The Geeks OUT Blog
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Exclusive: 3 Creative Teams Announced For Iron Circus’ Upcoming Perfect Crime Party Anthology
For immediate release: PERFECT CRIME PARTY is A Comics Anthology Packed With 25 Light-Hearted Tales of Criminal Activity, Featuring 40+ Creators And A Cover by Jeff Smith Available Via Backerkit From Award-Winning Publisher Iron Circus Spike Trotman’s Iron Circus...
Queer Comics: Iron Nail Afternoon by LJ Phillips
Busy Geek Breakdown (TL;DR): "Iron Nail Afternoon" by LJ Phillips is a must-read fantasy webcomic set in a world filled with monsters and misfits. Follow Sed Stonehaven, the charismatic sheriff, along with his allies Rachel, a strategic witch, and Little Chuck, a...
Interview with Alechia Dow and Tracy Badua, Authors of The Cookie Crumbles
Alechia Dow is a former pastry chef, a librarian, and an award-winning author of acclaimed young adult sci-fi fantasies, several short anthology pieces, and magical (sometimes mysterious) middle grade stories. When not writing, you can find her having epic dance...
Interview with LySandra Vuong/explodikid, Creator of Covenant
LySandra Vuong is a comic artist and the creator of COVENANT, a WEBTOON Originals series. Formerly a mechanical engineer, she now draws hot priests for a living. I had the opportunity to interview LySandra, which you can read below. First of all, welcome to Geeks OUT!...
Interview with Bishakh Som, Creator of Apsara Engine
Bishakh Som is an Indian-American trans femme visual artist and author. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, MoMA.org, Autostraddle, The Strumpet, The Boston Review, The Georgia Review, Black Warrior Review and The Brooklyn Rail, amongst other publications. Her...
Interview with Kaleigh Trace, Author of Hot, Wet, and Shaking: How I Learned to Talk about Sex
Kaleigh Trace is a writer and therapist living in Toronto. In a previous life she made sex education her business. Her first book, Hot, Wet, and Shaking: How I Learned to Talk about Sex was published in 2014 and won the Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award. In 2024,...
Interview with Travis Baldree, Author of Bookshops and Bonedust
Travis Baldree is a full-time audiobook narrator who has lent his voice to hundreds of stories. Before that, he spent decades designing and building video games like Torchlight, Rebel Galaxy, and Fate. Apparently, he now also writes books. He lives in the Pacific...
Interview with Kelly Andrew, Author of Your Blood, My Bones
Kelly Andrew lost her hearing when she was four years old and she’s been dreaming up stories in the silence ever since. Andrew lives in New England with her husband and their two daughters (and a very grouchy Boston Terrier). She has a BSW, but received her Masters in...
Interview with Robin Ha, Creator of The Fox Maidens
First of all, welcome to Geeks OUT! Could you tell us a little about yourself? My name is Robin Ha, I am a Korean American cartoonist based in Virginia. I was born in Seoul, South Korea, and immigrated to the United States when I was fourteen. I grew up reading and...
Interview with Jennieke Cohen, Author of My Fine Fellow
Jennieke Cohen is a Jewish-Filipina American author of young adult historical fiction. Her books have been translated into multiple languages. Jennieke’s debut novel, DANGEROUS ALLIANCE, was a Junior Library Guild selection, and her second novel, MY FINE FELLOW, was...