Browsing: Creators & Fan Culture

Football fandom is large and growing across APAC. But one survey found 73 percent of Chinese football consumers have never bought club merchandise. Closing the gap requires local licensees, localized products and content-led shopping, not a Western strategy transposed.

We approach one of the main crescendo points of the year, here at this week’s links, as the fall festival season kicks into gear, and we await the issuing forth of white smoke from the chimneys of Bethesda to signal that the winners of the Ignatz Awards have been announced, also indicating, simultaneously, that Hallowe’en,…

When the webcomic platform Webtoon announced in April that it had partnered with the AI company Genies to create “character-driven fan experiences with digital avatars,” industry eyebrows were raised. As the company said at the time, the deal was part of a concerted effort by Webtoon to “invest in AI-powered tools and experiences that support…

Belmont Cameli has finally entered the chat after widespread speculation that he was feuding with his Off Campuscostar Ella Bright.

The 2026 First Available Research/Ultiworld Disc Golf Fandom Survey is open for responses until September 20th! If you have 10-30 minutes, you can participate by completing this enjoyable, anonymous survey.

Fans of writer and director Zach Cregger are eagerly awaiting his latest film, Resident Evil, to premiere on September 18th. The former sketch comedy performer has become one of the industry’s hottest horror directors after directing Barbarian (2022) and Weapons (2025). This new adaptation of the survival horror shooter will be the eighth attempt to…

It is happening again: some kids with a wild dream of making comics are launching their own publishing company: Comicsburgh. As the name might suggest, it is located in Pittsburgh, and reflects the Steel City spirit: “More than Pirates, Penguins, and pierogies—it’s comics forged in the ’Burgh.”

Football fandom is built on handoffs. Parents pass teams down to their kids. Young players copy the quarterbacks they watch on Sundays. Local fields turn into the first place where a sport becomes part of someone’s identity. Toyota is leaning into that familiar rhythm for the new NFL season, making the idea of passing the…

Philadelphia Eagles fans have never needed much evidence to prove their passion. The last thing we need are numbers to validate our fandom. Naturally, Nielsen has some anyway.

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