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Anatomy of a Cosplayer

Books

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
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KnightmaGe (Youngstown, OH)

Personal Stories
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Toni Darling (Phoenix, AZ)

Personal Stories
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kangelicx (Washington DC)

Personal Stories
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Dragon Con 2014

Books
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FIDM Library

Blog
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Avis (Dallas, TX)

Personal Stories
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MIO.GG

Personal Stories
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Austin Cosplay Swap Meet #2

Blog

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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Delta Major (New York City, NY)

Personal Stories
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Subaru Camui (Las Vegas, NV)

Personal Stories

By Greyrondo There is nothing ordinary about cosplay. Whether it’s the character’s personality or the costume, the end result is always larger than life—not that cosplayers…

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There is nothing ordinary about cosplay

Essays

The early anime cons (A-kon, Anime con’91, Anime expo’92) were all about the experience, because it was new for everyone. From finding new merch that you…

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Brian Flynn

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OYIMI Cosplay (Seattle, WA)

Personal Stories

During the peak of the pandemic, my congoing went down to attending no in-person cons but I continued to attend virtual cons. However, the virtual cons…

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Blue.Eyed Cosplay

Covid
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Sunday Creature

Personal Stories
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Caroline & MoIses (Los Angeles, CA)

Personal Stories
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Kendra (Whitewater, WI)

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