With Canada’s biggest comic and entertainment convention set to make its return to Toronto, some say more women are becoming part of what was previously seen as a male-dominated industry.
Fan Expo Canada, a space for comic enthusiasts, TV and film superfans and cosplayers to meet, says it expects to draw more than 125,000 fans to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre over four days from Aug. 24 to 27.
Cosplayer Brooke Colley has been attending fan conventions in Toronto since 2001.
Colley says over the years, she has seen more women taking part in all aspects of fan culture — from authors and actors
