Cosplay in America

  • Sterling & Gretchen (Kansas City, MO)

    Sterling & Gretchen (Kansas City, MO)

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    “One year there was an evangelist preaching outside to all us con-goers telling us what we were doing was sinful, and a bunch of cosplayers went up and gave…

  • Yaya Han (Atlanta, GA)

    Yaya Han (Atlanta, GA)

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    “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…

  • Lindsay (Chicago, IL)

    Lindsay (Chicago, IL)

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    “As for my best con experience, it has to be at SDCC 2013. I ran into the producers of Tron: Legacy. They were so incredibly excited to see me…

  • Bryan Morton (Los Angeles,CA)

    Bryan Morton (Los Angeles,CA)

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    “Why Superman? He represents a person trying to live up to the best potential of himself he can be.  He has so much power to do whatever he wants,…

  • Jeff & Elizabeth, (Minnesota, MN)

    Jeff & Elizabeth, (Minnesota, MN)

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    Earlier in my life as a teenager I observed that as the people around me aged they seemed to stop in place and tended to dwell more and more…

  • KnightmaGe (Youngstown, OH)

    KnightmaGe (Youngstown, OH)

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    ’ve always loved Spawn as a character but loved his design even more.  It took me about 15 hours total to complete.  It’s also the first suit that I…

  • Fallen Feathers Cosplay (Ooltewah, TN)

    Fallen Feathers Cosplay (Ooltewah, TN)

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    Been cosplaying since 2001, but I personally haven’t been sewing until 2011.  I’ve always loved Halloween and to have a hobby where I can actually dress up on a…

  • Avis (Dallas, TX)

    Avis (Dallas, TX)

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    I could fill a book with all the funny things people do when they come up to Lightning [Final Fantasy XIII]. You would think such a serious character would…

  • FIDM Library

    FIDM Library

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    Over the weekend at ALA, someone told me my book was actually at the library of FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising) over in downtown LA. Now I’ve…

  • Alternative Covers

    Alternative Covers

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    Okay to some of y’all who have been following me for more than a year will remember when I posted 2 different covers on Facebook to ask your opinion…