The September issue of Yipe! The Costume Fanzine of Record is now
available for free download from www.yipezine.com .
As usual, there is a lower-resolution single-page spread version, and
the MegaOtaku high-resolution version with a double-page layout. Both
feature fabulous original cover art by Bay Area artist Maureen Starkey.
If you haven't guessed by some of the adjectives above, this is our long
awaited Anime and Japanese-culture inspired costume issue, weighing in
at a whopping 58 pages, and covering the topic from the early 1960s to
the present.
Or, in my co-editor Jason's words:
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Yipe! takes this opportunity to build one Giant Size Otaku, reflecting
on the early days of anime fandom and the seemingly boundless growth of
the cosplay community. Karen Dick graces us our pages with her personal
story of the seminal days of anime costuming, complete with pictures of
her Starblazers and Captain Harlock creations from what might be
considered the dawn of Cosplay.
Then Dawn McKechnie takes us on a tour of Anime North, Toronto’s
sprawling home to cosplayers, masqueraders, ravers, lolitas, and maids
alike.
España chimes in with her own take on the glory of Cosplay and anime
fandom before bashing the hell out of them for being prettier and more
talented than her, then Kevin sets the wayback machine to his own
childhood and dredges up his formative years influenced by Kimba the
White Lion, Astro Boy, and 8-Man.
I resume my unending thesis paper on anime fandom vs. general fandom in
our later pages, then Mette Hedin returns to form with 10 Questions for
Bay Area Cosplayer Mea.
Incendiary? Perhaps. Definitely one big damn fanzine.
YIPE! Volume 2, Issue 9, “Giant Size Otaku,” is now available for download
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We're already hard at work on TWO issues for October (Our second Annual
Issue Xero, plus the regular October issue). Have something you'd like
to contribute? Drop a line to [email protected] . If it has anything
to do with making/wearing something fabulous, we want to hear about it!
Kevin
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