Tag: Cosplay

  • Cosplayers and fans pack Toronto ComiCon

    Cosplayers and fans pack Toronto ComiCon

    STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY CAMILLE GUSHWAY The lower level of the Metro Convention Centre was flooded with costumes last weekend as the annual Toronto ComiCon opened its doors to people of all ages dressed in a variety of cosplays. The costumes ranged from anime characters to iconic film characters. The dealers’ room, where most of…

  • Gifting goes geek at the Fan Days: Holiday Expo

    Gifting goes geek at the Fan Days: Holiday Expo

    STORY BY CAIT CARTER A Christmas Sailor Moon chatted with Thor and Elsa December 5 at this year’s Fan Days: Holiday Expo. The expo, which used to be known as the December Toronto Animé Convention, has been running since 2004. It’s an event for guests to shop, meet celebrities and take photos with cosplayers at the…

  • Cosplay for a Cure raises money in a creative way

    Cosplay for a Cure raises money in a creative way

    STORY BY CAIT CARTER What started as a tribute to a deceased friend has turned into a popular staple at local cosplay conventions. In just three years, Cosplay for a Cure has raised more than $10,000 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Created in July 2012 by Casey Brown, 38, and Gina Greco, 25, the…

  • Sheridan students can’t say ‘no’ to Nintendo

    Sheridan students can’t say ‘no’ to Nintendo

    STORY BY ROBERT SGOTTO Sheridan’s Marquee took a warp pipe to the past last Thursday by adding a touch of Nintendo nostalgia to pub night. Nintendo fans and partygoers alike came out in costumes to celebrate their favourite characters from games of the past, and to forget about school for the night. “It’s good to…

  • For the love of the game

    For the love of the game

    STORY BY MARKO WOLOSHYN PHOTO PROVIDED BY SAM HERMACK Most married and engaged couples have touching stories about the proposal – at the restaurant where the couple first met, at a baseball game projected onto a Jumbotron, or maybe on a sun-kissed beach during an all-inclusive vacation. Sam Hermack, 22, figured she would pop the…

  • Cosplayers dress for the occasion

    Cosplayers dress for the occasion

    STORY BY TYLER REYNOLDS Imagine waking up in the morning and putting on the costume of your favorite fictional character for other fans to admire. Cosplayers get to do this for a few weekends a year. Cosplay, the short form of costume play, is the art of dressing up as a character from works of…