‘Black nerd’ podcaster uses his costumes to tackle discrimination and racism that exist in the Cosplay community
Growing up in Toronto as one of two Black kids in his elementary school, Augustus John related more to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and X-Men than prominent white superheroes such as Superman or Batman.
John starts his designs by drawing out the plans on foam rolls, which are later heat molded to hold their shape.He started making costumes in 2018, inspired by one of the central antagonists in Marvel’s“It was the first character that I had seen that looked like me,” says John, who decided to make M’Baku’s costume out of fur and foam and
Although cosplay is meant as an escape, this costume has brought to fore the issue of discrimination within the community. Because John is a Black man and Iron Man is a white man, he often gets comments suggesting that he shouldn’t or can’t be the superhero.
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