Sociology

by Brett Schenker The Walking Dead is a cultural phenomenon. The property regularly breaks records, whether it's television ratings, print runs and sell-outs in comics, or winning accolades and awards when it comes to video...

  Just as you get things rolling, Facebook goes and updates how I get all of the data when it comes to looking at demographics. It's not a big secret that I manipulate Facebook's advertising...

Fangasm, the reality show about nerds and their amazing lives, ended its run this week with a two hour season finale. I have to confess I've only seen the first two episodes because life...

During New York Comic Con, comiXology released an infographic with some of the funnier details from their recent user survey. While the exact numbers and results weren't released, some nuggets slipped out about who exactly their digital comic customer is.

Does social media buzz always equal a huge audience? Not necessarily. Nielsen, the sampling company which is the go-to measurer of TV viewership, book, and CD sales, has just released a joint project with...

And speaking of reaching new audiences, Brett Schenker has been continuing his studies into Facebook's comics demographics, and has some very interesting info. He's just released his general demographic study for October and the...

by Brett Schenker -- It’s Monday, which means it’s a new edition of Facebook Fandom Spotlight, where I break down the demographics of a particular group of fans. For this week I attempt to figure out who exactly is creating and delivering us out comic books. That’s right, I attempt to break down those employed in the comic book industry. We’ll compare this group to the greater comic fandom.

In all the gender controversies rattling the comics world, one of the most frequently cited paradoxes is that although research such as DC's 2011 reader survey showed only 7% of comics readers were female, yet when you walk around any comicksy event you see a lot more than 7% women. Women make up a lot of tweeters, tumblrs, and cosplayers and cartoonists. Why this disparity?

Cartoonist Vishavjit Singh is a Sikh, a member of a relatively small religious group known for appearing in public in turbans. The turban is more than a fashion statement for a Sikh—it's a religious...

When the news broke earlier that co-writers JH Williams II AND W. Haden Blackman (and not just Williams, as some sites reported) had quit Batwoman due to editorial interference, it was clearly going to...

by Pam Auditore  Among the faux Heroes in spandex came a true, real life one, in suit and tie, to San Diego's Comic-Con one Saturday morning. Representative John Lewis, Democrat, of the Congressional 5th District of...

While  artists  from Spain and South America have become superstars at the big two,  this weekend's  Latino Comics Expo in LA shines a spotlight on the many Latino creators making waves elsewhere.  The two-day Latino...