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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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Giggle Maker Cosplay (Atlanta, GA)
I am a big proponent of women owning their own power and Dessi Desu’s designs really encapsulate that idea. I loved that she captured the power of Wonder Woman without yielding any femininity; too often I think our culture conceives of strength in terms of strictly masculine aesthetics, but her artwork spoke to the truth…
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Kelsey (Atlanta, GA)
Since it’s a local landmark, people from out of town didn’t understand it – they just stared in confusion. But Atlanta locals LOVED IT! I’d hear people scream “OMG, THE BIG CHICKEN!!” and they were just so excited. I got to hear so many stories about peoples connections to the actual Big Chicken, I didn’t…
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Dragon Con 2014
Title Mad Scientist with a Camera Presents: Costumes of Dragon Con 2014 Author Bryan Humphrey Release Date 2015 Pages / Dimensions 212 / 8.5 x 11 Publisher Bryan Humphrey Country / language United States, English Details This book features over 300 different costumers dressed in their finest photographed at Dragon Con 2014 by Bryan Humphrey.…
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@goddessradiance (Atlanta, GA)
(photo: @I_love_cosplay) The response was amazing! Young and old recognized me. Truly. Sometimes I had younger people asking for photos to send to their parents. Sometimes they just told me they watched the movie and it terrified them. My generation or older told me how much the movie affected them and their fears. Birds are…
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Logan Allen Wolf (Atlanta, GA)
Since I had a Spider-Man costume, I decided to bring it and wear it – much to the dismay of my childhood friend Kevin. I can hear my friend Kevin’s words to this day: “When you wear this: you don’t know me, I don’t know you. You will be over there (pointing) and I will…
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Trap Sushi (Atlanta, GA)
Over the last decade Atlanta’s reputation as a hub for fandom and geek culture has grown. Much of this growth is driven by the success of major conventions like DragonCon and MomoCon as well as the presence of major Hollywood film and television production teams around the city. Co-founders Tolden Williams, aka Troop Brand and…
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Lisa Lake (Atlanta, GA)
Photo: shotbyryandee I am an African American cosplayer and there is very little African American representation in certain genres, so I love to take well known characters and add my own cultural influence. It means a lot to me to have opportunities to show that cosplay can be inclusive and have diversity and that you…
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Volpin Props (Atlanta,GA)
In 2013 as part of the second book, I flew to Atlanta to visit cosplayers including Harrison Krix of Volpin Props. He had gain some attention for the Big Sister costume and the Daft Punk helmet. He was still working out of his garage at this time. It began in October of 2007 – my…
