Fandomanual

The word hoarder has always been around but it got a big push once reality TV started to bank on it some years ago. We were then introduced to people around the US who lived in, well, hot messes. Their mementos were no longer relics of their past Read More

It was a couple of years ago that I first saw firsthand the insanity of Disney pin trading. We were in line at Jimmy Kimmel for an outdoor concert and there were countless people waiting in a parking lot. They didn’t look like your typical Paramore fans Read More

When you become obsessed with something new you do a series of things: you watch everything that has ever been associated with it, you read everything that has ever been associated with it, and you collect every single thing that is associated with it. Read More

So we’ve come to yet the end of another month and are sitting here with another top 10. I didn’t know where to even begin with this one because as I said at the start of July, I’m not a comic book freak. I read the Sunday funnies and that is where my Read More

It seems like when all those superhero movies started to come out, everyone and their mom became self-professed “comic nerds.” I was like, okay — were you reading before then? It’s okay if you weren’t and it’s okay if you were, but I didn’t get into Read More

When I started making my list of people to interview, be it super fans or people in the industry, I started to notice it was very testosterone-heavy. I couldn’t have that, so I tapped into my Spice Girls mentality and knew I had to get some women in Read More

We’ve finally stumbled upon the month dedicated to the thing most synonymous with geeky stereotypes: comic books. An outsider might just rule them out as colorful tales of superheroes, but in reality, this form of entertainment is as varied as the Read More

In the ’80s, kids dreamed about finding pirates’ rich stuff with their best friends, learning karate by waxing cars, and going on bicycle themed adventures. In the ’90s, some of that remained the same, only our rich stuff came in the Read More

Last week I was set for writing about a punk rock elf who stole my heart, but that was before Rik Mayall passed away in between then and now. Sorry, Hermey from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer — one day we’ll get to why you’re one of my movie idols but Read More

Last week we talked to my pal Keyvon, the music man with a camera in hand. This week we’re getting into things with Joshua Shultz. He’s a praiseworthy photographer who’s familiar with the ways of the camera but has taken a liking to directing and will Read More

Some might say it’s ironic that I’d start writing this when one of the greatest movies ever created, Willy Wonka, is on, but it’s not really. I was just up late when these words finally decided to escape from me and this so happened to be what my Read More

We’ve reached the end of another month and you know what that means: a top 10 list and, if you know me, you knew it was either going to be about toon crushes or the ‘90s. If you skimmed over the title, you’re going to be surprised to read the next line. Read More