Fan Culture @ Swarthmore

Hey folks,

I don’t know if anyone here used to watch the old cartoon Freakazoid, but there was a character named “Fanboy” who was pretty much exactly what you would expect from a character named Fanboy. Here is Fanboy’s Ode to Leonard Nimoy (courtesy of YouTube). There are probably other Fanboy vids out there if you search for “Fanboy” and “Freakazoid” on YouTube.

I think this is a great example of fan representation in the media, not to mention its relevance for the stuff about fan culture and gender we’ve been talking about. Personally, I’m also interested in the relationship between fans and the people on who they attach their fandom, and in this video is one, um, point of view that I don’t really ascribe to. Anyways, it’s not as deep as some of the other stuff going on in the blog, but I rememered it from probably 10 years ago, so maybe it’ll stick in an interesting way with other people, too.