Cosplayers who are not white, thin, or physically able thrive at NYCC

Aug 6, 2019 | Featured Articles, SyFy

Cosplaying isn’t just a fashion statement; the pastime also helps its participants embody the characters they love and do their best to assume the traits they admire, like bravery or kindness. But even as the entertainment industry begins to make strides in...

Preacher’s Julie Ann Emery on the explosive final season

Aug 3, 2019 | SyFy

If you’re not watching Preacher, you’re missing out on one of the most fun and most off-kilter shows on television. Preacher, about Jesse Custer, a petty-criminal-turned-preacher who has been imbued with supernatural power, is on a quest to confront God. The show is a...

Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski details a painful origin story of his own

Jul 29, 2019 | SyFy

To describe J. Michael Straczynski’s childhood in detail would be to reveal too much of his new autobiography, Becoming Superman. But without exaggeration, the screenwriter commonly known as JMS has reached personal and professional heights that are all the more...

A military officer dissects Jon Snow’s battle strategy (and finds it lacking)

Apr 26, 2019 | Featured Articles, SyFy

In the second episode of the final season of Game of Thrones, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” winter has come, and with it, an army the undead. Jon Snow has devised a battle plan to defend Winterfell, and ultimately the realms of men. So what does a U.S. military...

14 reasons sci-fi fans should celebrate David Bowie’s birthday

Jan 8, 2019 | SyFy

David Bowie was more than a singer of classic art rock songs. He’s a genre mainstay… and also may believe he’s an alien.

NYCC: Teachers explain how comic books help kids learn at the NY Public Library

Oct 5, 2018 | SyFy

Erica Buddington, founder of The Langston League, which designs socially responsible and relevant curricula for students of color, recently worked with a sixth-grade student who didn’t want to study ancient civilizations. So she tried to get on the...