And another year of pop culture geekery comes to a close. I've enjoyed watching some really good movies and shows, playing some great video games, reading some awesome books and comics, and travelling around the UK on nerdy days out at various Comic/Geek Cons and events this year, meeting people from some of my favourite movies, games and books, plus some of the finest comic creators and alternative poster artists!
Highlights from 2018 include meeting one of my favourite authors, Andrzej Sapkowski - author of 'The Witcher' series, at a geek con in London; attending a screening of 'Star Wars' with a live orchestra at the Arena Birmingham; as well as attending the opening of Matt Ferguson's art exhibition in Leeds and the Thought Bubble Comic Festival there too, my favourite Geek Con of the year.
It's also been 7 years to the day since the beginnings of this nerdy blog began with a blog post way back on this day in 2011. The Geeky Nerfherder has come a long way since then too, but always with the aim of showcasing cool art and the artists that make them.
On my social media profiles, where I sometimes post bonus content, such as the #OnThisDay feature where I post some of my favourite films, books, comics that were first released or published on a particular date, I continue to gain new followers through Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, Ello and more, with the number of followers somehow now numbering in the thousands! WOW! Thank you so much for following me on there. It's always gratifying to know that people are also enjoying the cool art I'm posting and hopefully discovering new artists along the way as well. So if you’re not already following, here are the links to my social media profiles:
on Twitter (@GeekyNerfherder)
on Instagram (@geekynerfherder)
on Tumblr (GeekyNerfherder)
on Pinterest
on YouTube
on Google Plus
on Ello (@geekynerfherder)
on Goodreads
on Flickr (GeekyNerfherder)
Stores:
on Threadless (GeekyNerfherder)
on Red Bubble (GeekyNerfherder)
on Society6 (GeekyNerfherder)
On the blog, I'm still featuring the latest poster releases and highlighting some of the pop culture inspired and new contemporary art shows too. I've also been continuing my 'Artist Spotlight' series, where I showcase some of my favourite artists, as well as my #ArtOfTheDay series, where I post a random piece of pop culture artwork from the Geeky Nerfherder archives. I'm also trying to add more reviews of the books and movies I read and watch over the year.
As well as the video project on my YouTube channel of the Geek Cons I go to, another side project I've been slowly progressing with is with writing a story I've had in my head for a while. Hugely inspired by the science fiction and fantasy genres (not very surprisingly), I'm fairly happy with how it's going so far, especially with the world building and the lore of the world. There's still a long way to go yet, but it's been fun to dip into my imagination and get creative in some way, whenever I can.
As always, a big thanks to everyone I've met throughout my travels at the Geek Cons I've been to this year, and to everyone that drops by the blog and/or follows me through the various social networks I post to. I hope that you continue to enjoy my posts of cool art and pop culture geekery.
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And so, it's that time of year once again, where everybody lists all their favourites from the year, and here are mine:
