Reading Time: 2 minutes Laser and Aubrey, ready for anything. Photo: Kim Newmoney for The Doubleclicks Attention, fans of The Doubleclicks: there’s a new album (and tour) coming, and this nerdy musical duo needs your help to make it happen! Head over to Kickstarter to learn about The Book Was Better, which comes after a year-long […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Check out the amazing new toys from #Toyfair2019. In this video, @typolad shows off the new DC Direct and Funko figures. Click through to read all of “Toyfair 2019: DC Direct and Funko Figures” at GeekDad.If you value content from GeekDad, please support us via Patreon or use […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Check out the amazing new toys from #Toyfair2019. In this video, @typolad shows off the new DC Direct and Funko figures. Click through to read all of “Toyfair 2019: DC Direct and Funko Figures” at GeekDad.If you value content from GeekDad, please support us via Patreon or use […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Check out the amazing new toys from #Toyfair2019. In this video, @typolad shows off the new Diamond Select figures. Click through to read all of “Toyfair 2019: Diamond Select Figures” at GeekDad.If you value content from GeekDad, please support us via Patreon or use this link to shop at Amazon. […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Check out the amazing new toys from #Toyfair2019. In this video, @typolad shows off the new Diamond Select figures. Click through to read all of “Toyfair 2019: Diamond Select Figures” at GeekDad.If you value content from GeekDad, please support us via Patreon or use this link to shop at Amazon. […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Check out the amazing new toys from #Toyfair2019. In this video, @typolad shows off the new Ben 10 figures. Click through to read all of “Toyfair 2019: ‘Ben 10’ Figures” at GeekDad.If you value content from GeekDad, please support us via Patreon or use this link to shop at Amazon. […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Check out the amazing new toys from #Toyfair2019. In this video, @typolad shows off the Playmates Poptops. Click through to read all of “Toyfair 2019: Playmates Poptops” at GeekDad.If you value content from GeekDad, please support us via Patreon or use this link to shop at Amazon. Thanks!
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Parental love is a powerful, sometimes overwhelming emotion. It can cause you to lose inhibitions, tempers, even friends. But at its core is the most prime of sentiments – protecting the innocent and educating them about the world. Into this maelstrom comes KB Whirly (Keith Wasserman) and his CD of love songs and […]
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Here in Atlanta, Georgia, there are twelve of us who are playing in a Frostgrave campaign. Frostgrave is a skirmish wargame—low cost of entry (Core Rulebook is only $16 on Amazon), only 10 miniatures needed, a couple of D20 dice, and you’re ready to play. The game takes place in the […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute The New York Toy Fair 2019 is in full swing* and Games Workshop has announced a number of new small boxed games, similar to the ones they released last year. The announcement also revealed the fruits of their new relationship with Funko. Full Games Workshop’s official rundown of the reveals, check […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes The sequel to the surprisingly good Happy Death Day opens this weekend. Should you take the kids? Read on. 1. What is it about? This sequel to 2017’s Happy Death Day follows basically the same Scream-meets-Groundhog Day formula as the first: college student Tree (Jessica Rothe) keeps getting killed on her birthday, but each time, she […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Comics & Geek Culture Conventions Welcome to Convention Connection for week 7, 2019. Our highlight comic and geek culture convention this weekend is Long Beach Comic Expo, running Saturday, February 16 and Sunday, February 17 in Long Beach, California. Attendees will find a number of comics industry and cosplay guests on […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Original image by Jeff Roberts, O’Neill Marketing. Geek Culture Conventions There’s a lot to talk about in the Convention Connection for Week 6 2019. First up, we have included an interview with Sharon and Cindy from Farpoint Con 2019 at the bottom of this week’s post, so be sure to give […]
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Reading Time: 13 minutes This might shock you, but many of us GeekMoms and GeekDads grew up with our noses buried in books. Now, if this was some trashy clickbait site, I would drag that joke out – I know, crazy. Geeks who read? No way! – but here at GeekDad we have class, so I’m only […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Humanoids’ BIG imprint features comics for all ages as well as graphic novels for young adults, and tomorrow (February 5) they’ll be publishing Bigby Bear, a cartoon book by Philippe Coudray with a lot of clever visual gags. We’ve got an exclusive preview below, showing five pages from the book so that […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Just what will it take to turn Apple’s world upside-down? (Photo by Rishi Deep on Unsplash) I read the article published this past Friday over at Wired by Molly Wood and the title of the article immediately grabbed my attention: “Apple, the iPhone, and the Innovator’s Dilemma.” I read The Innovator’s […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Christmas may have already passed, but with the current polar vortex bearing down on the US it’s not hard to believe that many of us are acting just like Dr. Suess’s fuzzy green Grinch. But don’t worry! Here’s some news that can turn your frown upside down and make your heart […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Original image by Jeff Roberts, O’Neill Marketing. It’s a bit of a slow weekend in the Convention Connection for Week 5 2019, but—if you’re close—don’t let that keep you from attending one of the following: Geek Culture Conventions North Texas Comic Book Show 2019: Irving, Texas; Saturday, February 2 and Sunday, […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Image credit to National Geographic Kids. National Geographic consistently puts out some of the best books for kids, and they hit that mark again with three titles that help kids explore their curiosity about the world around us. Featuring National Geographic’s trademark spectacular photography, each book is written in a fun […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Haven’t you heard? We’re in a horror renaissance. After 2018 gave us the most successful year for horror movies, well…ever, 2019 is already shaping up to challenge that title. Not only have we already been graced by newly minted Oscar winner and horror maestro Jordan Peele’s trailer for Us, there are […]
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