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Yaya Han (Atlanta, GA)
“When I quit my job to open a costume commission business in 2005, I took the leap to making cosplay my only source of income. Since then my business has slowly, painfully, amazingly developed into a variety of branches, all of which have something to do with cosplay and geek convention culture.”
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Anna-neko
It really does go back to ancient days of AOL – usenet boards (rec.arts.anime) anime chatrooms where you might accidentally stumble upon a fellow nerd who had the latest Sailor Moon fansub tape they were willing to trade (for either a blank tape or in one absolutely true case, some recently aired X-Files episodes) From…
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Charmedseed (Denver, CO)
I was born in Indiana and raised in Wyoming before moving to Colorado for college. Having grown up very crafty and creative, as well as a little nerdy, cosplay was a very natural progression for me. I started cosplaying in 1998, when wigs were scarce and only offered in natural colors. We learned sewing techniques…
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Katsucon 1999 – Convention Records
Well, Katsucon was a real blast, although smaller than last year’s Otakon. By the way, I don’t have any pictures for Otakon ’98 because I prematurely exposed my film in a fit of rage when the camera decided to sneeze and cough instead of taking photos. Anyway, Katsucon was an awesome time (I still can’t…
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Brandon Freels
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 a good time, but it seems that the times I enjoyed the most was NOT WITH CONVENTION ACTIVITIES. An example of this was the ICE FIGHT out in the hotel…
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Michael Morimoto
Hello Brandon et all: Brandon, I am sorry to hear that you were hazed at the con and that I had missed bumping into you. I did not go to A-Kon last year so this was my first one. I had heard good things about last years (plus seen video 8^) ) and was eager…