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Steffanie (Ashburn, VA)

Cosplay Repair

Judges panel from left (seated front row): Fred Patten, Frederik Pohl, Carol Pohl, Joni Stopa, Jon Stopa, and unidentified man. George Scithers seated on stage with…

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Tricon 1966 Masquerade

Convention Report

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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Myleah of Lumikha Cosplay Resale

Audio
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Sarah (Nashville, TN)

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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Toni Darling (Phoenix, AZ)

Personal Stories
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Aaron & Amber (Nashville, TN)

Personal Stories
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Jessica Nigri (Phoenix, AZ)

Audio
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Giggle Maker Cosplay (Atlanta, GA)

Personal Stories
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Nicole (Houston, TX)

Personal Stories
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Logan Allen Wolf (Atlanta, GA)

Personal Stories
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COSPLAY NOTEBOOK – Hlee Xyooj

Cosplay notebook

By Tom Croom Originally posted July 20, 2020 Three weekend long pop culture events decided to move forward in the United States in the midst of…

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Comic Cons “Return” in the U.S. and a surprise appearance by that Vic guy.

Covid

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

Blog

There a lot to this to be honest. It’s made me step back and see that I definitely spent a lot of money and time cosplaying…

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Mae Mae Twin

Covid
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Rethink Cosplay (New York, NY)

Personal Stories
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Fanatic Wars

Books
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Vaultfox (Pittsburgh, PA)

Personal Stories

By Infinitus_Potentia (Reddit) I’ve been making a list of notable people who had a hand in shaping the American anime fandom before 2000 (which you can…

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How The Cartoon/Fantasy Organization – torchbearers of anime in America in the 80s – was brought down

Essays
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