#GeekSwag Archives - GeeksHaveGame

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020

HIP-HOP AND COMICS [Comic-Con@Home]: Cultures Combining!

The year was 2005, I found myself living in San Diego, and its July. I kept hearing about Comic-Con, but had given up the idea of ever being able to attend, and -- not having had many people like myself in my life -- someone as deeply comfortable at the record store looking for the …

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July 20, 2020

HIP-HOP AND COMICS [Comic-Con@Home]: Rap Legends x Comic Creators x Visual Artists Assemble!

Rap Legends, Comic Creators, And Visual Artists For the past eight years, the ‘Hip-Hop And Comics: Cultures Combining’ panel has been a highlight of San Diego Comic-Con’s programming, occupying a prime-time place of honor on the Friday evening of the annual pop culture gathering. And on Friday, July 24th, at 6PM PDT/9PM EDT, an all-new …

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April 26, 2020April 26, 2020

TOP 5 HIP-HOP MOMENTS UNDER QUARANTINE [#GeekSwag]: The Return of the Real.

For as punishing as this pandemic has been for many in the hip-hop world (Stay up, Scarface! R.I.P. Fred the Godson!) there have been a few bright spots in the past 2 months of terror. Fans have had to trade attending live shows for creeping Instagram performances, but that level of intimacy has brought the …

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February 20, 2020February 20, 2020

CZARFACE [Album Retrospective]: The Gods of #GeekSwag!

#GeekSwag is a phrase I coined a few years ago to describe hip-hop music that either: 1.) appeals to fans of popular geek culture -- superheroes, comic books, fantasy, horror & sci-fi topics, etc, and/or 2.) contains a deep focus and reverence on such subjects. And, right now, no group hits both of those strands …

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October 5, 2019

HIP-HOP AND COMICS [NYCC 2019]: Cultures Combining.

HIP-HOP & COMICS: CULTURES COMBINING (Thursday, Javits Center) - I walked in on talented panelists Eric Orr (@orrdesigns), and Andre Leroy Davis( @alderay ) talking about Public Enemy. @AdamWallenta described his Public Enemy comic. Adam Wallenta, an Mcee, an also avid fanboy and comic creator, then goes in with Punk Taco. Adam ties his Punk …

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July 30, 2019July 30, 2019

AMERICAN ANIME [Album Review]: #WeebSwag.

It is 2 A.M. and I finished reading the Stan Lee & Gil Kane/ John Romita Sr. omnibus of Spider-Man. The next thing that would be best to follow that? Music. American Anime, by the Spidey home-based P.SO The Earthtone King and 2 Hungry Bros, is the perfect palate cleanser. Thankfully, New York's American Anime …

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April 11, 2017April 11, 2017

WONDERCON 2017 / CZARFACE [#GeekSwag Reviews]: Hip-Hop and Comics – First Weapon Drawn.

Hip-Hop and Comics are arguably two of the most historically popular and influential forms of entertainment media, so it's only natural that they would have a confluence of fans and a panel at WonderCon 2017 to bring them together. As a pair of #GeekSwaggers who are quite obviously huge fans of both mediums, both "Pasto" …

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January 8, 2017January 8, 2017

THE #GEEKSWAG AWARDS [Best Hip-Hop of 2016]: Soundtrack 4 Tha Geekz.

1. Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid - In addition to the brunt of Aesop Rock’s stilted, often second-person conversations (“you’re dreaming of Arcadia, you’re feeling like a baby tooth/ Awaiting panacea, channeling your inner Beowulf”) the rapper seems to be having a lot more fun behind the boards, too. Tracks like “Kirby”, “Waters Tower” …

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