Happy Geek Pride Day!

Fly the geek flag loud and proud today, it's Geek Pride Day - a special day dedicated to those of us who do not (and should not) feel ashamed about showing off our geeky and nerdy passions!

Check out GeekDad's look at 'What is a geek?'

Chosen to celebrate George Lucas' 'Star Wars', which was released to the world on May 25th 1977 (and also happens to be the date that 'Return Of The Jedi' premiered in 1983), Geek Pride Day also shares this special day with Towel Day, for fans of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' series by Douglas Adams, and the Glorious 25 May for fans of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld'.

The first Geek Festival was organised in Albany, New York around 1998-2000 by Tim McEachern, but it was first celebrated in Spain as "Orgullo Friki" in 2006 and has spiralled all over the world thanks to the internet.

So today, on this special day, no matter whether you're a pop culture geek, a science nerd, a gamer geek or whatever, celebrate and declare your pride at being geek!

As a purveyor of pop culture geekery, mostly Sci-Fi and Fantasy, I have quite a lot of favourites but, in no particular order, here a few of them below.

Happy Geek Pride Day!

'Star Wars' Movies, Books & Comics (Art by Paul Shipper)

'Firefly' TV Series / 'Serenity' Movie & Comics

'Doctor Who' TV Series (Art by Tracie Ching)

'Star Trek' TOS TV Series (Art by Paul Shipper)

'Battlestar Galactica' TV Series (Art by mruottin)

'Venture Bros' TV Series (Art by Kevin Tong)

'Game Of Thrones' TV Series (Art by Kilian Eng)

'Orphan Black' TV Series

'Da Vinci's Demons' TV Series

'John Carter' Movie & Books / 'Warlord Of Mars' Comics (Art by Jay Anacleto)

'Red Sonja' Comics (Art by Jenny Frison & Walter Geovani)

'Saga' Comics (Art by Fiona Staples)

'Fables' Comics (Art by Mark Buckingham)

'Pretty Deadly' Comics (Art by Emma Rios)

'Fatale' Comics (Art by Sean Phillips)

'Hinterkind' Comics (Art by Francesco Trifogli)

'Velvet' Comics (Art by Steve Epting)

'Umbral' Comics (Art by Christopher Mitten)

'Lazarus' Comics (Art by Michael Lark)

'Preacher' Comics (Art by Glen Fabry)

'The Sandman' Comics (Art by Dave McKean)

'John Constantine: Hellblazer' Comics (Art by Dave McKean)

The films of 'Studio Ghibli'

The 'Mass Effect' Video Games

The 'Uncharted' Video Games

The Books & Comics of Neil Gaiman

The Books of Edgar Rice Burroughs (Art by Michael Whelan)

The Books of Otis Adelbert Kline (Art by Ed Emshwiller)

The Books of Leigh Brackett (Art by Frank Kelly Freas)

The Books & Fantasy Art of 'Magic: The Gathering' (Art by Tyler Jacobson)

Illustrated cover art from pulp Sci-Fi magazines (Art by Robert Gibson Jones)

Illustrated cover art from pulp paperback novels (Art by Glen Orbik)

Illustrated Pop Culture Art (Art by Laurent Durieux)

Illustrated Fantasy Art (Art by Donato Giancola)