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Nikki Moxxi (Orange County, CA)

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ANNA MINA (North Carolina)

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DJ Croft (Atlanta, GA)

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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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Molotov Bailey

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Chip (CHicago, IL)

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Lisa Lake (Atlanta, GA)

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Consuela Cosplay

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Matt (Anchorage, AK)

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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

By Takahashi Nobuyuki The word “Cosplay” spread from a magazine called “My Anime.” During the 1970’s manga clubs and movie clubs were very popular among college…

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30th Anniversary of Cosplay

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Okay, hands down, Otakon rules ! I’ve been to 5 cons across America in the past 3 months and I gotta say I really enjoy Otakon…

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Otakon 2010

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Cosplay Around the World (2014) / 2022 Re-Edit Where the Hell is Matt (2006) inspired me and I thought to myself, why not do that but…

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Cosplay Around the World (2014/2022)

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OYIMI Cosplay (Seattle, WA)

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@vakermaker (Dallas, TX)

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By Beth Elderkin Yaya Han was supposed to be on tour right now. Instead of signing copies of books and posing for pictures with fans, the cosplayer is…

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Cosplay Is a Business and It Is Suffering

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Ashentrees (Philadelphia, PA)

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Sumikins cosplay (portland, OR)

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Jacen

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Super Reflex Cos

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