By Laura Harker Our horror culture is made up of only a handful of archetypes that crop up again and again in different guises. Zombies…
Amanda LaPergola and Keidra Chaney A couple of months ago, Keidra and Amanda got together and shared notes about our recent Broadway experiences. It quickly…
By Keidra Chaney Few fandoms are as collaborative and interactive as anime fandom. While it is perfectly acceptable to simply watch an anime series, there…
23 May: I Read A Book: Media Franchising: Creative License and Collaboration in the Culture Industry
By Raizel Liebler At the point that it seems like everything has been franchised in media, from public domain works like Sherlock Holmes, to Star…
by Keidra Chaney Doctor Who fan/video historian Babelcolour recently updated his popular video overview/tribute to the Doctor Who universe, compiling clips from 226 Doctor Who…
The Hollywood Reporter announced today plans for a TV pilot based on the “Honey Badger Don’t Care” meme that cracked all of us up momentarily…
Until recently, Clay Shirky was best known as the author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. The book was widely praised…
After a truly great time presenting about fan culture two years ago at MIT5: Creativity, Ownership, and Collaboration in the Digital Age, we presented at…
While we can’t make it to every great conference held at MIT by the cutting-edge Comparative Media Studies program, they have put on another great…
Some stick with reading comics for their entire lives (the norm in Japan, though the type changes over the lifetime), while others put them away…