Legislation would honor Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture as a national museum ‘of great importance’ Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) is seeking a national designation through a bill introduced in Congress that would honor… Read More
Photos: All dressed up with someplace to go, geeks turn out for Comic Con at new Seattle venue If Seattle needs a hero to help its downtown emerge from a pandemic-induced funk, that person might just be wandering… Read More
Funko acquires Mondo, a pop culture company with focus on records, posters and more Everett, Wash.-based Funko, sellers of pop culture toys and collectibles, has acquired Mondo, an Austin-based company that makes vinyl records,… Read More
Funko gets into NFTs by combining physical and digital pop culture products and acquiring key app Funko is taking the popularity of its pop-culture collectibles into the future and embracing the hysteria around NFTs. The Everett,… Read More
How I became a ‘Pop’ icon: Testing Funko’s new personalized figurine-building experience Move over Captain America, Hulk, Princess Leia, Russell Wilson and every other pop culture icon in Funko’s world of Pop!… Read More
Pandemic pushes Emerald City Comic Con to late 2021 as organizers hope to have in-person event Pop culture fans missing the chance to geek out in person will have to wait another year, as Emerald City… Read More
Organizers finally cancel Emerald City Comic Con after pushing event back because of pandemic Organizers of Emerald City Comic Con announced Tuesday that the annual pop culture extravaganza in Seattle will be cancelled due… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Interview with Outlook product chief; comic convention; and more — How did Outlook’s mobile app reach 100 million users since launching in 2015? Hear from Outlook Mobile team leader… Read More
Funko goes Hollywood with large new retail location in heart of pop-culture world it celebrates Funko has always been a bit Hollywood, with a product line nodding to some of the biggest franchises in pop… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: PAX West; LEGO Robotics; chaos engineering; and more — Every Labor Day weekend, thousands of gamers descend upon the Washington State Convention Center for PAX West, the… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Online privacy, networking skills, and game development Do you like to find a product on Facebook that you likely wouldn’t have known about otherwise? (That cool coding… Read More
Play Episode Podcast 3 weird things about Seattle’s Archie McPhee: It’s original, national, and some of its products flop Play Pickles that yodel. Foot-tall punching nuns. Inflatable unicorn horns for cats. A rubber chicken museum. And, of course, a wide… Read More
Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, the man behind the most iconic superheroes, dies at 95 Stan Lee, the legendary writer and publisher for Marvel Comics, whose decades of work is still felt today in blockbuster… Read More
Get some Pop!corn: ‘Making Fun — The Story of Funko’ to premiere on Netflix next week You’ve probably seen “Toy Story.” Now, you’ll want to see a different type of story about toys. “Making Fun —… Read More
How Funko pops out a Pop! Inside the process of creating collectible figures, from idea to product Alana and Marko are interspecies lovers. They erupt onto comic book panels amid scenes of childbirth, intense battles, and robot… Read More
Funko acquires A Large Evil Corporation for $4M, shares rise 5% after first earnings report Shares of Funko Inc. rose more than 5 percent this afternoon after the Everett, Wash.-based maker of the Pop! figurines… Read More
Podcast Hey, obsessed pop culture fan: You may have something museums want Those science-fiction film lobby cards you rescued from the back of a movie theater about to shutter? That dusty prop… Read More
Podcast Preserving the future: How MoPOP protects and presents our ever-changing popular culture There can be magic in an object that represents a beloved memory or moment. But, as with any pursuit of… Read More
Podcast Game writers to be honored with Nebula Award in first for professional science fiction and fantasy org Ever since the success of Valve’s Half-Life nearly 20 years ago, video games of all types have been increasingly expected… Read More
Play Episode Podcast Science fiction has won the war: Best-selling author Greg Bear on the genre’s new ‘golden age’ Play From the perspective of one of science fiction’s best-selling and longtime authors, the state of science fiction is golden. Golden… Read More
Giant Chewbacca, Harry Potter, Batgirl and more Funko figurines added to new HQ building If you ever want to pop on by the new headquarters and flagship store for Funko in Everett, Wash., giant… Read More
