Tag: Fandom
PalmConGate envelops all in its path
It started, as we noted the other day, when Allie Conti, a writer for Vice, The Atlantic and New Times in Florida, wrote a...
Graphic Policy: Facebook Fandom Spotlight: The Comic Company Employees!
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.
Facebook stats: 40% of comics fans are women
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?
Finally! A TV Show about Cosplay
Given the popularity of "Face Off", the SFX makeup competition show, it was only a matter of time before Cosplay got tome TV time—it's...
SDCC ’13 wrap-up: Haters, be quiet
By Megan Byrd
In the weeks and months leading up to the annual spectacle known as "San Diego Comic Con", dread of this event is...
Nerdworld reacts with grief, shock to deleted Benedict Cumberbatch shower scene in Star Trek
Tumblr, Twitter and what was left of LiveJournal reacted with shock and then outrage this morning as news of a deleted shower scene starring...
Kindle and WB team up for legal, profitable fanfic
Well my inbox this morning was stuffed with people telling me how big an announcement this is: Basically, Amazon has licensed Gossip Girl, Pretty...
Watch! Jesse V. Johnson’s Wonder Woman Fan-Trailer
We all want Wonder Woman to be in a movie. In fact, I'm going to go out on a limb and say we want...