Cosplay Is Creative, Not Crazy: An Open Letter to the New York Post

Yesterday's New York Post review of upcoming SyFy reality show, Heroes of Cosplay costumes uk, angered quite a few of us in the geek community. The article portrays the cosplay community as "confused" and "weird," all while looking down its nose at those who might enjoy the creative pursuit.
Yes, cosplay is insanely time-consuming. Yes, cosplay shoes uk is expensive. Yes, cosplay represents a subset of fandom that not everyone is into, and that can be jarring to an outsider. I haven't seen Heroes of Cosplay; maybe it wrongly portrays the subculture. But it's your job as a journalist to educate yourself about your subject matter before jumping to conclusions based on a reality TV show. Cosplayers shouldn't be scoffed at, lumped in with "nutty Civil War re-enactors," because you were too cool for school to inform yourself an extra smidge about the industry.

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We here at Cultist love ourselves some Cosplay Wigs uk, so we felt we needed to set the record straight, just in time for any future cosplay articles and reviews you might try to run.

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1. Cosplayers come from all walks of life, from full-time employees to students.
No need to wonder anymore "what these folks do to earn a living"; anyone from your dentist to that adjunct professor/freelance writer over there (cough) can be a potential cosplayer. I spoke with one Miami-area cosplayer, Jonathan Stryker, who is a marketing personal assistant for an author, videographer, and photographer but manages to find time for his favorite hobby. Another cosplayer, Alexa, happens to be a full-time writer for gaming journalism juggernaut Polygon. Ryan, a Miami lawyer, attended his first ever con (Florida Supercon 2012) in full Doctor Who regalia, fez and all.

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2. Cosplay can range from store-bought pieces with handmade accents to full-fledge custom creations.
Stryker's effort here took about $1000 bucks and countless hours.

Jonathan Stryker
This cosplay is NOT to be trifled with.
This writer's Game of Thrones-inspired get-up, on the other hand, took a just a couple of days. I bought the dress, and made everything else--only half that hair is actually mine.

Elisa Meléndez
The night is dark and full of hot glue guns.
Sure, some people will spend a ton of money on construction or commissioning custom creations. Many others are just starting out and don't necessarily abide by hard and fast rules regarding construction. They just want to express their love for these characters and show off some artistic skill. Which brings me to my next point
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