For 19 years, New York Comic Con (NYCC) has been the East Coast's most celebrated gala of geekdom. In 2024, the convention ...

For 20 years, Jareth the Goblin King has presided over his subjects during his annual eponymous masquerade ball. Combining historic and fantasy elements from across a wide spectrum of fandom — ...

Cosplayers transform into their favorite characters and discover something bigger than fandom: a sense of belonging.

In the small dance room at Green Space Arts Collective in Denton, fully wooded and mirrored for optimal practice, a group of women gathers to practice a routine based off the popular anime Love Live.

A cosplayer posed as Padme Amidala from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace during New York Comic Con 2025 at The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on October 11, 2025 in New York City. Getty Images for ...

In January 2021, Kayla Mallari, a 34-year-old Southern California dancer, unexpectedly became the main character of Attack on Titan fandom. A 2014 YouTube video of her dancing in cosplay went viral on ...

Mashle: Magic & Muscles is a wild anime series, focusing on a new student of a magical academy who shares more in common with One-Punch Man’s Saitama than Harry Potter. Recently completing its second ...