Fandom: Fic Writers, Vidders, Gamers, Artists, and Cosplayers
Have you ever finished a book or TV series and wished for more? Created stories, art, or videos based on a game? Dressed up as your favorite character? If so, you've entered fandom. Fan writers expand and mix up stories, like sending the Star Trek crew to Hogwarts. Cosplayers sew Star Wars and Sailor Moon costumes, and fan filmmakers make music video tributes. Fans also enrich invented worlds with greater diversity, creating female and multiracial avatars for games peopled only with white male characters. Tour fandom's history and meet fan writers, video-makers, artists, costumers, and gamers who celebrate the things they love and shape fan communities online and in real life.
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Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn is a lettering artist and children's book illustrator with a passion for cold brew, wine, and figure skating, located in the Chicago area, where she works out of her home studio with her studio pup, Teddy Bear. She's been working professionally since 2010 and has worked with clients such as Simon & Schuster, Adobe, Facebook, and many others.
"[A] recommended purchase for all public libraries."--VOYA
-- (6/1/2018 12:00:00 AM)"This book fills a need for a positive, informative resource that covers the breadth of fandom in one book . . ."--Booklist
-- (1/18/2018 12:00:00 AM)"A must-have nonfiction purchase for libraries where pop culture reigns strong."--School Library Journal
-- (12/26/2017 12:00:00 AM)"The book's greatest strength is its exploration of the historical origins of the various fandom forms, demonstrating that while the internet has transformed fandom, fan fiction and the like have been around for hundreds of years . . ."--Kirkus Reviews
-- (10/16/2017 12:00:00 AM)
