Generation Geek
By Eric Hill • Jan 5th, 2010 • Category: Brave New World, Editor's Picks, Essays, From the Interweb
THE NERD’S LAMENT: I attended Fan Expo 2009 alone. Held in Toronto, Fan Expo Canada is one of North America’s premier conventions of comic books, science fiction, anime, horror and gaming. Given the sense-data assault of an event like this—a good portion of the attendees show up in costume—it’s nice to have a friend with whom to crack wise. Not a co-heckler, necessarily. Just someone to note the toddler stuffed into a thickly padded Thor getup, or the teenage girl dressed in a Bowser outfit so slapdash she resembles some sloppy avant-pop nightmare.
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