Still, there are ways to play with this accessibility, like browsing cosplay sites. A portmanteau of “costume” and “play,” cosplay by definition is the act of dressing up as a fictional ...

And there are even some mean-spirited cosplay websites that fat-shame and post pictures of heavier cosplayers under categories like “fatties” or “too fat to cosplay.” While there is some ...

Let me get this out of the way first: I don't cosplay. But I think James Pethokoukis writing at The Week was pretty far off when he wrote that the rise of cosplay is a bad sign for the U.S. economy.

She’s acquired pseudo-celebrity, and the business deals and mild income that come with it. Cosplay, the art and craft of dressing up like a fictional character, is a hobby for many, and a source ...

A few weeks ago Kotaku showed you some cosplay photos from photographer Mengjie Luan. Meng, a 29 year-old web editor, has been snapping off pictures of Chinese cosplayers over the last 5 years.