https://nerdspan.com nerdy news for fangirls and fanboys Thu, 07 Nov 2013 03:19:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-legends-of-red-sonja-1/ https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-legends-of-red-sonja-1/#comments Wed, 06 Nov 2013 15:43:49 +0000 MaraW https://nerdspan.com/?p=20249 When Gail Simone announced Legends of Red Sonja, my heart skipped a beat. I jumped on the title a few months ago when she took over and never looked back. Red Sonja is a female character often dismissed as eye candy for men rather than a strong, well-developed female character. Simone’s love for Sonja is [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-legends-of-red-sonja-1/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/dragoncon-and-ed-kramer-officially-part-ways/ https://nerdspan.com/dragoncon-and-ed-kramer-officially-part-ways/#comments Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:16:10 +0000 R. C. Schmidt https://nerdspan.com/?p=16726 In a release dated July 8, 2013, the ownership group behind Atlanta’s long running and immensely popular Dragon*Con announced they had severed ties with Ed Kramer, the con’s co-founder who is currently awaiting trial on child molestation charges. This announcement comes as the convention was under intense media scrutiny for its association with Kramer and [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/dragoncon-and-ed-kramer-officially-part-ways/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/ed-kramer-extradited/ https://nerdspan.com/ed-kramer-extradited/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:59:30 +0000 R. C. Schmidt https://nerdspan.com/?p=3643 DragonCon co-founder Ed Kramer was extradited back to Georgia from Connecticut this month to face child molestation charges which  date back to August of 2000. He is currently being held in Gwinnett County jail without bail. Kramer was recently detained in Milford, Connecticut, where he was allegedly found to have a 14 year old boy [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/ed-kramer-extradited/feed/ 4