Cosplay As A Lifestyle

Interview with HezaChan
by John Winn - Staff Writer/Buzzy Multimedia

Cosplaying is a big business. Since its inception in the late 1970s, the fad of dressing up as fictional characters-mostly from video games or Japanese anime-has blossomed from odd hobby to billion dollar enterprise. Prominent cosplayers are featured on magazines and blogs constantly, and a few manage to make a living out of it. We caught up with one of the lucky ones-a woman known only as Heather AKA HezaChan-and asked her about cosplay, her newfound fame, and the difference between cosplay and performance art.
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