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Editorial overview of TWC No. 16, special issue, "Materiality and Object-Oriented Fandom."

Since the explosion of 'monster culture' among adolescents in the 1960s, model kits, statues and toys based on horror-movie icons have played a key role in fan activities surrounding fantastic film and television. From magazines such as Famous Monsters to garage kits and
collectible companies, these 'object practices' provide an alternative means of mapping the history, present and future of fantastic-media franchises, moving beyond reductive conceptions of marketing and promotion to suggest that material incarnations of science fiction, horror
and fantasy texts are essential to their cultural persistence and commercial viability.

An audio recording of the Gendered Fan Labor in New Media and Old Workshop from the 2008 Console-ing Passions conference, hosted by the University of California, Santa Barbara.