Hello Bleeder Nation!! I hope all is well with everyone! This week I FINALLY get to spotlight Montreal Comic Con 2011’s cosplayers! Cosplay has quickly become probably the most outstanding phenomenon at comic book conventions all over the world. It’s pretty wild, I first began going to major cons in the early 2000s, over ten years ago. Back then, there were very little amount of fans dressing up. We would usually see a lot of the booths hiring models to dress as their characters. (I won’t lie, for a guy in his early 20’s this was quite the most awesome thing about comic book conventions.) Suddenly, the Japanese Anime and Manga craze EXPLODED!!! Now, at conventions and expos all over the world, fans dress up as their favourite characters from Manga, Anime, video games, comic books, movies and cartoons. It is commonplace.
Written by Dave Michaels