Protanopia

Webcomics Wednesday: Protanopia

Last year, Gabriel de Laubier grabbed a bit of attention by re-designing a Calvin & Hobbes comic in three dimensions. He modeled the two characters and some of their environment, roughly approximating...
Monty Python

Fanthropology: Pythonists

When they were first casting Spamalot, the stage production of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Hank Azaria landed the role of Sir Lancelot, and most of the other parts played in the movie by John Cleese. He...
Ad Blocker

Webcomics Wednesday: Ad Revenue?

When people first started considering that they might be able to make money from doing webcomics, there were a flurry of different approaches. After all, since webcomics were a new thing, no one knew how to...
Fan Studies Network

Fanthropology: Fans vs Fandom

Today's question is: can you be a fan without being in fandom? And it's corollary: can you be in fandom without being a fan? Perhaps counter-intuitively, the answer to both is "yes." Let's start with some...