Author Archives: Celeste Monsour

For 20 years, the Monkey Island series has garnered a cult following, and that means lots of awesome fan crafts and tributes. So grab your sword, your map, and your rubber chicken with the pulley in the middle, and let's go treasure-hunting for some Read More

Summer TV shows are starting back up, and that means promo time! If you live in a big city, you've probably seen posters for these shows, and if not, you might have seen the same designs, since they're used as print ads in entertainment magazines. Here Read More

Doctor Who fans have gone Time War Couture! This collection of stylish fan-made dresses inspired by the time-traveling TARDIS and the villainous Daleks is surprisingly diverse, whether decked out with whisks and plungers or sporting an outfit that's Read More

Last week, the much-anticipated Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at Universal Orlando. And next week, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 comes to game consoles. All that gaming and park-going is bound to work up some geeky appetites, and here's just the Read More

At this week's E3, Nintendo announced that 2011 will see a new Zelda game for the Wii, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. So it seemed an appropriate time to highlight some fan-made cross-stitch creations inspired by the franchise's earlier installments. Read More

This Sunday the paranormal populace of Bon Temps returns for a third season of HBO's hit vampire series True Blood. Last year I featured some awesome fan made tributes to the series, and now I'm revisiting the show to see what the creative fang fans Read More

In celebration of old-school gaming and the creativity that goes along with it, here's a collection of twelve awesome fan-made dice bags — one for each side of your marbelized translucent dodecahedron. Read More

Over its six seasons, Lost has established a mythology rich with icons and institutions that seem like they could easily exist in our own reality. Many talented fans have designed t-shirts inspired by the epic series. Here are 15 (!) of the cleverest, Read More

As both a challenge to himself and a treat to geeks everywhere, illustrator and podcaster Len Peralta is making 2010 the year to celebrate 52 geeks from all parts of fandom with the Geek a Week project. As the name implies, he's profiling a new geek Read More

The long-awaited sequel to 2008's Iron Man comes out in US theaters this week, having already made a ton overseas. There are crafts of Tony Stark in every medium imaginable, but I just love the irony (no pun intended) of making the armor-clad Avenger Read More

The latest reboot to hit movie theaters, A Nightmare on Elm Street, comes out this week. Freddy Krueger is one of the biggest icons of horror thanks to Robert Englund's creepy portrayal of him over the years, and now Jackie Earle Haley takes over the Read More

It's Earth Day 2010 and we haven't quite reached the point of colonizing other planets or living on space stations. We're stuck here on Planet Earth, so let's take care of it! Here are 12 reusable tote bags featuring all kinds of geekery, from sci fi to Read More