Fan Culture

It’s one thing when Diablo III‘s heroes are laying waste to swathes of ghouls in the game, but it’s another entirely when you see them in person! Littleblondegoth Cosplay created female Barbarian and male Monk costumes to wear to the Read More

Over the past couple of years, a certain portion of the geek/nerd community has decided the culture has been invaded. These invaders, like space aliens with malicious intent, are able to blend into the realm of geekdom and pose as ordinary geeks/nerds. Read More

Cosplayers — fans who express their fandom by “dressing up” as various characters at conventions — choose this form of performance art for a variety of reasons. Receiving attention from non-cosplayer convention-goers is at the bottom of the list. Some Read More

The popularity of conventions in the nerd/geek community is due in large part to the freedom participants feel to express their particular fandom with enthusiasm and devotion in an atmosphere that is comfortable and safe. For cosplayers, that safety has Read More

Cosplay is a way for people to express their fandom by costuming and performing as their favorite characters. This process requires dedicated research to a character’s background and the details of their appearance and mannerisms. Cosplayers spend many Read More

It’s been an hour since I started thinking about what to write this week. Yes, most of these are planned out way in advance, but usually not these personal ones. I danced around the idea of dedicating the whole thing to either my toon idol Jane Lane or Read More

Spandex-clad superheroes, armored Stormtroopers, uniformed Star Fleet officers, sonic screwdriver-armed Doctors, mail bikini-sporting Leias, blaster-toting Captain Mals and hat-wearing Jaynes, shield-bearing Links and Zeldas, plus a host of other Read More

So, I am getting married shortly. Like many nerds and geeks, I wanted a theme wedding. One of the fandoms my fiancé and I both like is Doctor Who — thus, we had our theme. We are close to our wedding and I have learned a few things about planning a Read More

Whether you like it or not, styling oneself as a geek/nerd has gone mainstream. Add “geek” to your hobby, and you’ve got yourself a new fandom — Sports Geek, Film Geek, Photography Geek, Computer Geek, Knitting Geek, Gardening Geek, Barbie Geek — the Read More

“You’re such a nerd!” Almost all of us heard it at one point in our lives growing up. The phrase was usually accompanied by sneers and jeering laughter — a label pasted on us by peers, not by choice, meant as an insult. As technology has become more Read More

You know you have a hit when it’s recognizable in an instant. When you see a cone-shaped bra, you think Madonna. Gazing upon a pair of Ray-Bans would incite you to sing Will Smith’s “Men in Black” (don’t deny it). And a pair of ripped jeans and an angry Read More

It’s totally normal for someone to sit up at 2am to count how many t-shirts they have, right? High off of pita chips and water, that’s exactly what I set out to do 10 minutes before I sat down to write this. The total will come later, but first let me Read More