Highs and lows
SDCC 2022 was a blast! And also a note about gatekeeping in the cosplay community.
Cosplay
Hello from San Diego!
Some thoughts on fandom, books to read, and more.
Differing outcomes
Annalee Newitz's The Future of Another Timeline and Alix E. Harrow's The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Reviewed
6 essential conventions to understand the history of cosplay
Cosplay and gatherings are inseparable
Celebration-bound!
Publishers Weekly loved Cosplay: A History!
I'm extremely pleased to report that my upcoming book Cosplay: A History has
received its second trade review, this time from Publishers Weekly! It's a
glowing one, too:
> "...Liptak’s study is an inspiring one, underscored by the community’s efforts
to spread “magical moment[s]” with organizations such as
Kirkus Reviews liked Cosplay: A History!
The first trade review for Cosplay: A History is in! It comes from Kirkus
Reviews, and it's a good one!
Here are the big quotes: "An entertaining look at a vibrant, “interactive,
interpretive, and immersive” pop-culture community...A wonderfully fun book
showing that the art of having a good time
One foot in front of the other
What it's like to march in the Macy's Day Parade as a stormtrooper
Hot zone cosplay
How are conventions adapting to the world of COVID-19? Pretty well, it seems.
Squandered legacy
The rise and fall of ANOVOS