When the Midsouth Nostalgia Festival convenes June 5-7 in Olive Branch, its roster of movie and television guests — cowboys, child stars, Oscar nominees, one notorious "nerd" and one rugged ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Awkward Nerd Book Fair is set to return to Milwaukee this summer, bringing books, nostalgia and geek culture to The Cooperage. Hosted by Awkward Nerd Events, the second ...

After seeing the latest personification of nostalgia-exploitation in the form of "Jurassic World," you can go to your nearest massive department store chain and buy a pre-faded "Iron Man" T-shirt that ...

On April 11, I went to the land of rainbows and fun to cover the new Rainbow Brite Loungefly collection at the Funko Hollywood store on behalf of Nerd Reactor! This preview event showcased the new ...

Is it time to retire the term “nerd”? It’s had a good run, sure, but does anyone else feel it’s not what it used to be? It’s lost some of its specificity and force, and maybe it needs to retire with ...

"The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons and Growing Up Strange" (Soho Press. 288 pages. $25), by Mark Barrowcliffe: As the recent cult documentaries "King of Kong" and "Darkon" have shown, geeks make for ...

Horror and comedy are both all about timing—one for scares, the other for laughs. How do you thread that needle without ...