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Attending the Phoenix Comicon (Or, How I Learned to Stop Caring and Just Eat Brains)

It would be easy to dismiss an event like Phoenix Comicon by pointing out all the nerds and laughing at their elaborate Ouran High School Host Club costumes or their excitement over the presence of Spawn creator Todd McFarlane. Make no mistake, there were plenty of "nerds" (in the most traditional s ... More >>

Cosplay: An excuse for adults to play dress-up (outside the bedroom)

Shh... Today, dear readers, I'm going to let you in on a little geek secret: We self-proclaimed nerds, geeks and dorks have an internal rating system. Think of it as a 1-10 scale of geekdom, with 1 being the girl who wears a bowl cut and plastic glasses i ... More >>

Hokeymon

Pokémon's big-screen debut is short and tolerable

Subculture Club

Acting out, manga-style, at the Garden

Immortal Anime

Studio Bones unveils new samurai classic

Con Games

Arizona’s on the anime map, at last

He Had Us at Anime

Swoon

Anime of the People

Ready, set, Yu-Gi-Oh!

International Experimental Film and Video Festival at ASU

Ready, set, Yu-Gi-Oh!

Breakables

Seeing ourselves in glass

Playthings That Go Bump in the Night

It's Christmas in October for hard-cores

Big on Japan

Maja gives anime and gaming a good rap

Kon's Cure for Cinema

Loopy anime reaches into your head

Turning Japanese

Like the anime, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja is goofy fun

This Dogg's Got Bite

Like the anime, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja is goofy fun

How Goth Are You?

A Halloween quiz

'Toon In Tokyo

Animefest draws a crowd

Drawn That Way

AniZona 01: Watch line drawings of teenaged martial arts masters kicking heck out of demonic entities

Losing Steam

Mostly hot air, despite its creator's pedigree

Studio Visit

Painter's not afraid to let us watch

Peelander-Z

Action figures have kung-fu grip on showmanship

Shell Shock

The sequel to Ghost in the Shell is a feast for the eyes, but a disappointment for the brain

Deck Heads

The card game Yu-Gi-Oh! becomes a wild and crazy movie

Studio Visit: Angel Cabrales

We find an Angel in suburban wonderland

Seuss on the Loose

One act two acts fun acts new acts

Pod Squad

Korean artist Lee Bul's karaoke pods will make you feel like you're in orbit

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Korean artist Lee Bul's karaoke pods will make you feel like you're in orbit

Turning Japanese

Comics confab draws animation aficionados

Princess Broods

An agile teen battles the forces of evil in the Japanese blockbuster Princess Mononoke

Much Ado About Playthings

Valley expo will make mouths of all ages water

Geek Beat: Atomic Comics Anime Fest Transformers News

I've only attended a handful of Anime cons and cosplay contests so far, but I'm starting to get the picture. Anime fans, especially cosplayers, are a little like the mafia. Not to say they go around whacking people or talking like Tony Soprano, of course, but they're dead serious. They're org ... More >>

Geeks Bearing Gifts

I've only attended a handful of Anime cons and cosplay contests so far, but I'm starting to get the picture. Anime fans, especially cosplayers, are a little like the mafia. Not to say they go around whacking people or talking like Tony Soprano, of course, but they're dead serious. They're org ... More >>

Sleeping with the Anime

Bandai feature is one part puppy love, one part pure mecha

N.E.R.D.S. Meetup

Bandai feature is one part puppy love, one part pure mecha

Top 10 Geek Obsessions of the Decade

Doomsayers and the easily fooled are focused on 2012 right now (so much so that poor NASA had to issue statements debunking the movie myths). But we've got a different date in mind: 2010. The New Year begins the end of an era. Well, a decade actually. Technology has certainly advanced in ... More >>

Revenge of the Nerds

Anime freaks rip it up in Chandler

Aries of Diamond Jacks Gentlemans Club

Benjamin LeathermanClick "More" for an undistorted peek. Welcome to Stripper Songs, a weekly feature that proves not all Phoenix strippers bump and grind to Warrant's "Cherry Pie" of Flo Rida's "Low."Of the dozens of adult cabarets and peepshows littering the Valley landscape, Diamond Jacks Gentlema ... More >>

He Had Us at Anime

Swoon

Ghouls on Film

Minds will be blown and brains will be eaten at this film fest

Contact Hai

Minds will be blown and brains will be eaten at this film fest

Toybox @ Phoenix Convention Center

Minds will be blown and brains will be eaten at this film fest

mc chris

Minds will be blown and brains will be eaten at this film fest

Turning Japanese

Minds will be blown and brains will be eaten at this film fest

Level Up: Seven Musicians With Geeky Backgrounds

​Say what you will about our sustainability, the heat, or our wretched politicos, but Phoenix is a haven for nerds. We have The Minibosses, who play heavy covers from video games like Super Mario Bros. and Double Dragon; and Mega Ran, who raps over Final Fantasy and Mega Man soundtracks. Both ... More >>