I think you’ve waited long enough to know how the rest of the weekend went. It was also about four weeks ago, but that’s neither here nor there. If you’d like to refresh yourself on the first two-ish days of Emerald City Comicon, you can go here and then come back knowing exactly what one [...]
Now that a of couple weeks have passed and I’ve recovered from a bout of sickness, as well as bouncing back from sheer exhaustion related to work issues and my own personal state of sanity (insanity?), I think it’s time I did a recap of Emerald City Comicon 2013. The second largest convention in Washington [...]
Pioneered in 1982 by Shelton Drum, owner of Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find comics in Charlotte, North Carolina, HeroesCon has become one of the premier Comic-oriented fandom cons in the nation. Correction: in the world. The three-day convention draws in comic writers, artists, publishers and vendors by the 100s, yet the feel is decidedly personal, [...]
Along with today’s wallpaper, I wanted take a little bit to mention our current Kickstarter project to promote the documentary film we are trying to make. We are trying to raise $7250 to cover the cost of filming equipment and travel costs. Our plan is to attend four convention events this year, C2E2, HeroesCon, DragonCon [...]
Along with old friend and recent Geek of the Week, Dieter Zimmerman, I spent the weekend of February 17th, 2012 in Chattanooga, TN, attending the quirky and intense multi-fandom convention known as Con Nooga. The event organizers describe the con as such: A Convention for Fans of Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Gaming, Anime, Paranormal, Costuming, [...]
While Chris Hardwick has been around popular culture since the 1990s when he hosted MTV’s Singled Out, it seems his popularity has hit an all-time high since he has decided to proudly go back to his roots and embrace his inner nerd. Hardwick, known to many as The Nerdist for his podcast and twitter [...]
Okay, we’ve been keeping this project under wraps for a while now. We were getting everything lined up and ready before revealing it to the public. As of this morning it was officially announced that Word of the Nerd and Good Girls Gone Geek are partnered in a venture to make a documentary film about [...]
