The Biggest America’s Comic-Cons, San Diego Comic-Con

As a cosplayer and also one of journalists in the future, I am interested in Comic-Cons in the U.S., not only because I want to join in this kind of activity in a different country but also because it is valuable to be reported.

Until now, I have not had a chance to join a Comic-Con in the U.S., but Internet is a great tool to help me find something about U.S. Comic-Con.

Most of American comic fans are looking forward to taking part in one of the biggest Comic-Cons in the U.S. named San Diego Comic-Con. Even if I was in China, I heard this Comic-Con, it is not only the biggest Comic-Con in the U.S. but also the biggest Comic-Con in the world, many awesome cosplayers,cosplay groups, movie stars, TV stars would come together, and comic fans would have a audio-visual feast.

There is a question, why San Diego Comic-Con has a great successful? There are some reasons below:

1. Star effect
Don't you want to see your idols in a close range? I think the answer of this question is undoubtedly, you want to do it, you want to see them. That is what makes this comic-con has a lot of fans.
Here is an example, Karen Gillan is a actress from Scotland, she joined in this Comic-Con in 2013, her fans must did not want to lose this opportunity, they want to see her！

Karen Gillan in San Diego Comic-Con
Image from:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2371978/Karen-Gillans-Comic-Con-arrival-completes-movie-star-transition.html

2. Comic Fans
From those pictures below, you can image how enthusiastic comic fans are! Because of them, this Comic-Con can get such a big success!

Comic-Con crowd inside the second floor of the convention center in 2011 awaiting the exhibition hall to open.
Image from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con_International

Comic Con crowds in 2011 as seen from a helicopter – Panorama.
Image from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con_International

3.Commercial Value
Comic-Cons have great commercial value, for San Diego Comic-Con International, there are many people all over the world would like to join the big party, from Wikipedia I found that: As of November 2012, there is a $520 million proposed expansion to the San Diego Convention Center. The proposed expansion would increase the available space within the convention center by 33 percent and has a target completion date of early 2016. Due to the proposed expansion of the convention center, Comic Con extended its contract for San Diego to 2016.
And this Comic-Con also has a great value of tourism. People not only join the Comic-Con but also have a travel in San Diego, it helps San Diego get a lot of money!

Next time I will talk about the difference between Comic-Con in China and the U.S., I hope you guys would enjoy it!

Best Halloween in the U.S.!

This Thursday, with other Chinese students, we celebrated our first America Halloween. I just want to say, it was awesome! Thursday night,people worn costumes and had amazing makeup, it just perfect!
As a cosplayer, I'd like to help other people preparing their makeup.We have wonderful time in Burger Stand!

Model: Sam Zhu
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Model: An awesome lady in Burger Stand
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Model: Arvin Zhang(My most successful makeup model!)
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Model: Arvin Zhang
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Model: Arvin Zhang(He got top 3 in Burger Stand Costume Competition)
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Model: Arvin Zhang   PS: Alex Gao   Photo: Alex Gao

For this wonderful night, we also took some interesting videos.

Trick or treat! Halloween and cosplay!

Next week！The biggest festival for cosplayers will come！Halloween is coming！
In China，we do not have chance to celebrate it except some Halloween comic-cons, but now, we are living in America, I am looking forward the wonderful Halloween party!

Straddling the line between fall and winter, plenty and paucity, life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. It is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints and martyrs; the holiday, All Saints’ Day, incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows’ Eve and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a secular, community-based event characterized by child-friendly activities such as trick-or-treating. In a number of countries around the world, as the days grow shorter and the nights get colder, people continue to usher in the winter season with gatherings, costumes and sweet treats.(Halloween introduction from: http://www.history.com/topics/halloween)

For preparing Halloween parties, we need wonderful makeup to make us stand out, there are so much Halloween stuff in Walmart and Halloween stores, prosthesis will be helpful! We can also find some Halloween makeup videos in Youtube, all of them are amazing!

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In Halloween, people love to makeup as zombie，vampire，we can easily find this kind of videos in the Internet. There are two short videos, teach us the awesome makeup skill.

I cannot waiting for Halloween, so I try to makeup half of my face,it is just a try! Wish you guys could enjoy your Halloween!

Maybe she is a old zombie? Have a good time guys!
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Best places to take cosplay photos!【part 2-South Korea&the U.S.】

If you're not a Chinese cosplayer, you can also find some awesome places that you can take awesome photos.
I went to South Korea before, and now I am living in the U.S..These two beautiful country will be examples in my post.First, let's talk about the beautiful places in Korea.

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This is the capital city of South Korea, Seoul.I took this picture in Seoul Tower, the landmark of Seoul, from this picture we can find that Seoul has nice view, we can take some smartness cosplay photos here.

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This is another landmark in Seoul named Gyeongbokgung Palace, in ancient Korea, person of royal lineage lived here. We can take wonderful ancient cosplay photos here.

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This is another big city in Korea which is near the sea, this is Busan. This city have nice climate that you can take good photos any time. Because of the sea, you can make your cosplay photos cleaner!

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This is a picture near the sea, Busan's citizen have clear sky and clear blue sea.

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This is Taebaeksanui, all we can see is snow, there are several wonderful snow mountain, without frog it will be a nice place to visit and take photos.

Then, let's talk about the U.S..I have been there just for two and half months, I just went to Topeka, Lawrence, Kansas City and Chicago, but I feel America's beauty, if I could take cosplay shoots, I will do it!

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Three pictures above are all taken from Topeka downtown and Washburn University, different culture gives us different chance, I can find beautiful view anywhere in America.

photo by Arvin Zhang.
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I took those photos in Kansas City and Lawrence, they are different with Topeka, more like big cities.

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I took those photos in Chicago between my fall break, I must say that Chicago is an awesome city, even if it has large wind! I think cosplayers can take any kind of cosplay shoots here!

Cosplay just like a trip, we live in all the beautiful views!