When I was a kid, my favorite activity was checking the spinner rack at the local gas station for the latest comic books. I remember my first comic book, Avengers #210 "You Don't Need the Weathermen to Know Which Way the Wind Blows!" The year was 1981. That comic was just $.50. I had the exact change in my pocket. The comic book had the entire cast including mainstays like Captain America, Wasp, Thor and Iron Man but it was my first time meeting characters like The Beast, Vis

We’re happy to introduce you to writer/editor Aiesha D. Little, who serves as the character model for Fat Mucket in the upcoming season of MeSseD! In this post, she discusses being a plus-sized Black costumer in the straight-sized-obsessed cosplay community. My journey into the weird, wild world of cosplay came by way of steampunk (aka Victorian science fiction). Eight years ago, I attended a steampunk event while researching a story and decided that I liked the visual aest