For all of my friends who cosplay …

Next time you watch a big-budget movie or tv series, I want you to look at the credits, and count the number of people involved in costuming. Costume design, tailors, seamstresses, leather-workers, agers/dyers, embroiderers, hair/wigs, make-up, metal-work, prop building, etc, etc.

Then remember that most of you do ALL OF THE ABOVE, usually solo, in cramped bedrooms and kitchens and garages – typically on shoe-string budgets, and squeezed into the hours around work and/or school.

Are you proud of yourselves yet? Because I am. I am bloody amazed at the talent & creativity & work you all put in. You’re Jacks + Jills of all trades and deserve to feel a massive sense of accomplishment for that.