On July 7, Blerdcon marks its 7th year with a “Fae’d to Black” theme and panels featuring Cree Summer, Rachel True, and more. Black nerds and culture fanatics, get ready to “Fae’d to Black.” Blerdcon, ...

Blerdcon co-founder Hilton George talks to theGrio about how he infuses the culture into nerdom. Somewhere in Bunkie, Louisiana, there’s a 19-year-old Black man in the backroom of his grandmama’s ...

Uniting Black cosplayers, anime lovers, gamers, Black nerds and more, the 7th annual Blerdcon kicked things off Friday in Crystal City, Va. The characters Austin Powers, Scorpion from “Mortal Kombat,” ...

Nerds, unite! Blerdcon runs from Friday through Sunday with a widespread focus on everything from video gaming, to tabletop gaming, to anime and manga, to cosplay, as well as music — while celebrating ...

BlerDCon, an annual convention celebrating Black fandoms of sci-fi, comics, gaming and more, is happening this weekend in Crystal City. Named for a portmanteau of “Black” and “nerd,” BlerDCon aims to ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — If you spot Spider-Man walking around Crystal City, don't freak out like Jay Jonah Jameson, he is probably just on his way to BlerdCon, a three-day convention that celebrates all ...

If you missed BlerDCon Thrilla 2025, I hate it for you because this year was one for the books! More than 14,000 Blerds (Black nerds, for those not hip) pulled up to the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in ...

BlerDCon 2025 officially kicks off Friday and runs through Sunday at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. The convention celebrates "Black nerd culture" ...

Any Blerd (Black + Nerd = Blerd) knows that finding a safe corner in at a convention is difficult. This makes sense when you look at how most fandoms become toxic at even the thought of inclusion.

A celebration of anime, gaming, comic, sci-fi and popular culture for people of all background is back at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Crystal City starting today (Friday). The convention, BlerDCon, is ...

The characters Austin Powers, Scorpion from “Mortal Kombat,” and Velma from “Scooby Doo” do not ordinarily inhabit the same worlds — or often get to be depicted as Black. They do at Blerdcon. The ...