Silicon Valley Comic Con: Report Back
March 18th-20th 2016 was the inaugural season of a new kind of comic convention. The Silicon Valley Comic Con (SVCC)
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Nipponbashi Street Festa: Cosplay Invades Osaka
Japan. The land of anime and manga. When those two are brought up, usually the district of Akihabara in the
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Awesome Con 2015 Cosplay Gallery
Originally posted on WilliamBruceWest.com This past Saturday, I attended the 3rd annual Awesome Con in Washington, DC. I’d actually never
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Kickstart This: Meraki Cosplay Expo
What makes for great cosplay pictures? It’s when an amazing costume is photographed in an interesting and unique location. However,
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Etiquette in the New World of Comic Cons
In light of recent comments by comic artist Pat Broderick about cosplay and conventions, I think it’s a good time
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Mobility for Justice
Hey everyone! If you’ve been on this ride with me for a while you know that I have always been
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What’s Killing Cons: Cosplay or Organizers?
In this episode I respond to this Bleeding Cool article by Denise Dorman that contends cosplay is hurting the convention
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The Homicide of Darrien Hunt: An Update
Last week, we brought you Black Girl Nerds’ account of the shooting of Darrien Hunt, the 22-year old Utah man
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Cosplaying While Black? The Homicide of Darrien Hunt
by Jamie Broadnax | Originally posted at Black Girl Nerds This morning I read the link to a news article
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Just Hangin’ with Marlene from ‘I Like Comics Too’
In today’s episode, I interview fellow YouTuber and comic book reader Marlene from I Like Comics Too. Our discussion covers
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Find the Green Turtle at Comic-Con
by Gene Yang Pro cosplayer Alvin Duong has graciously agreed to help us promote The Shadow Hero by cosplaying the
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The Nerds of Cosplay
With San Diego Comic-Con fast approaching — and shows like HeroesCon and Anime Expo in the rear view — we
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What the Marvel Method Says about Cosplay
In this episode, I review the new Marvel YouTube series Marvel Method Cosplay and give my opinions on what image
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Why People Hate Heroes of Cosplay
In this episode I dive into the root causes for why so many people hate the SyFy series Heroes of
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Do Cons Need Cosplay Dress Codes?
[Ed. note: We are happy to bring you Ian’s “Comics and Cosplay” series of video reviews and tutorials on The
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So I Knitted Myself a Totoro Hat
I found the pattern for free on Ravelry. For the stitches I didn’t know how to do, I looked up how-to videos
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Dressing Our NOCs-in-Training on Halloween
In honor of The Nerds of Color’s first Halloween, this week’s School of Hard NOCs features our own little NOCs
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I Hate These “Blurred Lines” Too
Adam WarRock‘s latest free tune is a collabo with artist Chris Haley called “Nerrd Lines,” their ode to cosplay and
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