SyFy Bartow just announced Nana The Red as one of their featured Cosplay guests!

February 18th in Bartow! Be there or be square (Because you wont be "Around")

Fanboy Expo LAKELAND 2016

Here are a few snaps from the Fanboy Expo in Lakeland 2016

George Lowe (voice of Space Ghost) Calls me Mrs. Space Ghost now!

I am really happy to be part of the Fagirl Fatales and help raise funds for the Children's hospital!

TOYS FOR TOTS and the Just BeCos Players of Tampa!

The Just BeCos Players of Tampa and The Comics Club are hosting a Toys for Tots Heroes Toy drive!

Thank you to all of the Super heroes who came out to support this event and to all of the people who came and brought toys or bought comics for the kids! Especially the people who seen us out on the intersection of S. Kings and Lumsden and went to Walmart BOUGHT toys and came back to donate! Y'all are SUPER!!!

Our Box overflowth!!

Cosplay Interview with Emma Rubini

Cosplay interview with Emma Rubini Cosplay Character: Gaige (Borderlands 2) Facebook page: facebook.com/emmarubiniart Other Social media links: Instagram: @emmajiqrubini Photographer name and/or link: Bert Rubini and Alex Taranoff

Interview Questions:

1. How long have you been Cosplaying and why do you do it? I’ve been cosplaying since 2009. It’s one of my favorite creative outlets. I think of it as creative problem solving. My first cosplay was American McGee’s Alice.

2. Do your family and friends support you as a cosplayer? Yes! In fact, my dad and I often cosplay together (for instance, he has a cosplay from Borderlands as well).

3. What was your FIRST convention you cosplayed at? I made my first cosplay in 2009, but I didn’t wear it to a con until MegaCon 2010.

4. Are there any charities you work with locally? I haven’t done any cosplay charity work yet – a lot of my cosplays are kind of scary and from video games which aren’t very charity-friendly. But, I have a few Disney cosplays planned, so we’ll see!

5. Do you follow other cosplayers? Who inspires you the most? I follow a ton of cosplayers! Honestly, too many to even pick favorites. But, the skills I really look up to in other cosplayers are detailed sets of armor and intricately sewn costumes, because those are things that I can’t do.

6. Are you an avid comic book reader? Which is your all time favorite? I think my favorite comic series is probably Neil Gaiman’s Sandman (although I’ve fallen behind on the Overture series!)

7. Other than Cosplay, what else are your hobbies or interests? I’m in school for illustration, so most of my hobbies are still art-related. Also, I play a lot of video games.

8. Why did you choose Gaige? As soon as I played Borderlands I knew I wanted to cosplay from it. I really like Gaige’s personality and character design, and it seemed like the right about of challenge for my first Borderlands cosplay. Also, the fact that she can summon a giant robot is pretty neat.

9. Have you done other versions of this character? I haven’t, although I have cosplayed another character from the same game, Tiny Tina. However, all of the playable characters in the game have alternate skins and outfits, so I may do another version of Gaige in the future.

10. Are there any other characters you cosplay as? Yes! I think by now I have created over thirty costumes. Some of my favorites that I’ve made are Little Sister from BioShock, Toothiana from Rise of the Guardians, Emily from Corpse Bride and steampunk Tinkerbell, which was an original design.

11. Have you ever “CrossPlayed”? I’ve done a few male characters, the most recent being Newt from Pacific Rim (my father cosplayed Hannibal Chau from the same movie). It’s interesting to experiment with gender-changing makeup, but I prefer to do “genderbent” cosplays, where I reimagine a male character as a female one. Most recently I did this with Cecil from Welcome to Night Vale.

12. Do you have any upcoming appearances? My remaining cons for 2015 are Hyper Japan (in London!), Fanboy Expo, Tampa Bay Comic Con, DragonCon, and Baltimore Comic Con. In 2016 I’m hoping to make it to at least Katsucon, MegaCon, Metrocon and Dragoncon again, but it’s too early to tell for sure!

13. Can you give us a detailed description of how you made your cosplay and props? My Gaige cosplay is probably the one I’ve put the most work into. I originally started it in April 2014, and made the costume as well as Claptrap (the smaller, yellow robot) for Metrocon that year. I probably spent about three months on it. Sometime in the last year I decided that I was insane enough to make Deathtrap, which is about seven feet tall and also a robot, and I figured I might as well improve on the costume itself as well, because I’ve learned a lot in the past year. I’ve spent the last month or so not only altering most of the costume, but also creating a life-size Deathtrap, which I brought to Metrocon with me this year. My favorite part of the two Borderlands cosplays I’ve made (and the ones I’ve seen) is the cel shading, which is the comic book-y lines that I’ve applied to all of the costume as well as my makeup. My favorite part of the costume is probably my wig, which I made out of Model Magic on top of a plaster cast of my head!

Cosplay Interview with Mico Kessler!

