In Episode 1 we talked about the benefits and additional features we get from electronic media. The terms we hear and what they mean. This round we’ll be looking into how digital media works, and fails – What DRM is and means and how it creates opportunity and complicates “ownership” of digital works. (If you’re paying attention, there’s a little Rebels V. Empire here that you can try at home, but you didn’t hear that from me.)
Digital Fanboy is our exploration into digital media. How we use it, how it uses us, and how to get a better handle on everything. I hope that by breaking this down into small tastes I can help you understand what the present and future hold for us, just as I exorcise my own demons in this area. Come, take the red pill…
Klingon lawsuits, fan verification, Worldcon, DC Logos and Rebirths, Doc Savage speculation, Buckaroo Banzai, the BBC and so much more!
It’s a magical and influential book, which creators have adapted to film a few times over the decades — most famously, perhaps, Walt Disney. If […]
For the past few years, we’ve talked about the Hugo Awards on the podcast, but admittedly not covered them on the site. It’s an oversight […]
Basically, we’re excited, and STARZ’ press release explains almost every reason why. The casting feels right and cool, and [amazon text=the book&asin=0380789035] is a favorite […]
Ashley Eckstein has been not so quietly carving out an empire in fandom, and it’s pretty cool. Starting as one of the most accomplished voice-over […]
Hey — we mentioned it on our latest podcast, and figure it’s worth mentioning here. Now at the bottom of each and every page you […]
16 months ahead of time seems like quite the advance notice… but considering how popular D23 Expo 2015 was, we may just need that extra […]
The Fanboys journey to the 7 Stars Bar and Grill and dance onto the Titanic with Doctor Who and the folks from Period Events & Entertainments Re-Creation Society, then breakdown the nerdy news of the week just for you!
If you are a fan of scathing self-examination disguised as a satirical comic book, then James Robinson’s take on Airboy is for you. Done in […]
To make a parody work at its best, you can’t just have knowledge about the target, you have to have so much that it proves […]
For a few years, writer Patrick Baker (Regular Show) has been creating and editing The Devastator, a magazine that might be filling the 21st century void […]
Tonight we recorded our latest podcast episode, filled with recommendations for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and beyond! What do you get for someone who wants […]
The Fanboys fawn over Hollywood stars, Death Note, Sex Criminals, new comics, Marvel movie shake-up, zombie heroes, lady Mummies, King Kong V. Godzilla, Crimson Peak, Flash of Two Worlds, Y the Last Man, Jessica Jones, Moon Knight, Star Wars: Battlefront, Superhero girl action figures, and so much more!
Once the Force Awakens, are we still journeying to it? Apparently so, as a panel of Star Wars authors at New York Comic Con yesterday […]
After many false starts, the movie adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s parody novel from Quirk Press is finally lurching inexorably toward cinemas from Focus Films. And […]
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Live from Con-Volution 2015, the Fanboys hang out with Star Wars Crafting Jedi Bonnie Burton and talk fandom, news of the week, and more!!!
It has begun. The Hyatt Regency is packed with our people. The panels have been great, and the Klingons hosted their opening night party. Today Ric […]
Updating Shakespeare is almost as old as Shakespeare himself… and yet purists still complain. I ain’t lion…
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