Cosplay in reality wasn’t born at Comic-Con. The art of dressing up in complex sci-fi or comic-book inspired costumes existed long earlier than the convention’s modest first day out in 1970, but San Diego’s annual celebration of comics, TV, and movies helped release the once-area of interest craze into the mainstream. (All of those Leias in gold bikinis likely didn’t harm both.)
Cosplay Costume
With Comic-Con International beginning Thursday, we’ve taken a adventure again to the beginning of cosplay — when it became dubbed “costuming” — and assemble a timeline of some important moments within the records of fan fashion. Captain America Costume
