It's cool to see wrestling fans that are also comic book creators sort of put their fandom on the page, and then take that fandom and put it on the screen.
Fandom is about fandom, it's a great big social club.
I've been in fandom for a really long time. Back in the day, you had to go to a con to engage in fandom, and that was really the only way.
As fandom grew more variegated, genzines reflected a broadening of interests, carrying personal columns of humor and reflection, science articles, amateur fiction, stylish gossip, and inevitably, thoughtful pieces on the future of fandom.
Virtuality - connection without proximity - is a major attraction in both fandom and the Net. Nobody knows you're a dog through the U.S. mail, either. Fans could be utterly different in their fanzine persona, which may be why both fandom and the Net were invented by individualistic Americans.
There's something that feels very timeless about fandom.
Being in a fandom is something you don't understand unless you're in one. I think it stems off of everyone wants more of something.
Teen fandom is so potent. Any choice they make in pop culture forces the rest of the world to take notice.
I've been going to San Diego's Comic-Con every year since 2007 or 2008. The first time I went it was an overwhelming experience because I wasn't expecting all the people; I wasn't even expecting all the joy. I came from a background where, when I was about eighteen or nineteen, I found comic-book fandom. But it was the fandom of online communities. And within those communities there was a tremendous amount of excitement and joy, but I'd never been around people in such a large group setting where this joy was pouring out of them. It was a revelation.
Fandom is amazing.
I like passionate fandom.
For me, my first fandom was 'Star Wars.'
Before Twitter or Facebook, all the fandom that I knew about was anecdotal.
With fandom, people are sensitive, and sometimes defensive, about their experiences.
Football fandom is this, it's magical thinking, it's hope over experience.
So many things can be filtered through fandom - joy, compassion, love.