Cosplay Interview with: Mico Kessler Cosplay Character: Wonder Boy Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MICOmkessler Other social media links: https://instagram.com/mia.c0c0/

1. How long have you been Cosplaying and why do you do it? It’s been about a year now cosplaying I started last year when I went to Comic Con in Tampa. I began to cosplay because as a potential actor, I always wanted to build character or to be a versatile actor; wanting to do action movies and comedy mostly. So I thought that while doing cosplaying it allows me to stay in character and get to feel what my character is about.

2. Do your family and friends support you as a cosplayer? Absolutely, they love that the fact that I’m a creative person and they always love to see me in my costume.

3. What was your first convention you cosplayed at? To be technical, I first cosplayed at Nan Desu Kan in Colorado, but I didn’t really commit to it. Hence why I explained before that last year was my first time cosplaying. My first convention is at Comic Con last year (July 31, 2014) at the convention center here at downtown Tampa, FL.

4. Do you follow other cosplayers? Who inspires you the most? Two people I actually follow and inspired me to cosplay is Nana The Red (Local cosplayer here in Tampa, FL.) and Yaya Han. I use to watch "Heroes of Cosplay" and when I first saw Yaya Han with her cosplay outfits, I was immediately inspired to start cosplaying. Nana The Red inspired me as well, because at the point before going to comic con I didn't know anybody and so I look into cosplaying groups on Facebook and then I saw her group page and so I entered it. Just looking at her pictures just inspired me to keep continuing on with my cosplaying and never give up.

5. Are you an avid comic book reader? Which is your all-time favorite? Yes, all my friends and co-workers knows that I am an avid comic book reader; They would sometimes come up to me and ask me “Have I seen the latest episode of this show”, because now these days some of the comics are turning into TV shows (i.e. Flash, Super Girl, Arrow, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D). My all-time favorite comic is Wonder Woman and Super Girl

6. Other than cosplay, what else are your hobbies or interests? Besides cosplay, I also perform in drag, my drag queen name is Mìa Coco, and I just love to perform and entertain people. I also like to write my own stories (sometimes Fan fictions). I like to sing and dance, play video games, watch action movies (to a certain point) and comedy movies. Like to cook, bake and go to beaches and theme parks.

7. Why did you choose Wonder Boy? I mentioned earlier that my all-time favorite comic is Wonder Woman, so I wanted to dedicate my cosplay to Wonder Woman. So I created my version of what Wonder Boy will be like. I made up a story on how Wonder Boy became to be. Wonder Boy is the son of Wonder Woman, Diana Troy and Steven Trevor’s child.

8. Have you done other versions of this character? I haven’t yet, this is the first official cosplay that I came up with. But this year’s comic con, I’m going to do an updated version from last year’s cosplayer (from the picture).

9. Are there any other characters you cosplay as? Last year, besides Wonder Boy, I also cosplayed as a male version of Sailor Pluto for Halloween at my work, I tried to ask the person to send me the picture but I can find that person sadly. This year I’m planning to also go as Wiccan from Young Avengers, the son of Scarlet Witch.

10. Have you ever crossplayed? I have thought about crossplaying with my drag performances. Like I am planning to crossplay as Poison Ivy someday.

11. Do you have any upcoming appearances? Not the moment I don’t think, unless appearing at this year’s Comic Con counts as an upcoming appearance.

12. Can you give us a detailed description of how you made your cosplay props? Well for the first time I bought the lasso, boots, and the gauntlets. For the costume the compressor shirt, pants and the red shirt were bought as well. For the red top I altered it (I cut the sleeves). I self-patterned the W emblem and sewn it onto the shirt. The material is from a dance fabric (Lycra/spandex)

AGE OF ULTRON

"Just Becos Players of Tampa" was invited to attend the pre-screening of Avengers: Age of Ultron this week.

Here are a few photos from our cosplay movie night! There was 20 of us in all! Great group turn out pulse we got our photo featured on Blindside reviews!!

That's my Daughter in the very pregnant WASP cosplay!

2015 C+2 charity Calendar is here!

L.O.R.T. and Charisma plus 2 have teamed up to create this charity calendar for 2015. Please visit the link below to read more about all the great things L.O.R.T Nation is accomplishing through volunteers and donors just like YOU! LADIES OF THE ROUND TABLE STEAM EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

"Here is a list of people we featured and our 12 models for the months! Cover girl Ashli Benn “Lushli“, Erika “Kitten the hut“, Francesca, Dani, Guest: Nana the Red, Jan: Roxanne, Feb: Forrest and Ashlen, March: Jessie Pridemore, April: Miss Sinister, May: Alligirl, June: CJ, July: Miyaku, August: LilyLu, September: Tiffany Jo, October: Niha, November: Sera, December: Resha. We have linked their twitter, Instagram, or Facebook public pages. Help us get bunches of donators so we can give away these great calendars! They will not be for sale and supplies truly are VERY limited! Also, postage within in continental US is included with your $12.95 donation!"

The C+2 charity calendar can be found here!

Nana practicing Crossplay

Practicing my crossplay manly features...All I did was end up looking like my Father...So I went with it!

I need to practice more on manly eyes and jawlines.