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Cataloging more old photos tonight. Here's my first homemade Batman costume. To my 5 year old mind & imagination, this looked like a Batman costume. Then, here's me as the Scarecrow in our 5th Grade production of "Wizard of Oz." #cosplay #wizardofoz #batman #adamwest #66batman

22/03/10 19:54

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I'm cataloging more old vintage photos tonight, (havin fun!) the Capt. Kirk cosplay that got me beaten up more than once, my old Nova in weather I do NOT miss, meeting Big Bird, and the debut issue of Wingert Comics' "Swimmer" issue! #cosplay #cosplayer #bigbird #chevy #chevrolet

22/02/28 16:52

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OK, all SORTS of weird stuff going on in this picture! Circa 1984, me as Batman in the Empire Mall in Sioux Falls, SD leading a Halloween parade, in front of a store called RIDDLE'S...25 years before I would become the Riddler! WOW! My mind is blown. #cosplay #Batman #Riddler

22/02/20 20:52

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The release of the new "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" film remined me of my Leatherface cosplay from 1984. #texaschainsawmassacre #cosplay

22/02/20 20:03

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Before the word 'cosplay' even existed, I was dressing up as the '66 Batman & hanging out at the shopping mall talking to young crimefighters. I'm guessing this is around 1981. I love the look on his face. #Iwascosplaybeforecosplaywascool #cosplay #1966Batman #godfatherofcosplay

22/02/07 10:08

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I can remember when wearing a mask in public earned me a fair amount of scorn, criticism and ridicule. I guess I was just a few decades ahead of my time, because today it's all the rage. :-D #cosplay #cosplayer

20/09/17 07:23

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I was one of the world's first cosplayers - 1960s/1970s/1980s/1990s/2000s Change my mind. #cosplay #cosplayer

20/09/17 07:11

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I still remember the look on my dentist's face when I asked him to make me a set of fangs back in So Dak '82. Luckily, he was also a community theater actor, so he "kind of" got it. But they turned out great for my mod-Dracula shoot. #cosplay #godfatherofcosplay #aheadofmytime

20/09/11 04:40

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More negative scanning fun-this time from back in the "cave" days of Cosplay. Word hadn't even been invented yet. Just doing what came naturally. Who knew all the ridicule I got would someday become an art form? #cosplay #godfatherofcosplay #66batman #superman #aheadofmytime

20/09/11 04:23

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These kind gentlemen drove 3 hours each way to see me in Orlando! I was BLOWN AWAY! Thank you so much! It was an honor to witness your amazing costumes in person. You brought them to life! #arkhamasylum #rangerstop #arkhamriddler #arkhamscarecrow #batman #cosplay

19/11/14 21:21