Communicating through costume

Robbyn Taylor Faculty Adviser Remember tying a blanket around your neck as a cape when you were a kid and pretending to be a king or queen ruling over the living room or backyard? Or maybe you cut holes in a ribbon to make a mask in order to protect your identity as you saved the neighborhood? Donning a costume, for many people, has taken place throughout their lives – and not just on Halloween. Costumes at comic book conventions and similar activities has turned into a $46 billion a…

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Keep calm and Comic Con: Troy University’s library holds third annual Comic Con to kick off Banned Books Week

(PHOTO/ Suraj Thapa Magar) Grace Parsons, a junior sign language interpretation major from Auburn (left), and her friends, attended Troy’s Comic Con decked out in their best cosplay to show their support the “nerd” community.  Andrea Hammack Staff Writer Troy University held its third annual Library Comic Con on Sunday, Sept. 22 to kick off the beginning of Banned Books Week. The Library first held the event in 2017. Though it was small in the beginning with only a few available activities and tables set up, the event has matured.…

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