12 Books about Comic Con, fanfic writers, and fan illustrators, no matter what fandom you're a part of!
Happy Comic Con Week!
I almost made this list in July during San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC), but never had the time, so now that New York Comic-Con (NYCC) is here, I figured it's finally the perfect time!
Whether you're going to be home this weekend scrolling social media feeds and watching YouTube videos wishing you were at SDCC or sitting in an hours-long line waiting to get into a panel or meet a favorite actor and looking to kill time, here are some books (or ebooks for your phone!) that you can whip out and read.
These will put you in the spirit for sure!
Some of these books take place at various Comic Cons (including both NYCC and SDCC!), while others are about the fans and fanfiction writers and fan artists that make up the fabric of fandom!
Check out my video below for full summaries about each book, or keep reading for an abbreviated version:
1) THE GEEK'S GUIDE TO UNREQUITED LOVE by Sarvenaz Tash
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2) SHIP IT by Britta Lundin
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Claire is obsessed with the TV show Demon Heart. She writes slash fiction and believes the two main characters, Smokey and Heart, are destined to wind up together. She freaks out when she finds out that the actors will be in town for the local Boise Comic Con and, during their panel, asks if her OTP will become reality. It sets off a chain reaction when one of the actors, Forest, denies that his character is gay. The studio does damage control by inviting Claire on the road with them as they hit up all of the comic cons in the nation as their special VIP guest, and Claire decides to use the opportunity to convince the showrunner and the cast that her ship should be canon!
3) GEEKERELLA by Ashley Poston
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I'm already super excited for next year's companion novel THE PRINCESS AND THE FANGIRL, out April 2019 from Quirk Books!
4) ELIZA AND HER MONSTERS by Francesca Zappia
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5) FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell
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Cath is the #1 most popular fanfic writer in the Simon Snow fandom. She writes slash fiction in a reality where Simon and his nemesis are in love. Now that she's in college, she has to learn how to balance fandom with everything else and how to live in reality as well. FANGIRL was so popular that Rainbow Rowell published CARRY ON, Cath's fan fiction, and is publishing a sequel entitled WAYWARD SON in 2020.
6) QUEENS OF GEEK by Jen Wilde
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7) DON'T COSPLAY WITH MY HEART by Cecil Castellucci
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Edan's life is in shambles and completely out of control. She only ever feels in control when she's cosplaying as her all-time favorite character Gargantua from Team Tomorrow. Gargantua is a villain and a total bad-ass, but she's always in control. Through a summer spent at conventions taking on Gargantua's persona, she's finally strong enough to start making sense of her own life.
8) SCARLETT EPSTEIN HATES IT HERE by Anna Breslaw
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Scarlett is obsessed with Lycanthrope High, and when the show is cancelled, her world implodes. She is a fanfiction writer and, with nothing left to write about, starts writing about her classmates on the show's fanboards. But if anyone at school ever finds out what Scarlett truly thinks, she'll be in a LOT of trouble...!
9) THE FANDOM by Anna Day
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What if you found yourself sucked into the world of your favorite series? What if that world could be dark and tragic, and the only way out is through death? When Violet and her friends are in an accident at Comic Con, they wind up in their favorite book series + movie franchise, The Gallows Dance, they find themselves in exactly this predicament, and it's up to them to decide how their story will end if they ever want to return to our world...
10) BOOKISHLY EVER AFTER by Isabel Bandeira
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May and Libby used to write a comic called I AM PRINCESS X. When Libby died in a terrible car accident, their comic died, too. It's been a few years, and something weird is happening: Posters and stickers and graffiti about a mysterious Princess X are popping up all over Seattle. There's even a website: www.IAmPrincessX.com, with a mysterious, popular new webcomic. Could Libby be alive? Or is something more mysterious at play?
12) THE FANGIRL'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: A Handbook for Girl Geeks by Sam Maggs
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