Much of the west got its first taste of K-Pop (Korean Pop) when Psy’s “Gangnam Style” became a viral sensation in 2012. However, “Gangnam Style” is only the tip of the iceberg. Behind it lies a phenomenon that’s not only about music, but has been incorporated into everyday pop culture, style,...
It’s time to say goodbye to NBC’s Parks and Recreation. When the beloved sitcom first aired in 2009, we watched the supposed The Office spin off struggle to maintain the attention of viewers. However, over the course of seven seasons, Parks and Recreation has grown into the smartest and most quoted...
Awards season is here once again to try to tell you that your favorite movies aren’t as important as Important Movies.
Friends, movie awards are given for one reason: for the Academy assert their authority over the people who make and like movies. But the Academy only has as much...
So you’re a fan artist, you have some work that’s making waves on Tumblr/DeviantArt/your mom’s Facebook and you’d like to try to monetize your work?
We’re here to help. This is part one in an occasional series for artists who are looking to do more with their art.
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Emojis originated in Japan, but thankfully their use has spread rapidly throughout the world. Many of us send text messages and emails that consist entirely of the pictographs. Soon we may even be able to forego words entirely and rely on emoji- based communication alone. Though emojis exist across a...
Let’s travel back in time four years, and imagine a world where we don’t know the beloved characters of Downton Abbey. Do you remember your first thoughts of the aristocratic Crawley family? There was the beautiful Lady Mary and the high spirited Lady Sybil and of course, the often forgotten, Lady...
50 Shades of Grey is about to become one of the biggest movies of the year. It is hard to avoid the controversy surrounding the dark drama, but it isn’t the only film to portray side-eye-worthy relationships as #goals. In fact, in one of our favorite fandoms, another dark and...
For a hot second, our day was made when season three of House of Cards made an appearance on our Netflix screens. But almost as soon as it appeared, it quickly vanished into the abyss. Netflix announced that the early launch was merely a leak, devastating us all.
This is...
Given that Valentine’s Day was essentially an early expression of fandom – it began either as a celebration of various martyred saints named Valentine or Valentinus OR as the Christian version of the Pagan feast Lupercalia… with loads of classic artwork depicting both of these angels – the best way to...
“Carry on Wayward Son” is more than just an anthem for Supernatural. For nine years, it’s largely been a show about wayward sons. And brothers. And fathers. But rarely women. Sure, there’ve been memorable women on the show in the past, but generally, they serve a brief purpose, then they’re killed...
Woe is everyone. SkyMall, our favorite mile-high catalogue is going out of business. Where will we buy our paper towel holder phone chargers and denim lounge pants now? In memoriam this post is dedicated to our favorite SkyMall-related art and a Tumblr project called SkyMall Doodles, which asked airline passengers...
One Directioner Zayn Malik cannot stop tweeting his own fan art. And it’s adorable.
Earlier this month, the Bradford Bad Boy began changing his Twitter icon to fan art of himself. It’s no surprise, he’s long been known as the art-lover of the group, the walls of his house covered in...
Disposable coffee cups usually get tossed in the garbage or recycling when the coffee dries up, but amazing things can happen when artists not only hang on to the vessel that held their morning coffee, but spend loads of time adorning them!! Recently, some awesome Starbucks worshippers have illustrated the cups...
For those of us who’ve been watching our Twin Peaks DVDs on repeat since that day that they were released, the news that David Lynch and Mark Frost are working on new episodes for 2016 is a true television miracle. To tide us over like a sweet slice of cherry pie, ...
The Walking Dead returns on February 8th for the second half of Season 5, and we’re all still recovering from (SPOILER ALERT) the demise of hope in the form of Beth Greene. And although there is some solace in having the gang reunited and “surviving together,” one might worry that the already bleak situation will fade to black as the group follows Rick Grimes lead as he extolls, “we do what we need to do… and then, we get to live.”
