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Japanese influence in your campaigns

Started by MeganovaStella, August 10, 2022, 06:05:35 PM

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Lurkndog

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November 13, 2022, 10:49:34 AM
Quote from: Omega on November 09, 2022, 02:52:26 AM
Star Trek cosplay was probably the originator of all other cosplay.
No, the masquerade was a popular event at science fiction cons for decades before Star Trek.

In particular, Forrest J Ackerman and Myrtle R. Douglas turned up in futuristic sci fi garb inspired by Things to Come (1935) at the first WorldCon in 1939. The second Worldcon in 1940 featured the first SF masquerade contest. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_J_Ackerman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costume_party

Koltar

#106
November 13, 2022, 11:08:39 AM
Quote from: Lurkndog on November 13, 2022, 10:49:34 AM
No, the masquerade was a popular event at science fiction cons for decades before Star Trek.

In particular, Forrest J Ackerman and Myrtle R. Douglas turned up in futuristic sci fi garb inspired by Things to Come (1935) at the first WorldCon in 1939. The second Worldcon in 1940 featured the first SF masquerade contest. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_J_Ackerman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costume_party

Thank You.
..and back then they did NOT call it 'cosplay'.
It was called masquerade or costume competition.
That is the terminology I grew up with.

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