GeeksOut at New York Comic Con!

Join Geeks OUT in the Pride Lounge (Room 1C02) at NYCC (10/8-10/11) all weekend long! We'll have some great programming in the lounge throughout the con, so be sure to add it to your schedule: Thursday All We Need is (Queer) Love, 3-4pm featuring Laura Genn, Taylor...
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Flame Con Micro-Mentorships Return in 2026: A Vital Resource for Emerging Queer Creatives

In 2026, the Micro-Mentorship program returned to Flame Con, offering aspiring LGBTQ+ artists and writers invaluable opportunities to refine their craft through direct engagement with seasoned professionals. The main event featured portfolio reviews with Erica...
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Thank you for Making Flame Con 2026 a Beacon of Queer Joy!

It’s a new year, a new location, but the feelings remain the same. What started off as a one day event at the famed Grand Prospect Hall (RIP) has evolved into a two-day event, at a brand new venue in the heart of Times Square, with now two after-events (Fireball &...
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Interview with Richard Mercado, Creator of Coming Out Perfect

Richard Mercado is an Ignatz-nominated cartoonist from the Philippines, currently based in Brooklyn. He works as a production artist at Skybound (Publisher of The Walking Dead and Invincible). He is the writer/illustrator of COMING OUT PERFECT, a graphic novel under...
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Interview with Danai Christopoulou, Author of Vile Lady Villains

DANAI CHRISTOPOULOU is a queer Greek author who currently haunts a forest in Sweden. They’ve been a journalist, a copywriter and a ghostwriter for years before pursuing fiction. When not writing, Danai is still immersed in stories, in their capacity as an associate...
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DC Announces Justice League: Dream Girls – A DC Pride Event

For Immediate Release: DC Goes All In on Its DC Pride 2026 Publishing Lineup, Featuring Galaxy, Dreamer, and a New Four-Issue Justice League Event Series DC’s Pride initiative connects DC’s All In and Next Level comics with new stories across Pride Month and beyond...
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Interview with Michelle Wong, Author of House of the Beast

First of all, welcome to Geeks OUT! Could you tell us a little about yourself? Hello and thank you for having me! I’m Michelle Wong, a writer and artist from Hong Kong who worked on the Legend of Korra and Goosebumps graphic novels. What can you tell us about your...
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Queer Creator Spotlight: Aaron Reese

Happy winter everyone! It definitely feels like winter right now in New York City. Welcome to another queer creator spotlight. For this installment I'll be talking to friends and colleagues of the late Aaron Reese creator/writer of Bytchcraft who left us way too soon...
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Interview with Jihyun Yun, Author of And the River Drags Her Down

Jihyun Yun (she/her) is a Korean American writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. A winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize, her full length poetry collection SOME ARE ALWAYS HUNGRY was published by The University of Nebraska Press in September 2020. Her debut young...
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Interview with Jenny Birch, Author of Woven From Clay

Jenny Birch is a middle school teacher of English, French, and history, and serves as a youth theater director for students in grades 7-12. She lives in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA with her husband and three children. Jenny holds a BA in French and an MEd in...
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Geeks OUT is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that seeks to rally, promote, and empower the queer geek community. We do so by organizing events, attending conventions, coordinating queer spaces at other events, launching advocacy campaigns, and producing Flame Con – the world’s largest LGBTQ comics and pop culture convention.

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GeeksOut at New York Comic Con!

by | September 30, 2026 | Blog, Event, Featured | 0 Comments

Join Geeks OUT in the Pride Lounge (Room 1C02) at NYCC (10/8-10/11) all weekend long! We'll have some great programming in the lounge throughout the con, so be sure to add it to your schedule: Thursday All We Need is (Queer) Love, 3-4pm featuring Laura Genn, Taylor...
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Interview with Molly X. Chang, Author of The Nightblood Prince

by | September 30, 2026 | Blog | 0 Comments

MOLLY X. CHANG is the author of the international bestseller To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods, and is a first-generation immigrant born in Harbin, China. The Nightblood Prince marks her YA debut. First of all, welcome back to Geeks OUT! For those who might not be as familiar...
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Interview with Velinxi, Creator of Daughter of a Thousand Faces

by | September 24, 2026 | Blog | 0 Comments

Velinxi (Xiao Tong Kong) is an Eisner Award-nominated webcomic creator, illustrator, and aspiring novelist. Her chronic daydreaming has led to the creation of Countdown to Countdown, DPS Only!, and most recently the USA Today bestseller Daughter of a Thousand Faces....
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GeeksOut at New York Comic Con!

Join Geeks OUT in the Pride Lounge (Room 1C02) at NYCC (10/8-10/11) all weekend long! We'll have some great programming in the lounge throughout the con, so be sure to add it to your schedule: Thursday All We Need is (Queer) Love, 3-4pm featuring Laura Genn, Taylor...
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SNIKT! The (Unofficial) NYCC After-Party Presented by Geeks OUT

Friday, October 9 | 7 – 11 PM | Industry Bar

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Thank you for Making Flame Con 2026 a Beacon of Queer Joy!

It’s a new year, a new location, but the feelings remain the same. What started off as a one day event at the famed Grand Prospect Hall (RIP) has evolved into a two-day event, at a brand new venue in the heart of Times Square, with now two after-events (Fireball &...
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Geeks OUT Tabling at LGBT Network’s National Coming Out Day Street Fair

Saturday, September 20th from 12:30pm-5pm

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The Geeks OUT Podcast: X-Megami ’97

by | June 7, 2024 | Featured, Podcast | 0 Comments

In this very special episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by the "Cosplay Queen of NYC" and the lip sync assassin assassin of Rupaul's Drag Race season 16, who will also be a special guest at this year's Flame Con, and the host of the afterparty The...
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The Geeks OUT Podcast: X-Meh From the Ashes

by | March 24, 2024 | Podcast | 0 Comments

In this episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by GLAAD Media Award winning artist, D.J. Kirkland, as they discuss drag queen vampire slayers in the trailer for Slay, breakdown the reaction to the X-Men's post-Krakoan Age reboot, celebrate the DC Pride...
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The Geeks OUT Podcast: Daddy Fantastic

by | February 22, 2024 | Podcast | 0 Comments

In the return of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by Ian Carlos Crawford, as they discuss the newly announced cast of Marvel's Fantastic Four, the trailers for Deadpool & Wolverine and X-Men '97, realize we're part of the 1-in-5 gamers who are queer, and...
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