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Website Updates & New Episode!

We’re making some small adjustments to the website to help with loading speeds. Nothing that you should see will affect your experience other than pages loading faster.

And our latest episode is out! Costume Pressure Overload. Watch here on our website or through your favorite podcasting platform. We discuss the concern of creating new costumes for every con, or for social media, at a rapid pace that can affect one’s health. How do we cultivate a healthier mindset and lifestyle for cosplay?

Cosplay History with Andrew Liptak – Out Now!

Join us on this special mega episode as we interview Andrew Liptak! A journalist, cosplayer, and author of the new book ‘Cosplay: A History.’ We chat about his book, navigating cosplay during Covid, and his amazing collection of Star Wars costumes.

Refresh your favorite podcasting app to listen/watch now, or check it out here.

Andrew Liptak is a writer and historian based in Vermont. He graduated from Norwich University with a master’s degree in military history and writes about history, technology, and science fiction in his newsletter Transfer Orbit. His work has appeared in Armchair General Magazine, Clarkesworld Magazine, Gizmodo, io9, Slate, The Verge, and other publications. He coedited the anthology War Stories: New Military Science Fiction, and his short fiction has appeared in Galaxy’s Edge Magazine and Curious Fictions.

Learn more about Cosplay: A History: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Cosplay-A-History/Andrew-Liptak/9781534455825

Andrew Liptak: https://www.andrewliptak.com/

Buy Cosplay: A History: https://www.andrewliptak.com/cosplay-a-history

Cosplay Photography in a Book!

Our latest episode is out now, so refresh those podcasting feeds or watch us directly on our website.

We cover a review of Kamui Cosplay’s book that’s all about cosplay photography. With conventions moving back to in-person events, we thought this would be a great time to take a look at this book and see what it’s about. Are the overviews and tips helpful for cosplayers to learn how to take a photo and pose for the camera?