This page is the Moving Comic Sample extracted from the page: MFA Thesis: Being Another… Cosplay - Full Journey: Research, Design Process and Outcome

Moving Comic: Girl Who Leapt Though Time ( April He CCA MFA Thesis 2012) from April He on Vimeo.

Moving Comic: Bunny Hero ( April He CCA MFA Thesis 2012) from April He on Vimeo.

Moving Comic: Eric as Mr. Rabbit in Wonderland (CCA MFA Thesis 2012) from April He on Vimeo.

 

Moving Comic: Little Alice in Wonderland ( April He CCA MFA Thesis 2012) from April He on Vimeo.

 

Thesis Abstract
Cosplay is a fast growing community, a type of performance art, and an act of recreation in which participants dress in costumes and accessories based on particular fictional characters. These characters are usually from animation, manga or video games. I create new, immersive experiences for Cosplayers and potential new audiences to explore these fictional characters and stories. I facilitate users sharing fictional stories and negotiating these identities by creating interactive and hybrid forms of video, photography, and comic book spreads. I aim to help Cosplayers textually poach the original works and in so doing create an alternative and utopian social community.

 

Chair of CCA Grad Design: Brenda Laurel

Thesis advisor: Scott L. Minneman

Secondary advisor: Rachel Strickland, Long Jiao

Thesis writing advisor: Leslie Carol Roberts

Special thanks to, my cosplay friends and community, my writing coach Calder Yates, my family