Final Fantasy Cosplay Is Starting to Grow on Me
Friday, February 20th, 2009Anyone who’s followed my robustly-photo-logged comic convention coverage knows that I don’t have the attention span or the desire to figure out the differences between the various Japanese animes. When I see a themed cosplayer, I call it “Naruto” and move on with my life. Hell, I don’t even know if “animes” is a word. [...]
The Top Five Final Fantasy Characters with Perfect Names for Breakfast Cereals
Friday, August 29th, 2008If I learned anything earlier this week researching the anime and other East Asian media behind confusingly-similar cosplay costume themes: 1) I’d rather try to get my own reality show on E! than attempt to follow the back story of most Japanese anime or manga. Mostly because I limit myself to projects in which I [...]
The Top Five Confusingly-Similar Cosplay Costume Themes
Monday, August 25th, 2008Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Especially when she’s wielding a six-foot-long spear she fashioned at home using bamboo, purple spray paint, and a Bedazzler. While taking pictures of costumes at Comic-Con last month, I stopped to photograph a cosplayer wearing a mini-skirt, yellow bikini, and what looked like some toilet paper wrapped [...]
