On a pleasant Sunday during Labor Day weekend in 2017, Monique Anderson sat in her Volkswagen a few blocks from a Black Geeks of Dragon Con photo shoot. At age 38, the Atlanta resident was about to ...

If you missed BlerDCon Thrilla 2025, I hate it for you because this year was one for the books! More than 14,000 Blerds (Black nerds, for those not hip) pulled up to the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in ...

Knights of Brevard will show up in armor. You can learn how to cosplay. You don%27t have to be a nerd to go. Space buffs%2C zombie fans welcome. Get ready, fanboys and girls, Space Coast Nerd Fest is ...

A closer look into the young Vietnamese behind the costumes. Venturing into a Japanese festival, one summer morning in Saigon I am met immediately by two curiously fantastical figures. Scanning from ...

There's a multiverse of geekery from Black artists and other creatives of color coming to Montgomery. Urban Nerd Con is Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Cramton Bowl Multiplex. While TUNC is certain ...

A new gym is opening in downtown Tucson where nerds work out. It combines serious fitness with cosplay, crafts and superhero training. Yes, members can work out dressed up as their favorite superhero ...

AggieCon 54 will soon take over the top floor of the Memorial Student Center, bringing nerds and fans alike to one space for cosplay contests, panels, celebrity voice actors and more. AggieCon, run by ...

Finding safe spaces for authentic self-expression is helping Black nerds harness the most powerful weapon against bullying: self-love. “My mom actually went to my first convention with me and dragged ...