Nothing brings your Batman cosplay to life better than an actual working grappling hook.

If you want to strut your cosplay these days, you’re going to need to get creative. Conventions are down for the count, having taken a haymaker to the face by Apollo COVID-19. What’s a cosplayer to do? Find some safe streets to walk down, strike a pose and make a video out of the experience. Without a doubt, My Hero Academia still stands as one of the breakout success stories of anime in recent years, thanks not only to a fantastic story and cast, but also due to its overall design being perfect for cosplay.

South Africa may be a country in the doldrums but despite it all, we continually turn out world champions. The latest is JinxKittie Cosplay, who achieved the title of Crown Champion of Cosplay at Chicago convention C2E2 this past weekend.

It’s a new year (technically), and you know what that means: New conventions with which to strut your cosplay! While the road to San Diego Comic Con, Dragon Con and a whole host of other tentpole events on the cosplay calendar is still a good couple of months away, 2020 has no shortage of events catering to fans who are looking to show off their hard work.

In the market for some rubber that'll help you pull off the ultimate Batman cosplay? Well wonder no more, because here's our guide to help you get started on a classic costume path.

The American convention calendar may be all but spent, but a hop across the pond and you’d find that the Brits are still ready and raring to go when it comes to celebrating pop culture. Held twice a year, London’s Movie Comic Media expo may have started life as a single day event in 2001 but right now it’s an entire weekend of fun that runs the course of three days.

The cosplay year, she is coming to an end. With San Diego Comic Con in the rearview mirror, Emerald Comic Con over and our very own Comic Con Africa high-fiving DragonCon on a job well done, there’s only one big name left on the costume circuit: New York Comic Con. This year’s event took place at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in the Big Apple, and with over 200, 000 attendees present it was clear that convention fatigue had yet to set in.

After two years, countless hours and a ton of elbow grease, one dedicated cosplayer has managed to craft the fabled XE suit from Batman: Arkham Origins.