“I’m part of a lot of these people-of-colour cosplay groups on Facebook and I noticed even before the movie (‘Black Panther’) came out there was a lot of hype and you saw a lot of people making the new Black Panther cosplay,” says Harris, who dressed up as Black Panther at last September’s Fan Expo Canada in Toronto. TORONTO – Carling Harris of Ottawa has been dressing up as pop-culture characters at conventions, a worldwide hobby known as “cosplay,” for eight years and has noticed a huge trend lately.