WHAT IS COSPLAY AND WHY I ENJOY IT :)

HI MY NAME IS ALISSA. WHAT MAKES ME INTERESTED IN COSPLAY IS GETTING TO DRESS UP AS MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS AND FIND COOL OUTFITS TO REPRESENT THEM. COSPLAY IS WHEN YOU DRESS UP AS A CHARACTER FROM ANY TV SHOWS,MOVIES OR VIDEO GAMES. SOME PEOPLE MAKE THERE OWN COSPLAYS AND SEW AND CRAFT EVERYTHING THEMSELVES TO MAKE IT EXACTLY AS THEY WANT IT BUT YOU CAN ALSO BUY THEM PRE MADE FROM SEVERAL WEBSITES AND STORES. FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE COSPLAYING IS A WAY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND THERE INTERESTS. IT’S ALSO A FUN WAY TO MEET PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE FANDOMS AS YOU ARE. THERE’S THINGS CALLED COMIC CON AND OTHER COSPLAY BASED CONVENTIONS WERE PEOPLE CAN GO IN COSPLAY AND COMPETE IN COSPLAY COMPETITIONS, BUY AND SELL THINGS LIKE COMICS, PARTS FOR COSPLAYS, TOYS, COLLECTIBLE FIGURES, CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES AND MORE. THERE’S ALSO USUALLY ARTIST THERE THAT YOU CAN BUY PRINTS OF YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS FROM. A LOT OF TIMES THERE’S SPECIAL GUEST THERE FROM ACTORS OF TV SHOWS AND MOVIES OR VOICE ACTORS FROM ANIMES AND VIDEO GAMES THAT DO PANELS WERE FANS CAN ASK THEM QUESTIONS AND MEET THEM. A LOT OF GROUPS WILL HOLD THERE OWN MEETUPS AT CONVENTIONS FOR CERTAIN FANDOMS LIKE MARVEL, STAR WARS OR DISNEY WERE YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THAT TOPIC TOGETHER AND GET TO MEET PEOPLE WITH THE SAME INTERESTS. THERE’S CONVENTIONS LIKE THIS ALL OVER THE WORLD BUT SOME OF THE MAIN ONES ARE COMIC CON SAN DIEGO, NEW YORK COMIC CON, D23 EXPO, STAR WARS CELEBRATION, FAN EXPO DALLAS, LA COMIC CON AND LONDON COMIC CON AND ACE COMIC CON. THOSE ARE THE ONES BIGGER ACTORS AND VOICE ACTORS USUALLY ATTEND. OUTSIDE OF CONVENTIONS THERE’S A LOT OF OTHER PLACES THAT OFFER MEET UPS FOR LOCAL COSPLAYERS LIKE COMIC BOOK STORES AND GAMING CAFES. THERE’S NO LIMIT TO WHO CAN COSPLAY. IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR ONE YOU CAN DO IT.

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BY: ALISSA A. DAVIS