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When it comes to writing, Paul Chapman isn’t driven by plot or characters, so much as ideas. A good premise is what turns him on. “I like to ask questions like ‘what if we taught ants how to love?’ and go from there,” he says. Perhaps this love of premise is what makes Chapman so [...]
What better way to kick off my second year living in Atlanta than with a second trip to the giant fandom convention and cosplayer-paradise known as DragonCon? With partner in crime, Bex and some fellow nerds from Word of the Nerd along for the ride, this year’s con was [...]
I met Rachel Pandich at HeroesCon 2012, when she and fellow Womanthology panel members agreed to sit down for a podcast with my colleagues and I over at Word of the Nerd. Having already spent an hour in [...]
When Eisner Award-winning writer Jim McCann was 16-years-old, his father thought of a clever way to steer him away from comics and toward more grown-up pursuits: he promised to match Jim dollar for dollar toward the purchase of a new car. “He assumed I’d sell my comics,” says McCann, a hint of incredulous glee in [...]
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 [...]
Several weeks ago I reviewed Andrew Anderson’s 31-an intrigue fueled, spy comic told in non-linear fashion. If you missed it, go buy the comic. Andrew was nice enough to answer some questions for us and offer some advice that has [...]
Recently I visted former Geek of the Week, Randy Chertkow in Chicago for his big birthday bash, RandyCon. Having the good fortune to arrive early and spend a couple of days with Randy, doing all the things Randy loves – namely eating and ….well, eating – I found myself [...]
A few years before Brian Katcher saw his first YA novel published, he and I performed together in a community theater production in Columbia, Missouri. Ever the nice, funny and charming guy, I remember fondly his on-stage antics in the [...]
One of our co-writers at our brother site, Word of the Nerd, just launched a Kickstarter project you may be interested in supporting. Writer Marshall Edwards is working with artist Erick Adrian [...]
Geri was probably the first person we did not personally know who reached out to us via our newly launched goodgirlsgonegeek.com. She shares in our appreciation of Supernatural and The Lost Boys. Geri even has a story about meeting Corey Haim (RIP). We were in new geek friend love.
Geri thinks she can pinpoint the [...]
