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2017 Comics Countdown #1: The Supergirl Cosplayer Who Went To Charlottesville

2017 was a year of marches. Supergirl herself, Melissa Benoist, went on the Women's March against Donald Trump, with a challenge for him to grab Supergirl's pussy as hers was made of steel. But not all those who dressed up as Supergirl were of a like mind. And certainly not celebrity cosplayer Alyssa Norris or Alyssa Kiss, who was "along for the ride" at the Charlottesville March. The following article elicited an interview with the woman in question, in which she started to excuse herself but then doubled down on "blood and soil".

The Supergirl Cosplayer Who Went To Charlottesville – Guess Whose Side She Was On

Originally published on August 18th, 2017

This is Alisa Norris, a well-known cosplayer, also known as Alisa Kiss, who has appeared in costume at many comic con-style events over the years, as many characters — though Supergirl appears more than others — and has a strong following on social media. She has extended that appeal into other areas of her business.

2017 Comics Countdown #1: The Supergirl Cosplayer Who Went To Charlottesville

You can see more of her cosplay work here. Here's a small example.

2017 Comics Countdown #1: The Supergirl Cosplayer Who Went To Charlottesville

But then she talked about going to Charlottesville for the marches the other day. Nothing unusual about that, many people have. But it seems she wasn't on the side one might expect to find Supergirl. And  she had some things she wanted to say about the counter-protestors there, replying to a post by Rodney M Hall.

2017 Comics Countdown #1: The Supergirl Cosplayer Who Went To Charlottesville

Well now. People started to react to this news, but possibly not in the way Alissa was expecting, as Facebook user Russ Matthews made sure people knew what was going down with one of their favourite cosplayers. As it stands, all her current Facebook pictures of her pets, her friends and her partner Jonathon, are getting responses calling her a racist, white supremacist, and Nazi. Something she wanted to counter.

2017 Comics Countdown #1: The Supergirl Cosplayer Who Went To Charlottesville

Not at the march? Video evidence seemed to contradict that claim. We see this pair.

2017 Comics Countdown #1: The Supergirl Cosplayer Who Went To Charlottesville

Identified as her partner Jonathon Norris, alongside her in the march, chanting white supremacist slogans. And who has just updated his profile picture.

2017 Comics Countdown #1: The Supergirl Cosplayer Who Went To Charlottesville

And if there could possibly be any doubt, this started to be shared.

2017 Comics Countdown #1: The Supergirl Cosplayer Who Went To Charlottesville

As a result of the furore, her adult entertainment site on alisakiss.com has been closed down with the webmaster replacing it with this message.

This site is now closed. All current members will be REFUNDED over the next week.

I have worked as the webmaster here for well over a decade, and known Alisa for far longer than that. I have always found her to be an upstanding and TOLERANT person in all my dealings with her, but I just cannot condone participation in that march. The whole thing is baffling, as if it was orchestrated, but it still was a choice. A choice to go there, and then a choice to stay there and march. So, I'm making a choice to quit and to denounce it. We are all responsible for our own choices in life.

I support everyone's right to free speech, but to practice free speech means you must accept the consequences of that speech. Spreading hateful rhetoric, or supporting those who spout its poison, only serves to move people in the wrong direction.

Do not accept racism or anti-semitism of any kind. Nor identity politics. Nor Fascists OR Communists, either. We do not have to make choices between any of these systems of control. It is all abhorrent behavior.

Wake up EVERYONE and stop being pawns.

Man, cosplay shots in the future might become a little more on the awkward side…

2017 Comics Countdown #1: The Supergirl Cosplayer Who Went To Charlottesville

I  reached out to both Norrises for further comment earlier today. Jonathon did not reply and Alisa told me she was unable to talk at the moment, but might comment later. Shortly after we sent messages across, Alisa deleted her Facebook page. And criticism has now started to move towards her Instagram account instead.

In other Cosplay news, Cosplayers Rally Against Hate is being held at the Phoenix Convention Center next Tuesday evening.


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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