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Graphic Cosplay Kickstarter Reward.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On November 18th. 2020 Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology<\/em><\/strong> was successfully funed on Kickstarter. This a collection of young adult science fiction and fantasy was supported by 431 backers who pledged $15,672 to bring this project to life. Among them one lucky back opted for a very special reward, a graphic cosplay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This pitch was as follows . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Make yourself into a science fiction or fantasy character! Patrick Lugo will draw you using three photos you provide in the genre of your choice. Also Included: The Pogo poster, Speculative Fiction for Dreamers T-Shirt, A trade paperback copy of Speculative Fiction for Dreamers, an ebook copy of Speculative Fiction for Dreamers in the format of your choice, and the Pogo postcard.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

After a quick correspondence with the winner of this reward I was left with these notes to build a character around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The super hero character would be my daughter. She is a bookworm whose favorite genre is Fantasy and Science fiction. She loves The Hunger Games<\/em>, The Mortal Instrument <\/em>series and her favorite character in Avatar the Last Airbender<\/em> is Suki, one of the Kyoshi warriors. This Halloween she is dressing up as a Shadow hunter from the City of Ashes<\/em>.<\/p>From our winning patron.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Ximena-X Latinx-sci-fi-fantastical- character-cos-play. Cold-Fire Element Archer for the Society of the Feather Serpent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"One lucky backer of the kickstarter campaign for Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology, was promised a transformation into their super-science-fictional-selves. 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