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This graphic novel is an ode to the defining element of fandom. It celebrates both the culture's theatricality and D.I.Y. beauty—as well as its often-awkward conflation of fantasy with reality—in seven interconnected short stories about two young women. Cosplayers is an affectionate, funny book about how fandom can be much more inclusive and humanistic than the stories and characters it's built upon.

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Dash Shaw is an utterly brilliant young cartoonist who has, in a few short years, advanced from the academic experiments of his earlier work... into a formalist genius whose skills encompass both a natural gift for color and a feel for subtle, indirect characterization.--Bill Howard A former student of the genius artist-seer-cartoonist Gary Panter, Dash, it's fair to say, is something of a genius as well.--Chris Ware Kaleidoscopic... Shaw has a deft touch... Like the very best illustrated fiction, Shaw's work moves between pathos and humor, between the fantastic and the familiar. I've seen the future of comics and its name is Dash Shaw.--David Mazzucchelli

<em>Cosplayers</em>will strike a chord with anyone who turns to reading as an escape, be they lit-nerd, comic geek, messageboard troll, or a little mixture of all of the above.

Cosplayerswill strike a chord with anyone who turns to reading as an escape, be they lit-nerd, comic geek, messageboard troll, or a little mixture of all of the above. Kaleidoscopic... Shaw has a deft touch... Like the very best illustrated fiction, Shaw's work moves between pathos and humor, between the fantastic and the familiar. Dash Shaw is an utterly brilliant young cartoonist who has, in a few short years, advanced from the academic experiments of his earlier work... into a formalist genius whose skills encompass both a natural gift for color and a feel for subtle, indirect characterization.--Bill Howard A former student of the genius artist-seer-cartoonist Gary Panter, Dash, it's fair to say, is something of a genius as well.--Chris Ware I ve seen the future of comics and its name is Dash Shaw.--David Mazzucchelli I've seen the future of comics and its name is Dash Shaw.--David Mazzucchelli Cosplayers reads like an account of what it's like when a person's soul is addicted to fantasy, leaving folks with masks some will desperately want to be their real faces. Cosplayers will strike a chord with anyone who turns to reading as an escape, be they lit-nerd, comic geek, messageboard troll, or a little mixture of all of the above. Cosplayerswill strike a chord with anyone who turns to reading as an escape, be they lit-nerd, comic geek, messageboard troll, or a little mixture of all of the above.

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Dash Shaw lives in Richmond, VA. He was a 2010 Sundance Labs fellow and a 2014-2015 Cullman Center fellow at the New York Public Library. A cartoonist, animator, and illustrator, he was born in Los Angeles and attended the School of Visual Arts.

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