A riot of capes, corsets, and carefully crafted armour took centrestage as Chennai Comic Con wrapped up at the Chennai Trade Centre, with cosplay emerging as the undisputed showstopper. From anime ...
In a swell of superheroes, princesses, stormtroopers, ghostbusters, knights, jokers and Italian plumbers, it is the plainclothes grown-ups who look incongruous. Dublin Comic Con is a shrine to ...
Across the city’s cosplay scene, more enthusiasts are choosing to make their own costumes instead of buying them. Armed with tutorials, thrifted materials and plenty of trial and error, cosplayers say ...
13D-printed plastic columns embedded in an ordinary foam forms a hybrid "super foam" that can absorb up to 10 times more energy than standard padding. Credit: Abbey Toronjo/Texas A&M University.
Many cosplayers say the real challenge is not just making a costume, but making it durable enough to survive hours of walking, posing and performing in crowded halls.