{"id":3416,"date":"2026-02-01T14:12:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/?p=3416"},"modified":"2026-05-03T21:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:19:19","slug":"guest-announcement-laughing-rat-cosplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/2026\/02\/guest-announcement-laughing-rat-cosplay\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Announcement: Laughing Rat Cosplay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re excited to announce the first guest for No Brand Con 2026: Laughing Rat Cosplay!<\/p>\n<p>Laughing Rat is thrilled to return to No Brand Con in 2026! A Milwaukee based cosplay crafter and rodent enthusiast, her work is known for its clean finishing, attention to detail, and always having at least one tiny nibble hole in it. She has competed at many Midwest cons, as well as the Crown Championships of Cosplay at C2E2, Disney&#8217;s D23 Mousequerade, and H+H Americas.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of cosplay, she&#8217;s usually trying to keep her twelve pet rats from eating things they shouldn&#8217;t, reading, knitting, or doing yoga.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/laughingrat2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/laughingrat2-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" width=\"145\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/laughingrat2-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/laughingrat2-699x1024.jpg 699w, https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/laughingrat2-768x1125.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/laughingrat2-1048x1536.jpg 1048w, https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/laughingrat2.jpg 1397w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/laughingrat1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/laughingrat1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\"  style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/laughingrat1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/laughingrat1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/laughingrat1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/laughingrat1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/laughingrat1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Photo Credits: Hayley Stein (tea gown), Zack Mleczek (Roserade)<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3416\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/2026\/02\/guest-announcement-laughing-rat-cosplay\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3416\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/2026\/02\/guest-announcement-laughing-rat-cosplay\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/2026\/02\/guest-announcement-laughing-rat-cosplay\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span>Tumblr<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nobrandcon.org\/p\/2026\/02\/guest-announcement-laughing-rat-cosplay\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re excited to announce the first guest for No Brand Con 2026: Laughing Rat Cosplay! 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