Liana Kerzner Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Cosplay Dossier

The Cosplays You’ll See More of in 2016

It’s a new year, and the dead of winter is when a lot of cosplayers start thinking about their costumes for the summer. ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorJanuary 6, 2016

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Depressed Over The Holidays? You’re Not Alone, Cosplayers!

It’s the holidays, or in cosplay parlance, “costume repair season”. We get a bit of a reprieve from the bustle of conventions, and ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorDecember 23, 2015

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How John Carter Is A Vital Part of Cosplay History

Because Disney kind of screwed the pooch on marketing the John Carter movie, John Carter, Dejah Thoris, Tars Tarkas and Kantos Kan didn’t ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorDecember 15, 2015

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Yoda’s Guide to Cosplay

Yoda is my favorite Star Wars character, and that’s saying a lot because I love a ton of Star Wars characters. On a ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorDecember 8, 2015

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Does Cosplay Suggest We Take Gender Too Seriously?

If you want to make many people lose their minds, especially on the internet, try to talk about gender. Meanwhile, cosplayers are experimenting ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorDecember 1, 2015

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Five Ways of Taking The Hurt Out of Online Haters

Image Source: Cosplaying While Black Tumbler All well-known cosplayers have haters. But even an average person can suddenly become the target of internet ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorNovember 24, 2015

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How Cosplay Can Help You Be Brave

When I met Jessica Nigri, she made the comment that cosplay makes her a better person. I was just reminded of how this ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorNovember 17, 2015

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Why I Wear Princess Leia’s Metal Slave Bikini

There have been some rumors lately that Disney is discontinuing any new Slave Leia merchandise. This, of course, launched a flurry of op-ed ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorNovember 10, 2015

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How Cosplay and the “Normie Stare” Made Me A Better Person

Another Halloween has passed, meaning the single night of the year when costumes are socially acceptable attire is over, and most people go ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorNovember 3, 2015

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Metal Gear‘s Quiet and Cosplay’s Unique Form of Free Speech

Monika Lee is delightfully nutty. She’s like conversational lightning, and I couldn’t help but find her exceptionally likeable, like the human version of ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorOctober 27, 2015

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Cosplay Makeup For People Allergic To (Almost) Everything

Highlighting cosplay body paint artist Liane Moseley this week was especially cool for me because we use similar makeup brands. It’s rare for ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorOctober 20, 2015

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The Blue Collar STEM Charm of Ghostbusters Cosplay

I love Ghostbusters. It’s one the things on my list of “why the 1980s were awesome despite the 1980s kind of sucking”, up ...

By Liana Kerzner Legacy AuthorOctober 13, 2015

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