It’s October, and when I think October I think bats and baseball. I know that for most people, baseball is a summer thing, but for me, baseball is most made “real” in October, because it’s the playoffs. And October is also the month for Halloween, and when I think Halloween, I also think of bats,…
Geek Parenting: Destiny’s Hunter Cosplay and Halloween Costume
When my son first told me he wanted to be a Hunter from the video game Destiny for Halloween (and our local comic con), I was more than a little intimidated. I can’t deny that I did Google costumes at first, because the idea of creating this from scratch seemed beyond me. But then I started really…
Geek Parenting: Finn from Adventure Time Costume, Semi-homemade Style
So you have a kid who wants to cosplay. Or maybe they just want a really cool Halloween costume. Or maybe they just like to play dress-up as their favorite characters. Whatever the reason, they’re looking to you (as the coolest parent on the planet clearly) to make it happen. But…what if you’ve never made a costume before?…
Dynamite Announces New Red Sonja Writer
Gail Simone has been teasing for awhile on her Tumblr about who the new writer will be for Red Sonja now that Simone has stepped down, but with a recent press release from Dynamite, the new Red Sonja writer has been revealed. It’s MARGUERITE BENNETT of DC Bombshells, A-Force, and other great lady-led comics. Essentially, this…
Geek Moms Shine with Halloween Costumes
Editor’s Note: As self-identified geeks, we really like Halloween around here, and I like to think that geek culture staples like cons and cosplay have contributed to Halloween being a bigger and bigger deal each year. Considering this, I asked our writers to share their stories about Halloween costuming. — Ginnis Tonik
Cosplay: Turning Jamie into Rose Quartz
I’ve been easing my way, a little at a time, into cosplay. The reasons being that 1) Representation matters to me, so I prefer to primarily cosplay women of color; 2) cosplay is expensive, time consuming, and skill intensive; and 3) chronic illness and the struggles it brings to daily life can make cosplay challenging…
Starfish Comic And Gaming Expo: A Con for Special Needs Adult Geeks
As a member of the Texas Creative Community, I get to meet and hear about a lot of awesome and inspiring projects and plans from a variety of creative folk, most of whom identify as geeks. I recently learned about the Starfish Comic and Gaming Expo, a con for special needs adults, from creative geek Walter…
Beauty and the Geek: Almost an Avenger with Kate Bishop Make-Up
Ever since Kate Bishops’ introduction in Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung’s Young Avengers (2005), the character has only gained popularity. She took over the mantle of Hawkeye after Clint Barton’s death in Avengers: Disassembled and kept it after his return while he worked under the name Ronin, Kate Bishop has more earned the title of Hawkeye. In the popular series Hawkeye by…
Comic Fusion’s Superhero Weekend’s Superheroics
Need something uplifting? Well, if you happen to be near the New Jersey area on the weekend of October 3-4, 2015, then you should drop by Comic Fusion in Flemington, NJ for their annual Superhero Weekend. Formerly known as “Wonder Woman Day,” Superhero Weekend auctions off comic book themed sketches to raise money and awareness…
DragonCon 2015: An Endurance Event
Labor Day Weekend is a big deal in Atlanta. Dragon Con is the biggest attraction among other things going on, so that’s where this geek girl spends her holiday weekend, for the eleventh year in a row now. The Con organizers have realized that people are so eager to get the festivities started that they’re…
WWAC’s Summer Cosplay Series
For the month of July, the lifestyle section ran a series on cosplay in its many manifestations. As a diverse geek girl community who promotes intersectional feminism, we provided personal experiences and interviews in order to share a variety of experiences and thoughts on cosplay.
Crossplaying at Con: Becoming the Invisible Man
It’s probable that most people, seeing me, would consider me to be fairly traditionally femme. Take a glance at my author icon: it’s all lipstick and lashes and one of the few times I got my hair to look like I wanted it to. I would estimate that in my adult life, I tend to get…
