Cosplay in America HC (2012-2015 Optik Nerve) comic books

Volume 1 - 1st printing.

By Ejen Chuang.

In the past decade, cosplay has exploded in popularity here in the United States.

Walk into any anime convention in America and you'll see fans dressing as their favorite characters from anime, manga, or video games. In 2009, photographer Ejen Chuang travelled to six anime conventions across America to capture this phenomenon. Five months were spent photographing 1,651 cosplayers from coast to coast followed by another six months of editing.

The result is a hard bound coffee table book of cosplayers captured at the conventions.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 272 pages, full color.

Cover price $40.00.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing.

By Ejen Chuang.

Cosplay in America V2 takes the reader on a visual journey through the culture of cosplay in the United States. Photographer Ejen Chuang spent two years visiting 20 cities to gather images for this coffee table photography book. Combining portraits of cosplayers taken at fandom conventions with documentary photographs of people making costumes at home and gathering at events.

Along the way, cosplayers talk about their experiences in cosplay.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 288 pages, full color.

Cover price $40.00.