{"id":48694,"date":"2020-02-13T15:10:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T15:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=48694"},"modified":"2020-02-13T15:10:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T15:10:33","slug":"cardiff-comic-con-the-glitz-and-the-glam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/cardiff-comic-con-the-glitz-and-the-glam","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Comic Con 2020: the glitz and the glam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164736-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164736-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164736-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164736-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164736-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164736-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164736-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164736-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164736-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164736-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164736-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164736-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164736-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164736-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>People crowded into the comic convention on a stormy day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comic fans headed to Cardiff last week sporting costumes from Iron Man, Batman, Joker, and Superman. What is the culture behind the costumes?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\nWhen\nyou\u2019re trying to report on an event, you need to get orientated and\nwho better to ask than an organiser, someone at the information desk\nor even a security guard. Yes a security guard, I thought as I\nwandered over to 24-year-old Brittany Morris from north Wales. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nShe\nhad the hat, the security badge and the smart black tie, she\u2019d be\nable to point me in the right direction. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\u201cHey,\nyou\u2019re the guard from Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s,\u201d says a young\nguy beating me to her. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> When you\u2019re attending a Cosplay Convention, nobody comes dressed in their normal clothes, but among the Jokers, Batmans, Joker and Superman. Brittany looks remarkably realistic.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cIt is not that just young kids can do this, I reckon anyone can do it. It\u2019s not like that I cannot do this because of my age, my height, my weight or what I look like. If you want to do it, go for it. No one is gonna judge you.\u201d Brittany said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164722-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164722-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164722-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164722-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164722-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164722-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164722-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164722-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164722-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164722-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164722-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164722-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164722-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164722-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption> College student Brittany Morris cosplays Mike Schmidt from Five Nights at Freddy&#8217;s episode one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirteen years ago, an American comedy called the Big Bang Theory came out, showing what were the stereotyped science nerds. The Big Bang Theory gang often go to the comic book store and dress up to be their favorite characters. That was what most people thought of cosplay and people who do cosplay. Back to now, people give it new definitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For some people, cosplay provides a way of communication with the outside world. \u201ccosplay is related to my confidence. It makes me be able to speak to people,\u2019\u2019 said Zack, who cosplayed as Joker. \u201cWhen I was the first time in a convention, it was really bad in a big crowd. Now I just don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212165837-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212165837-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212165837-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212165837-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212165837-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212165837-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212165837-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212165837-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212165837-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212165837-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212165837-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212165837-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212165837-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212165837-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Zack cosplays Joker from DC comics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Except for that, according to the research led by a scholar Osmud Rahman, cosplay makes it possible for people to change the identity from a high-school student to a hero, from a woman to a beautiful boy, from an ordinary person to a celebrity with excitement, contentment, escapism, and empowerment. It also offers a comfortable space to express themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for cosplay, thirteen-year-old Isabella Pitt also had something to say. She said: \u201cI want to give others inspirations that you can be who you want to be, dress what you want to dress. I am wearing a sleeping bag, it is not people usually wear. Now I am wearing this, it can tell others like if she can do that, I can do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164705-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164705-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164705-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164705-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164705-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164705-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164705-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164705-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164705-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164705-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164705-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164705-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164705-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164705-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Isabella cosplays a sleeping bag.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although to most people, cosplay is still considered as a subculture, more and more people start to accept it compared to the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Katia was a mother who claimed to know barely anything about cosplay. She said: \u201cI am dressing as Little Red Riding Hood and I always dress up like kids at parties. It is fun, you can be somebody else. It is common for me because my kids like it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212170235-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212170235-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212170235-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212170235-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212170235-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212170235-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212170235-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212170235-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212170235-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212170235-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212170235-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212170235-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212170235-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212170235-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Katia cosplays  Little Red Riding Hood from the fairy tale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cCosplay is used to be regarded as geek culture but it becomes mainstream now.\u201d said 47-year-old Si Allen. His first experience in cosplay was to dress up as a character in Star Wars when he was nine years old and He called himself an expert in cosplay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164710-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164710-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164710-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164710-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164710-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164710-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164710-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164710-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164710-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164710-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164710-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164710-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164710-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WeChat-Image_20200212164710-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption> Si Allen cosplays Doctor Brown from Back to the Future.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brittany said: &#8220;Every community is different. I think we are all accepted of each other within the cosplay community. When you come, you make friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c If you are into it, you into it; if you are not, at least you try it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"cjk\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Come and see more at Anime League Community.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cosplay, as a subculture which is not just limited to anime, becomes more popular than ever before. 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