The Popcorntalk Network proudly presents The Cosplay Coach! In depth costume breakdowns on your favorite films and cinematic works alongside tips and tricks on how to create your own Cosplay! Today Emma Fyfe (@EmmaFyfe) and Alana Jordan (@alanajordan) break down everything that’s happened at Comic Con in the world of Cosplay! Join us for an in depth look at the best and more innovative costumes of San Diego Comic Con 2015! Cosplay Coach theme song by Niko Makaris www.nikomakaris.com San Diego Comic-Con International is a multigenre entertainment and comic convention held annually in San Diego,California. It was founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention in 1970 by a group of San Diegans, which included Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, Ken Krueger, and Mike Towry; later, it was called the “San Diego Comic Book Convention.” The name, as given on its website, is Comic-Con International: San Diego; but it is commonly known simply as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con or “SDCC.” It is a four-day event (Thursday–Sunday) held during the summer at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. On the Wednesday evening prior to the official opening of the event, there is a preview for professionals, exhibitors, and select guests pre-registered for all four days. Comic-Con International also produces two other conventions, WonderCon, held in Anaheim, California, and the Alternative Press Expo (APE), held in San Francisco. Since 1974, Comic-Con has bestowed its annual Inkpot Award on guests and persons of interest in the Popular Arts industries, as well as on members of Comic-Con’s Board of Directors and the Convention Committee. It is also the home of the Will Eisner Awards. Originally showcasing primarily comic books and science fiction/fantasy related film, television, and similar popular arts, the convention now includes a larger range of pop culture and entertainment elements across virtually all genres, includinghorror, animation, anime, manga, toys, collectible card games, video games, webcomics, and fantasy novels. According toForbes, the convention is the “largest convention of its kind in the world;” Publishers Weekly wrote “Comic-Con International: San Diego is the largest show in North America;” it is also the largest convention held in San Diego. In 2010, it filled the San Diego Convention Center to capacity with more than 130,000 attendees.

The Popcorntalk Network proudly presents The Cosplay Coach! In depth costume breakdowns on your favorite films and cinematic works alongside tips and tricks on how to create your own Cosplay! Today Meredith Placko (@mplacko), Emma Fyfe (@EmmaFyfe), Alana Jordan (@alanajordan) discuss ROAD TO COMIC CON! San Diego Comic Con is coming up July 9-12 and we want to get you ready for one of the biggest conventions of the season! This week we’ll be talking about spandex and Superheroes!!! First introduced in the 1950s, Spandex is a great fabric for swimsuits, superhero costumes, etc. The stretchiness that makes it so great for these things, though, is also what makes it so tricky to work with. Like any knit fabric, it’s a lot more manageable if you use a serger, but you can also use your standard sewing machine, it’s just a bit more difficult. Cosplay Coach theme song by Niko Makaris www.nikomakaris.com

The Popcorntalk Network proudly presents The Cosplay Coach! In depth costume breakdowns on your favorite films and cinematic works alongside tips and tricks on how to create your own Cosplay! Today Meredith Placko (@mplacko), Emma Fyfe (@EmmaFyfe), Alana Jordan (@alanajordan) and special guest Miss Chrissy Lynn! (@MissChrissyLyn) Discuss… ROAD TO COMIC CON! San Diego Comic Con is coming up July 9-12 and we want to get you ready for one of the biggest conventions of the season! All month long we’ll be featuring some of the most loved characters in pop culture, and today is part 2 of our Batverse where we talk all about the ladies of DC Comics! (Pic001 – Women of DC) Obviously we won’t be able to cover everyone in just an hour, but we picked our favorites to talk about how you can make your own costumes of these lovely ladies! And don’t forget, at the end of the show, we’ll be spilling the details for our McCalls Costume Contest Challenge! But first… Cosplay Coach theme song by Niko Makaris www.nikomakaris.com

The Popcorntalk Network proudly presents The Cosplay Coach! In depth costume breakdowns on your favorite films and cinematic works alongside tips and tricks on how to create your own Cosplay! Emma (@emmafyfe), Alana (@alanajordan), and special guests Yume and Michelle host The Cosplay Coach this week! Bust out your parasol for this week’s Cosplay Coach! We’re taking a stroll down memory lane. We talk the costumes from Pride & Prejudice. Guests Yume and Michelle join us to break it all down! Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character,Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of thelanded gentry of the British Regency. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.

Page 2 of a letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra (11 June 1799) in which she first mentions Pride and Prejudice, using its working title First Impressions. (NLA)

Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet’s five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth. Pride and Prejudice retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the top of lists of “most loved books.” It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, selling over 20 million copies, and receives considerable attention from literary scholars. Modern interest in the book has resulted in a number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels and stories imitating Austen’s memorable characters or themes. Cosplay Coach theme song by Niko Makaris www.nikomakaris.com Costume Designer: Jacqueline Duran

The Popcorntalk Network proudly presents The Cosplay Coach! In depth costume breakdowns on your favorite films and cinematic works alongside tips and tricks on how to create your own Cosplay! Meredith (@mplacko), Emma (@emmafyfe), and Alana (@alanajordan) host The Cosplay Coach this week! Jean Paul Gaultier is known for pushing the boundaries of fashion, so it’s no wonder when Luc Besson was looking for a designer for his space opera The Fifth Element, he brought on L’Enfant Terrible himself to create the looks for Korben, Leeloo and their motley crew. Today on Cosplay Coach, we’ll show you what goes into creating some of the coolest outfits in space. Also, we’re giving away a pair of tickets to Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con in June 19-21, so tune in to find out how! We break it all down in this episode of Cosplay Coach! Articles of Interest: From “On This Day in Fashion” – The Fifth Element: A Comic Book Future Designed by Gaultier: http://onthisdayinfashion.com/?p=13466 – awesome article with lots of specifics about the costumes Cosplay Coach theme song by Niko Makaris www.nikomakaris.com Costume Designer: Jean Paul Gaultier

The Popcorntalk Network proudly presents The Cosplay Coach! In depth costume breakdowns on your favorite films and cinematic works alongside tips and tricks on how to create your own Cosplay! Emma Fyfe joins Cosplay Coach Meredith Placko to breakdown the costumes of Hook! The Contest for the Month of April is ORIGINAL DISNEY COSPLAY! Send in pictures of your own original cosplay from your favorite disney character and we’ll announce our winner in May! There will be totes cool prizes! Cosplay Coach theme song by Niko Makaris www.nikomakaris.com Costume Designer: Anthony Powell