Fan Culture

Amigurumi is a Japanese form of crocheting, usually of cute animals or chibi-style figures. It's a popular craft for fans of just about everything, as it lends itself well to distinctive characters, like this amigurumi Fellowship of the Ring, made by Read More

For most geeks, the act of customizing cars is relegated to video games like GTA and Burnout. But there are some industrious fans who use their cars as another way to show their loyalty to a particular fandom. Here are ten of the most interesting Star Read More

Lyn was at MegaCon last month and captured some of the costumed folk in photos. Here's her look at the costumed fun that was to be had. Read More

Even Time Lords get the sniffles. Here are four tissue box covers inspired by Doctor Who. Read More

Tomorrow marks the end of the road for the reimagined series of Battlestar Galactica. In honor of the finale, here are ten fan-made creations inspired by the series. Read More

This year's MegaCon took place from February 27-March 1 and, by all accounts, was a rousing success. Several of us at Fandomania were there to cover the event as well as to enjoy the convention, and we were not disappointed. Read More

The worlds of Joss Whedon and cross-stitching collide in this week's Fandomestic, as Celeste brings us five awesomely geeky creations inspired by Joss' works. Read More

Green Mustard has compiled a list of official Twitter accounts from various fandom conventions. Being recent Twitter fiends ourselves, this most definitely is relevant to our interests. Read More

The long-awaited film adaptation of Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons's Watchmen is released this weekend, so it's only fitting that we check out some of the crafty things its fans have created. Twelve, to be exact — one for each issue of the original graphic Read More

Several of our staff recently attended the Gallifrey One Doctor Who convention in California. John wrote up an account of his time there, and now he's turned in his audio reporting. Here's John, live from Gallifrey One. Read More

Some of our staff was at the Gallifrey One convention last week, and here's John's report about all the Doctor Who zaniness that ensued. Read More

So far on Fandomestic we've featured everything from clothing to baked goods to home decor. Suddenly, it occurred to me that we've never featured music. Here we'll look at some of the best and most unique fan-made covers of themes from TV shows, movies, Read More