At Ushicon, cosplay is the thing *

The University of Texas' Daily Texan covers this weekend's fourth annual Ushicon anime and manga convention in Austin. First up, the cosplayers:

"I got a lot of flack about it, because I worked on my costume at work," says Tarisa Walker, UT classics graduate and administrative assistant to Pfluger Associates. Walker and her boyfriend Jay Bernardo, a 25-year-old Plan II graduate working for the American Cancer Society, dressed up for the first time for this year's Ushicon, and say they like to do it for the thrill of being someone else.

"Plus, you don't want to be the only loser without a costume," Walker says.

(* Yes, yes, I know it's bad. But I couldn't think of a better headline.)