I updated Kate and wore the outfit to my first Dragon Con in 2015. A total of five people knew I was B.P.R.D. agent (most thought I was something from Resident Evil or Marvel) and only one knew it was Kate. It was still fun, and I obviously made those five people happy. I ran into one person three times and each time they shouted “B.P.R.D.!” Two years later I saw a post on Facebook asking if anyone wanted to do a Hellboy themed photo shoot at Dragon Con. There were maybe four people who showed up. It was small but it's amazing how much fun it was to just hang out with other fans. I was inspired to start the group Hellboy Universe (formally “Hellboy and B.P.R.D. Cosplay and Costuming” before it was decided that name was too much of a mouthful) after that event. That's where I met fellow cosplayer Joshua Thomas Craig, who is one of the few Rasputin cosplayers I'm aware of.

Recently, he and I co-founded Hellboy Universe. I realized that, while the Hellboy cosplay community was very passionate, it was scattered across the landscape of Marvel and DC superheroes, which made it very very hard to stand out and connect with others who were doing Hellboy/B.P.R.D. costumes. Although Big Red himself is by far the most popular costume out there, I do hope to inspire and connect other cosplayers looking to cosplay a character from the Mignolaverse, no matter how obscure it is.