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Rachel (New Orleans, LA)

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MIO.GG

Personal Stories

Last year, I stumbled upon a Jay Kay Klein’s photos of the 24th World-con held in Cleveland in 1966.Jay Kay Klein photographs and papers on science…

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TRICON 1966

Convention Report
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Jessica Nigri (Phoenix, AZ)

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Forrester Sisters

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

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
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Anime Expo 2001 – Zranachan

GeoCities
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@samurairocker55 (Los Angeles, CA)

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@theblackbard (Chicago, IL)

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Breaking All The Rules: Cosplay and the Art of Self Expression

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Behind the Scenes : At the Convention (2009)

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Masquerade: This is part of a longer post called “How I Spent My Summer Vacation, Part II” posted on Rec.Arts.Anime on July 9, 1993

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Enrique Conty (Anime Expo 1993)

Masquerade / Cosplay Contest
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Jez Roth (Las Vegas, NV)

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Sterling & Gretchen (Kansas City, MO)

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Aaron & Amber (Nashville, TN)

Personal Stories

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

Covid
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TrisRex (Chicago, IL)

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Tranquil AShes (Washington DC)

Personal Stories
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Alan Yeh (Cary, NC)

Cosplay Repair
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