Draft:CosplayNYC Magazine

= CosplayNYC Magazine and CosplayNYC Inc. = CosplayNYC Magazine was the brainchild of longtime friends Jason Linetsky and Sereene Brown-Henry with the first issue created in June 2011 and published until 2021 in varied annual frequencies.

First Volume History
A photo shoot, organized by Jason Linetsky and Sereene Brown-Henry, was held in New York City's Bryant Park on June 1, 2011. Cosplayers were invited to be part of the free shoot and told they'd be part of a new cosplay magazine. The first magazine volume and issue was created a week later and offered in digital format for free to all shoot participants.

In July 2011 CosplayNYC introduced readers to the concept of Cosplayer of the Month. Every issue started to feature a local cosplayer on the cover with an interview and spread of photos featuring all of their past costumes. It was also the first issue with photographic coverage of local events and conventions. Issues were published under the banner of Nakama Productions.

The August 2011 issue gave readers the first chance to learn about their favorite stars as CosplayNYC began to interview voice actors and others at conventions.

In 2012 CosplayNYC merged the November and December issues to become the Winter issue. Two years later July and August were merged for the Summer issue. Changes continued into 2015 with the Summer issue being monthly again, however, readers began to see bi-monthly issues beginning with the Sept/Oct 2015 issue. The magazine's final issue for the first volume was Sept/Oct 2016.

Second Volume - COVID Rebirth
CosplayNYC Magazine came back into production in July 2020 as the staff remained confined to their houses because of the COViD-19 pandemic. Produced as "Volume 2," the magazine ran from July 2020 to February 2021.

CosplayNYC, Inc.
A nonprofit parent company for CosplayNYC Magazine was incorporated in September 2016 as CosplayNYC, Inc. Initial Board of Directors were Jason Linetsky, Marielena Pagan, and Pedro De La Rosa as president, secretary, and treasurer, respectively. In November 2016 it was registered with the Internal Revenue Service and New York State as a 501(c)(3) charity.

Issues
* James Ryan's Cosplayer of the Month interview was published in the February 2012 issue.

Core
Sereene Brown-Henry: Editor-in-Chief - Jun '11 to Feb '14; Writer - Mar '14 and Apr '14.

Pedro De La Rosa: Writer - Jan '12 to Mar/Apr '16 and Jul '20 to Jan/Feb '21.

Jeff Fung: Photographer - Sept 11 to Mar '12.

Jefferies Herrera: Photographer - Aug '11 to Sept/Oct '16; Interviewer Jul/Aug '16 to Aug '20.

Alex Kaplan: Photographer - Oct '11 to May '12.

Erik Limardo: Writer - Dec '11 to Jan '15.

Jason Linetsky: Managing Editor - Jun '11 and Jul '11; Editor-in-Chief - Aug '11 to Jan/Feb '21.

Noelle Morales: Copy Editor - Aug '11 to Mar '14; Photographer - Oct '11 to May '12; Writer - Nov '11 to Oct '12; Interviewer - Oct '13 to Mar '14.

Anna Nakhodkina: Photographer - Dec '11 to May '12 and Jul '14 to Sept '14; Interviewer - May '14 and Jul/Aug '14 to Mar/Apr '16; Writer - May '14 and Oct '14 to Mar/Apr '16.

Marielena Pagan: Photographer - Aug '13 to Sept '14; Interviewer - Oct '13 to Jan/Feb '21; Writer - Apr '14 to Sept/Oct '16.

Short Term/Guests
Eric Bezuhly: Transcriber - Jun '15 to Sept/Oct '15.

Aleeyah Davis: Writer - Dec '11.

Eleanor Dean: Writer - Sept/Oct '15 to Jan/Feb '16.

Whitney Espinoza: Graphic Artist - Jul '20 to Jan/Feb '21.

Margarita Kotsoni: Graphic Artist - Jul '20 to Jan/Feb '21.

Kadeem McKay: Photographer - Aug '11 and Sept '11; Graphic Artist - Aug '11 and Sept '11.

Mario Ogno III: Transcriber - May/Jun '16.

Tanner-Rey Perez: Copy Editor - Jan '13 to Aug '13.

Alissa Purcell: Copy Editor - Jan '13 to May '14.

Christina Sciorilli: Writer - Mar '12 to Oct '12.

Christine Supnet: Photographer - Feb '14 and Apr '14 to Jan '15; Writer - Apr '14 to Jan '15.

Ruiki Toji: Photographer - Nov/Dec '12 and Jan '13.

Amy Virella: Writer - Jul '11 to Oct '11; Copy Editor - Jul '11 to Oct '11.

Paul Williams III: Transcriber - May/Jun '16.

Merry Wu: Writer - Oct '11.