Browsing: Creators & Fan Culture

Being a sports fan can be an expensive hobby, as more Americans are now taking on a pile of debt to cheer on their favorite teams.

Costumes filled the convention floor at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel as fans stepped into the worlds of their favorite characters, from superheroes and comic book icons to anime and video game favorites.

NYLON Field Notes is our recurring series decoding the trends, aesthetics, and conversations shaping the zeitgeist. For the latest installment, we explore the return of IRL fandom and the artists pushing to bring their fans offline.

Dakota Fanning recalls playing Jane in ‘Twilight’ and experiencing franchise’s intense fandom without lead pressure

In ‘Salon Drip,’ actor Song Kang revealed that he became deeply engrossed in ‘I Am Solo’ during his military service.

Non-endemic consumer brands now account for 60 per cent of esports partnerships worldwide as corporate marketers redirect budgets toward gaming and social media subcultures across Asia and the West. Research conducted by Amazon Ads and Twitch Ads across 12 countries, including Japan and South Korea, found that 70 per cent of fans view these communities…

At noon on the 25th, Kang Ye-seul released “Nice Shot,” the official theme song for SBS Golf’s “The Trot Fandom Golf Championship.”

Fandoms are not exactly known for their ability to agree on everything. In fact, arguments between different fan communities are practically a genre of internet discourse in their own right. But what happens when a movie comes along that seemingly gives all of them something to agree on?

A publication combining memory and community engagement. On the tenth anniversary of the 2016 earthquake, an itinerant editorial project debuts: the comic Under the Rubble: stories from Central Italy, created by a team of writers and illustrators to collect testimonies and narrate the changes experienced by affected communities.

The full Oni Press solicitations shipping in November 2026 have been released by the publisher. This month brings Bryan Lee O’Malley‘s return to Scott Pilgrim, brand new Archie in Hell #1 by Patrick Horvath, and a new arc of Matt Kind‘s MIND MGMT: New & Improved.