Listen, you will either be mocked openly or embraced with open arms for it depending on your age, but I still think every young person in school should have this badass Captain America shield backpack. Heck, even if people did start making fun of you, you could just take it off, toss it at them, […]
So, um, there is a convention held yearly in North Carolina and is essentially a gathering of local folks who like to dress up as mermaids and mermen. Of course it is called ‘merfest‘ because what else would you call it? The best part is, these people get together up to three times a week […]
There are certain things that are just infinitely cool. Two of those things are 3D printers and Batman. But who would’ve ever thought they would be getting mentioned in the same article? Yet here we are, already proving 2015 will be chock full of awesome. Steven Dee of Crimson Coscrafts had the brilliant idea to […]
Geeks Are Sexy is sending corespondent Meredith Placko to Austin, TX next week to cover the annual film, music and multi-media event. And we want to feature you! Austin is known for keeping it weird, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that cosplayers will strut their stuff during the event. If you want to […]
After a year in the planning, and eight months after the close of a successful Kickstarter campaign, the new webseries Sweethearts of the Galaxy has launched with its first episode on YouTube. Written by Michael Premsrirat and directed by Dexter Adriano, Sweethearts is lighthearted comedy what-if, about Katelyn (Kit Quinn), a cosplayer who dresses up […]
Earlier this week two girls in Florida were charged in a case of a young teen who killed herself after a series of hateful texts and continued harassment from her peers. It is rare to see charges pressed against people in cases like this, but it is becoming more common as the victims and their […]
Contributing writer Meredith Placko is hard at work on San Diego Comic Con costumes, but she found time to make this handy flow chart to break down the steps of how to make a costume!
Costumes are not consent. It’s a phrase you may be hearing a lot lately, and one we need to keep talking about. In the past few weeks, the internet has exploded with women speaking up about the treatment we receive at conventions and online. This isn’t a new problem that has suddenly presented itself. The […]
By Meredith Placko Contributing Writer, [GAS] –My Day As a Cosplay Model Part 1 –My Day As a Cosplay Model Part 2 The first thing I do after returning home from my photo shoot with Thomas Dodd is strip off the eight layers of makeup. Becoming the Queen of Albion is not an easy task. […]
> We all love looking at great photos of cosplayers, but what we see is just the end result of a long and rigorous process. Resident cosplayer Meredith / Ana Aesthetic takes us behind the scenes of a typical day in front of the camera, and offers up some tips to those looking to delve […]