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As convention season gets into full swing, so too does the season of terrible, terrible questions asked of professionals by fans at panels all...
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As convention season gets into full swing, so too does the season of terrible, terrible questions asked of professionals by fans at panels all...
Making outfits, props, accessories, and costumes to wear for yourself is one thing; it’s time consuming, difficult and frustrating at times. But there is...
Wondercon is becoming THE West Coast convention for Cosplay. It’s also a vision of SDCC years past. A convention of good size and great...
Kids costumes always seem to be the easiest ones to throw together. They’re small, so buying a costume or parts for a costume will...
You know how it’s not only okay to make fun of Furries, the whole culture around it and even kind of encouraged? How even...
I’ve never really mentioned prosthetics or special effects makeup in very much detail in any of my columns before. It isn’t something I have...
Before you jump on the “New Year, New Me!” bandwagon and hit the gym for a solid month prior to getting bored of your...
For as long as I can remember, I’ve kept one leg planted firmly in comic book fandom, and the other in professional wrestling fandom....
The expression “best thing since sliced bread” comes from the notion that very few things in this world are actually better than sliced bread....
Winter in my hometown Manchester UK is dark, cold and very, very wet. But in a city that has so much fun stuff to...
On a sunny October Sunday in the middle of Pennsylvania, a strange woman just hit on me and is flicking her tongue on my...
I have a small confession to make. It appears that I might not be the gamer geek that perhaps you hoped I’d be. And...
So far, 2014 has been a very bad year for childhood heroes. We have lost such wonderful human beings as Rik Mayall, Roger Lloyd-Pack...
I know in previous columns I have already skimmed over ‘Rule 63’ (for every male character there is a female counterpart, and vice versa,...
The older I got as a kid, the more it became obvious that there was a growing social divide between me and some of...
Here in 2014, comic fans are pretty used to controversy. Controversy over the death of a character who’s already been killed and resurrected multiple...
This month, the talented and underappreciated (by his peers), Hans Ruedi Giger passed away following injuries from an accident. His work as we know...
Professional costumer, Vanessa Walton of Creature of Habit has just completed her tribute for the Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary. A designer of fantasy costumes,...
Wigs have somewhat of a bad reputation amongst those who don’t wear them. Fake hair is often associated with people who are trying to...
Cosplay isn’t always for everyone. It’s usually an outlandish way of dressing, by normal day-to-day standards, and not all of us are happy with...
In previous columns I’ve alluded to many different materials that can potentially make an amazing cosplay outfit. Every situation calls for something different, but...
Everyone loves a hero. Everyone wants to be a hero, at least in some small way. We all watched the “Star Wars Kid” video...
Armor, being present throughout history because us humans just can’t stop trying to kill each other, is pretty much universally recognisable even in its...
In our modern lives, which in part, are founded on hours of web-based procrastination; cosplay is a term we read more and more. But...