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TrisRex (Chicago, IL)

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Phaleure Cosplay (Columbia, MD)

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Behind the Scenes : At the Convention (2009)

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Scrapper Costuming (New York CIty)

Personal Stories

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

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

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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Chip (CHicago, IL)

Personal Stories
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Yaya Han’s World of Cosplay: A Guide to Fandom Costume Culture

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Gerald (Nashville, TN)

Personal Stories

It was Sunday morning September 20, 2009 and it was the final day of Anime Weekend Atlanta. Rain had been falling steady the entire time I waas here…

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AWA 2009

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Kendra (Whitewater, WI)

Personal Stories
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Ian (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories
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MIO.GG

Personal Stories
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Josh & Sheena (Christiana, TN)

Personal Stories
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Giggle Maker Cosplay (Atlanta, GA)

Personal Stories
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Buffalo’s Best Batman (Buffalo, NY)

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The pandemic hasn’t affected me all too much in regards to cosplays and conventions— in some cases it’s led to some creative work-arounds or incorporations of…

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redroseace

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Project Bazooka (Los Angeles, CA)

Personal Stories

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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