Happy Geek Pride Day!

Fly the geek flag loud and proud today, it's Geek Pride Day - May 25th is 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 the release date of the original 'Star Wars' movie, which was released to the world on May 25 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 25th of May for fans of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld'.

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

As a purveyor of pop culture geekery myself, mostly Sci-Fi and Fantasy, I have quite a lot of things that I nerd out to so, and in no particular order, here a few of them with an example of each.

POP CULTURE ART / ALTERNATIVE MOVIE POSTERS
'The Princess Bride' by Matthew Peak

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 the release date of the original 'Star Wars' movie, which was released to the world on May 25 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'.

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 things that I geek out over but, and in no particular order, here a few of them with an example of each below.

POP CULTURE ART
'Buffy' by Craig Drake

May 25th - 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 things that I geek out over but, and in no particular order, here a few of them below.

Happy Geek Pride Day!

Pop Culture Art
(Art by Joey Spiotto)

Cool Art: 'ABCDEFGeek' by Otis Frampton

'ABCDEFGeek' by Otis Frampton.

Otis Frampton has created a geek-infused alphabet, with each letter represented by characters or situations from the world of geek pop culture. They are now available as gallery quality giclée prints on natural white, matte, ultra smooth, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson K3 archival inks either as a poster with the complete alphabet or each letter individually.

Check them all out below. And Otis has now started on series 2, so check out his blog every Wednesday for new letters.

Go here to buy.

Cool Art: 'A Tribute To War Games' by Patrick Connan part of the 'Geek Generation' art show in Bourges, France

These are Patrick Connan‘s entries for the 'Geek Generation' art show - a tribute to war games. 

The art show, curated by Geek-Art.net, focuses on geek pop culture; from gaming, movies, comics and more. It runs from February 8 until March 29 at the Médiathèque in Bourges, France.

10 Things Nerds Will Never Get Tired Of

'10 Things Nerds Will Never Get Tired Of' by Kevin Bolk.

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In honour of Geek Pride Day! The Sacred Order Of Geeks

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The 50 Greatest Geek Movies

Ask 10 different geeks what their top 10 favourite movies are, and you’ll get ten different answers, and wildly differing opinions on every film stating why they are so beloved and highly rated! Yes, there will be certain titles that feature in everyone’s lists, and in this list I've seen virtually all of them and they would definitely appear in my list of favourites too. But there are also some omissions as well - no Back To The Future trilogy for a start! No films from Kevin Smith - Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma etc! No Studio Ghibli! That's the thing with these type of lists, they will always miss out on some that others will say that should be on there.

Have a look and see for yourself!

Masters In It - The 50 Greatest Geek Movies