Aces (Anchorage, AK)

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Monkey Monsters Cosplay (Los Angeles, CA)

Personal Stories

For those new to Cosplay Contests by Ryk E. Spoor For a few years, my wife Kathleen and I were part of the most infamous cosplay…

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Advice for Cosplaying (2004)

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Rethink Cosplay (New York, NY)

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OYIMI Cosplay (Seattle, WA)

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Sunday Creature

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ConnArtistry cosplay (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories

The early anime cons (A-kon, Anime con’91, Anime expo’92) were all about the experience, because it was new for everyone. From finding new merch that you…

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Brian Flynn

(Transcript of original audio interview we recorded at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2010 that aired on the Tokyo Tower Show that same year.) Zippy: We get the…

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Helen McCarthy (UK)

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CHIP (Chicago, IL)

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Cosplay: The Illegitimate Child of SF Masquerades

Essays
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Delta Major (New York City, NY)

Personal Stories

I am much more cautious about the cons I attend and who I room with. Dragoncon used to be the highlight of my year but I…

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ChrissyPlaysDressup

Covid

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)

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Jeremy Fisher (Los Angeles, CA)

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The Mending Medic (Raleigh, NC)

Cosplay Repair
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