Fan Culture

Beyond the Horizon radio needs our help. They’ve been struggling financially for several months now, but Bluestreak (from The Show with BS) just recently lost his job. So in addition to the financial woes of the Internet radio station itself, he Read More

This was a rough one, ya’ll, but for those of us who are still standing come January 2017 — we did it! We made it out of one hell of a year. An Olympian lied, a lot of icons died, and when it came to the odds, a reality star defied. If 2016 was an Read More

With the release of the remastered Skyrim, dragon slaying has become cool again. I wanted to cover a new topic as well. Dragon slayers have a long tradition in our imaginations. St. George is one of the most famous historical dragon slayers in fiction. Read More

Easter weekend of this year, I suffered a hip injury that qualified me for disabled status at Dragon Con. I was not at all prepared for the reality of navigating a con with a disability — even one, like Dragon Con, that offers a high level of disability Read More

Another Dragon Con has come and gone by too fast. Seems like each year, there’s never enough time to see/do all the things one sets out to do or spend enough time with friends only seen in person that weekend. For my friends and me, the convention Read More

When Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick of *NSYNC were first announced as guests for Dragon Con 2016, some were confused. '90s-'00s boy band members? At a sci-fi/fantasy convention? But not me. I was surprised — very pleasantly so — that my favorite Read More

Conventions are a great place to wear costumes, watch panels, and commune with all your favorite fandoms. They're also a place where dreams come true for fans. This can take the form of getting that autograph you've always wished for or spotting your Read More

Dragon Con, the massive pop culture and genre media convention that takes over downtown Atlanta, Georgia, every Labor Day weekend, added a little something new to this year's roster. As Dragon Con has grown and evolved over its 30 years of existence, it Read More

There are breakout hits, and then there's Stranger Things. The Netflix original series seemed to come out of nowhere this past July to become the summer's defining pop culture touchstone, so it's no surprise it was well-represented at Dragon Con 2016. Read More

As always, the cosplay at Dragon Con 2016 was top-notch, and we were there to capture some of the best we saw. Every medium and fandom you could think of was represented as fans poured into Atlanta to show off their hard work and creativity. Check it Read More

Not everything is life is perfect. Even the most beautiful person in the world is flawed and with that, comes Power Morphicon 2016. Having gone the past few times, this one was a let down at the end of the day for a number of reasons. Perhaps, though, Read More

Being a nerd or an avid fandom follower is not the hidden shame it once was. With people running around playing Pokémon Go and convention attendance growing, people are finding themselves in a large family of like-minded people. Mostly thanks to the Read More