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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)

Essays
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DJ Croft (Atlanta, GA)

Personal Stories
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Yaya Han (Atlanta, GA)

Personal Stories
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@CosplayRepairMedic (Pittsburgh, PA)

Cosplay Repair

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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Scrapper Costuming (New York CIty)

Personal Stories
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Rick Prince (Nashville, TN)

Personal Stories

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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Fanatic Wars

Books
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Lindsay (Chicago, IL)

Personal Stories

By: Liz Ohanesian Ginger Burton remembers the first anime convention she attended. It was Anime Expo back in 2007. While Burton knew about anime, she was…

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How Cosplay Can Change Lives

Essays
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Thanks for a great AUstin Cosplay Swap Meet #2

Blog

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.

Covid
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Behind the Scenes : At the Convention (2009)

Blog
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Matt (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories
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Assist Wigs (Los Angeles, CA)

By Lauren Orsini JUNE 25, 2021 It took Michelle Anderson a month to create her E3 2019 outfit. It took her another hour to put it on.…

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All dressed up with nowhere to go: Cosplaying in the pandemic

Covid
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Lisachu (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories
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Project Bazooka

Books
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Project A-kon 1990 – Jack Thielepape

GeoCities
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