Cosplayers transform into their favorite characters and discover something bigger than fandom: a sense of belonging.

Some cosplayers spend hours and perhaps hundreds of dollars on elaborate costumes to show off at New York Comic-Con. Others, not so much. See the full story on Circa.

Armed with glue guns, Popsicle sticks, safety pins and more, a hub of costume repairers stands at the ready to make sure all goes according to fantasy. Law Asuncion, of the Paladins of Cosplay, ...