The Extraordinary Cosplay of TJC
A deep dive into the mind of a Co & Crossplayer.
AMAZING NEWS: 10-27-19 : PRE-HALLOWEEN EDITION
Wow! weirdness and light this week in the news: plastic army women, Einstein up-ended, bra makers made spacesuits and if that isn’t weird enough, Cthulhu is picking a fight with Stephen King! Read on!
CONVENTION REVIEW (SORT OF): NORWESCON 42
This week Steve comments at length on a convention he missed most of. He hopes to obfuscate that fact with verbiage.
Top post del 2018
Tanya reviews us – Amazing Stories – from blog to magazine to future plans.
Cosplay at the 2017 Toronto Fan Expo
When I started going to science fiction conventions a few years ago, one of the things that struck me was the wonder of cosplay. Partially, I was awed by the fact that anybody could create a fictional world that engaged the imagination of other people so much that they would want to dress up as […]
MCM Manchester Comic Con 2017
Images tell you pretty much all you need to know about the awesomeness that was the Manchester ComicCon.
Cosplay at Toronto Fan Expo
Ira Nayman makes the argument that cosplayers should be accepted as fans as much as anybody else…but, really, it’s just an excuse to share photos of cosplayers he took at the 2016 Toronto Fan Expo. Shh…
MCM Manchester UK (Comic Con)
Terence Jackson shares his impressions of the ComicCon held in Manchester, UK, as well as Donald Manning’s photos of cosplayers who attended.
Cosplay vs. Inspirations, Side-by-side Comparisons
Being a member of several groups that enjoy cosplay, costuming, etc., does give access to a world of lively discussions. One recent discussion which came about on a Facebook group for the UK-based con, MCM, involved real-life cosplay and the inspiration for said costumes. In other words, a sort of comparison of the original inspiration […]
MCM London Comic Con, May 2015
Where’s Waldo? A pictorial coverage of the MCM London Comic Con
Scide Splitters: Working Stiff by Kevin J. Anderson
Scide Splitters reviews seven fun filled cases from the files of Dan Shamble, Zombie Private Investigator.
Scide Splitters: Charisma +1 – A Convention Etiquette Guide by Jessica Brawner
Are some topics too serious for humor? A lesson in manners has never been this much fun.
Bigfoot Does not Exist and Chewbacca Cosplay Proves it!
Big foot is not real. Q.E.D.
Cosplay vs. Costuming
Is there a difference between Cosplay and Costuming? Ride along with Terence to the MCM Expo and find out.
Cosplayers: The Modern Don Quixotes
Reflections on modern Don Quiotes.
A Website for the Geek in all of Us
a profile of the GeekTyrant website
Review: Anatomy of Steampunk by Katherine Gleason
Anatomy of Steampunk: The Fashion of Victorian Futurism is not just a big book to be left out on the coffee table so you can look cultured (but you might want to). This is a powerful sourcebook for all that is Steampunk and a valuable tool for those who take the genre seriously.
London Expo: October, 2013
London Expo October, 2013
It’s Halloween!
Need some scary, macabre, bizarre inspiration for all hallows eve? Look no further!
Ooky Spooky Animanga Part VI (and Final): The Scariest Characters Make the Best Halloween Costumes
The final installment of this year’s Ooky Spooky Animanga series focuses on the best scary animanga character costumes, and how to put them together.
After-Action Report: DragonCon 2013, Atlanta, GA
DragonCon is hot, sweaty, tiring, demanding, has endless lines, can feel like a badly-run fire drill – and one of my favorite weekends of all time!
“Will people be in costume?” How mainstream media sees SF fans.
Maybe it’s time for fans to relax about how the mainstream media sees us. We do sort of rule the world.
Fandomfest 2013: A Review
Fandomfest was missing the fest.
News That Can’t Wait For Sunday: the (Free) SBC Geek Festival
SBC Geek Festival August 25th Cultural Center Neighborhood Baeta Neves. Plaza St. Joseph, s / n º, Baeta Neves.
Nobody Goes It Alone: Best Friends Make Anime Better
This is the story of two little girls. They live down the street from each other, take the bus to school together, and are often mistaken for sisters.
Sequential Wednesdays #17 – Comic-Con: A Recounting
Another year, another Comic-Con touches down in San Diego’s historic Gaslamp district and billows the hell around and makes a metric ton of people really excited. I love being one of those people and for as long as Comic-Con remains in the beautiful marina of San Diego’s downtown area, I will continue attending; no matter […]
There Will Be Girls There: A Few Notes on the Changing Face of Fandom
As I begin writing this, it pains me that such a post is even necessary here in the early years of the twenty-first century, to a group that purportedly celebrates things like the future, science and reason. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older. Maybe it’s because I have a young daughter, and I don’t like […]
AFTER THE CON: Derby City Comic Con 2013 Report
Louisville, Kentucky has grown by leaps and bounds when it comes to conventions. Just a few years ago, the only Con I was aware of in the area was Wonderfest– a great model-making convention/flea market my oldest daughter has enjoyed attending year after year. In recent years, Louisville has added two more science fiction/fantasy conventions […]
Kids & Cons
With summer upon us, it’s convention time here in my neck of the woods. And while I’m not that big of a fan of cons, I do try and treat my little nerdlings to one or two a year in our area. When I first took a child to a Con, it was Wonderfest, in […]
Adding the Human Element: An Interview With Juliet
All right, so I’ve given you all some abstract thoughts about the anime world, and I’ve even thrown in a review. But I think it’s fair to say that one of the most interesting things about any genre is the fans that love it. In my first post, I mentioned that most people my age […]
