Calling All Gamers in Dallas!
Ever dreamed of goin’ PRO?! You are in luck, because Major League Gaming’s fall championship is right around the corner in good ole’ Dallas, TX. Check out the deets below for those of you interested,...
View ArticleInternational House of Geek is going to LBCC!
LBCC! No, not the community college, but the local comic convention which has graced the Long Beach Convention Center for years! Long Beach Comic Con, is a two-day convention held annually each fall....
View ArticleQuickie with an Artist: Chris Kawagiwa
Who: Chris Kawagiwa What: Artist, comic creator Website: http://cargocollective.com/sketchboy01/ Q: Where do you find your inspiration? A: I find my inspiration in movies, comic books all kinds of...
View ArticleQuickie with an Artist: Paige “Rampaige” Warren
Name: Paige “Rampaige” Warren What: Creator of www.BustyGirlComics.com, BustyGirl is a body positive web comic about the ups and downs of being a busty girl. Hailing from near Boston, Warren makes...
View ArticleQuickie with an Artist: Mike Miller
Who: Mike Miller What: Cover Artist for the Game of Thrones comic series, father of many children. Britt: What is your biggest challenge? Mike: Making sure I get everything right. Britt: Where does...
View ArticleInterview With Team Four Star!
If you don’t know who Team Four Star is, I only have one question. How are we friends? I got a pretty sweet/borderline stalker-y chance to sit and chat with Team Four Star, the mad geniuses behind...
View ArticleKeynote Speech at the 2012 Fake Geek Girl Convention
Ladies! Ladies! Can I have your attention, please? And yes, the gentlemen we’re conspiring with, if you could please cease your conversations for the moment. Thank you. Now, as many of you know, 2012...
View ArticleSci-Fi Expo
Bright lights. Eh, decent sized city. This is the first convention for us in 2013, and it’s one hell of a doozy! Put on by the good folks of Dallas, this year’s Sci-Fi Expo promises to be like no...
View ArticleThe Booth Beefcake Can Stay
(Please note: this blog is actually from an alternate universe created when Gail Simone speculated on how comics would be different if Stan Lee had been a woman. IHO Geek’s New Age Amazon has used her...
View ArticleIt’s Shameless Self-Promotion Day, or How to Present at an Academic Conference
In case you haven’t noticed yet, fellow IHoGeek writer Max and I are working together on a super-awesome kick-ass paper about Doctor Who, Peter Pan, and the show’s growing popularity in America. We’ve...
View ArticleDallas All-Con 2013!
March has begun and while I seem to be the only one shaking my head at how fast February flew by, I am struck by how fast AllCon is approaching! Imagine this, a 3-day street faire where a person could...
View ArticleIHOGeek Heads to PAX East
I’d be hard pressed to find someone in the geek community that isn’t familiar with Penny Arcade, at least just by name. I myself got hooked on their comics back when I started college in 1999. Since...
View ArticleHow To Give A Good Academic Presentation At A Conference
I am currently down here in sunny Orlando Florida, USA, having a blast following my first official academic presentation on Doctor Who and Peter Pan just yesterday (at the time of writing this article)...
View ArticlePre-PAX Panic! If a Phone Falls in a Cab, does it Make a Sound?
I headed to PAX East a day early so I could get settled in, get my media badge and know exactly where the hell I was going for opening day. A 6 hour train ride and my luxurious chariot that was the...
View ArticlePAX East Panel Postmortem: Game Designers are Defining the Next 50 Years of...
Off the top of your head, could you tell me what the atomic weight of lead is? Come on now, no peeking at the periodic table. How about telling me who invented the cotton gin? OK, let’s try...
View ArticlenVidia at PAX East: Project SHIELD Hands-On
Back in January we saw Project Shield from nVidia making its debut at CES in Las Vegas. It was shown off as a mobile gaming device that looked like an Xbox controller with a screen conveniently...
View ArticleSun City SciFi: A Convention “By the Fans, For the Fans”
The inaugural Sun City SciFi was held April 26-28, 2013 in El Paso, Texas. Billing itself a convention, “by-fans-for-fans,” Sun City SciFi was inspired by the number of influential Sci-Fi actors and...
View ArticleWizard World Descends Upon Philadelphia
More than just comic books, comic cons are moving bastions of pop culture, serving as beacons for entertainment geeks of all kinds. Whether your coffee table exists solely to hold a stack of trade...
View ArticleGood Morning, Comic-Con!
Although I had planned to write something different leading up to SDCC, complications arose, ensued, were overcome, and I find myself here with that original idea on hold and a general personal plan...
View ArticleBest of SDCC Cosplay So Far As Seen from the Comfort of Your Living Room
Didn’t make it to SDCC this year? Me neither. While some of our contributors are among the lucky traipsing around the con this year, I spend a good part of the day on the internet looking for coverage....
View ArticleIHOGeek@PAX Part 1: Intel’s Shiny Toys and Square-Enix
Let me tell you, I was glad to get to Seattle a night early before the festivities of PAX 2013 started Friday morning. After the flight from east coast to west it was weird (yes, weird) to see the...
View ArticleIHOGeek Wants YOU at NYCC!
What’s up kids? Your friend Tushar here for the IHOGeek crew. We’re about a month out from New York Comic Con kicking off and we’re in the midst of making our plans for the show. In my prep I seem...
View ArticleThe Afterglow of A Con, or How to Treat People
Imagine a place where everything is beautiful and nothing hurts. In this place, you can dress however you want. You can wear a fake mustache, you can don a bunny suit–hell, you could wear a Bart...
View ArticleFangasm: Date With A Supermodel
I was excited to tune in to this week’s Fangasm, but would the impending drama stop me and others from continuing with the show? I thoroughly enjoyed the premiere, but in case you missed it, the show...
View ArticleAdult Swim @ NYCC: Venture Brothers, Robot Chicken, and… Emmett.
I had a great time at NYCC this year. There was a bunch of stuff to see, some great cosplayers (which you can see in the IHOGeek Facebook galleries), and of course a good list of panels to check out....
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