Panels
The Fandom Advantage: How Fan Creativity Fuels Pro Entertainment Careers
Fansplaining’s panel from San Diego Comic-Con 2025, featuring fannish creators who work on television, comics, novels, and more.
Entertainment Industry
Criticism
The Fan-Journalist Tightrope
Low pay, minimal worker protections, and pushback from both publicists and fellow fans. Is covering the thing you love even worth it?
Features
“You’re Gonna Love This Franchise”
Fandom, corporate media, and San Diego Comic-Con.
Episodes
Episode 65: Fandom and Capitalism
How does transformative fandom disrupt the cycles of capitalism—and how does it reinforce them?
Episodes
Episode 27: Fanart Insights
Film art dealer Leslie Combemale on the intersections between fanart and the entertainment industry.
Episodes
Episode 23: The Fourth Wall
Many fans want to keep fanworks within fandom—so why does the media expose them to creators?
Episodes
Episode 2: GeekyCon & Meredith Levine
A conversation about the multifandom GeekyCon and an interview with a fandom anthropologist.
Episodes
Episode 1: “Why Wasn’t I Consulted?!”
On the panel where Flourish and Elizabeth met, at San Diego Comic-Con 2015.