Ricky Sprague

The Fabulous Fanboy Ricky Sprague

NO DESCRIPTION COULD DO JUSTICE TO THIS SHOCKING TALE OF GEEK HATE!Once relegated to the fringes of society, the geeks now control the culture. The leader of this revolution is Geeker Media programmer Brendan Kidd. Whether it's spending hundreds of hours a month reading comics and playing video games, or posting thousands of snarky comments on Reddit and Rotten Tomatoes, Brendan will stop at nothing to ensure that everything that doesn't meet his exacting standards is mercilessly destroyed!When Brendan's free Avengers screening is threatened, he sees his world begin to unravel. His girlfriend Tia is finding it increasingly difficult to rationalize staying with him, and is spending more time with the artist behind a new comic book that might or might not be about Brendan. Can Brendan deal with these senses-shattering threats? Will he narrow his list of favorite season-three episodes of Community to just ten entries? Will he learn the shocking secret of the "German amateur"? Who are the mysterious 50K? Will someone please explain the popularity of The Big Bang Theory?The Fabulous Fanboy explores the toxic elements within fandom, the motivations behind the hate, and offers a prescription for dealing with that toxicity. IN A HOPELESS WORLD, A CHAMPION WILL RISE... TO POST SNARKY COMMENTS ON REDDIT!Collecting the complete FABULOUS FANBOY novel (Chapters #1 - #14, with bonus Easter Egg), by Ricky Sprague (author of Whimsical Dr Shoe and Arsole Fantüme, Gentleman Immoralist, and director of Sperm! The Motion Picture, Zany Dick!, and Trilby)!