Tag: Fandom

As long as we're harkening back to the internet of 10 years ago, as we are in this AMAZING THRILLING BEAT 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, one of the great hallowed traditions of the internet came under fire yesterday, with TCJ.com co-editor Tim Hodler wonderedif TCJ.com should turn off comments and encourage a "letter's page" instead. Oddly, this inspired a flurry of comments. The "letters page" idea goes back to Blood & Thunder the letters page on the old print Comics Journal where industry titans would throw rocks at each other. Seriously these are a goldmine of Bronze Age defensiveness and invective. Would the same spirit be upheld in a world with instantaneous communication in every medium known to humankind? Not sure.

Despite the glut of unscripted reality TV shows and the lack of recent breakout hits, there is still some slightly untilled ground. For years I've been saying a cosplay competition show would be a...

I stole this link from Tom Spurgeon, and I'm just as fascinated by it as he is: it's a photo of the 1969 Comic Art Convention Luncheon Photo, July 5, 1969 at the Statler...

People are mad about CBR's forum getting civilized, but it's only the latest move in a long battle over internet discussions. Which side are YOU on?

It's Monday morning and if you are feeling cranky I guarantee that browsing the We Are Comics tumblr will make you feel better. As reported by Steve Morris over the weekend, this is a Tumblr run by Rachel Edidin, Arturo Garcia, Elle Collins, and Sigrid Ellis, with social media help by Jen Vaughn, where people simply tell their stories about reading comics. All kinds of people, all ages, colors, genders...because comics ARE for everybody. I loved scrolling through and reading readers origin stories...they are so varied and enthusiastic and feel of love for imagination and creativity.

Well is seems that those Facebook demographic analysis that our own Brett Schenker has been delving into, can be used for just about anything. Estately has used FB demos to come up with The...

Well it's seems the Salt Lake City con hits its goal with 100,00 attendees, according to a press release. That would make it the third biggest show in the US. Show Runner Dan Farr is very bullish on the show.

Okay this is an ad for Ikea, but it is also a fantasy for most of us. Like, a Sex in the City/Axe ad level fantasy.

This gallery of photos from a 1980’s SF Convention has been floating around for a while, but it just crossed my timestream. While all convention photos from every era share a few things—gaudy hotel carpet backgrounds, at least one ill at ease looking guy with a pencil mustache, women with flaming red hair—this one does prove a few things. Although they didn't call it "cosplay" back then —I believe the term was costuming—obviously people liked dressing just as scantily.

Man, you think the comics world is hot shit, and then you see this headline at HuffPo: 70-Year-Old Woman Auctions Off $1 Million Worth Of Comics. Which means Maggie Thompson is selling her comics. Thompson,...

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...

While stock is still being taken of the record crowd at this year's New York Comic-Con—a crowd by and large peaceful and fun loving, and if my eyeball guess was right, perhaps 50%...