COSPLAY CORNER
STRONG IN COSTUME A family that cosplays together stays together. by Maddie Michalik, senior editor
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or Josh Strong, a love for superheroes runs in the family. Literally. Josh’s great-grandfather, Harry Sahle, was an artist at Timely Comics (later known as Marvel) during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the ‘40s. He worked on several iconic characters, such as Captain America, Bucky Barnes, and Human Torch. Naturally, growing up surrounded by comics books, Josh
became a fan of comics when he was a tiny tot looking at pictures and later, reading the stories. Having a tie to characters that you have loved since childhood is pretty incredible, and it set the foundation for Josh to start building his own character-based costumes and props. In 2005, Josh’s then-girlfriend Trish photographed his first cosplay as
Main photo: The Strong family shows off their Marvel cosplays. Photo: @cosbotphotography Top right: Trish as Peggy Carter and Josh as Captain America. Edit: @mateusgraf.photography Photo: @cosbotphotography Bottom right: Addie and Ayla as Bucky Barnes and Captain America. Photo: @littlehootsphotography
Nightwing. A couple of years later, he put together his first Batsuit and created pieces for Captain America and Spider-Man costumes. Today, high school sweethearts Josh and Trish are married with two daughters — and the whole family is involved in cosplay. The duo owns two photography studios, which are super helpful when it comes to capturing the
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