The Geeks OUT Blog
Enjoy our extensive catalogue of geeky media coverage with an eye towards the LGBTQ+ community. Our editors strive to provide a diverse range of topics, genres, figures, and perspectives just for you.
Interview with Wen-yi Lee, Author of When They Burned the Butterfly
Wen-yi Lee likes writing about girls with bite, feral nature, and ghosts. She is the author of YA horror The Dark We Know and has published fiction and essays in venues like Lightspeed, Uncanny, Strange Horizons, Reactor, and various anthologies. Her work has been...
Interview with Mike Curato, Author of Gaysians
Mike Curato is an author and illustrator of books for children, teens, and adults. He is best known for his Little Elliot picture book series and his young adult graphic novel, Flamer, which received several honors including the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ...
Interview with Jennifer Dugan and Kit Seaton, Creators of Full Shift
Jennifer Dugan is a writer, a geek, and a romantic who writes the kinds of stories she wishes she’d had growing up. She’s the author of the graphic novel Coven, as well as the young adult novels Playing For Keeps, The Last Girls Standing, Melt With You, Some Girls Do,...
Interview with C.B. Lee, Author of Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe
C.B. Lee is an author of young adult and middle grade fiction, including the NYT Bestseller Minecraft: The Shipwreck. Their works also include the Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selected A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix, the Lambda Literary...
Joe Corallo: Renaissance Man
Hello! We're back with this post Pride 2025 interview with the multi-talented Joe Corallo! Joe is an award-winning editor and writer of comics residing in New York. He’s edited comics for ComicMix, A Wave Blue World, Black Mask Studios, ComiXology Originals, Mad Cave...
Interview with Julia Riew and Brad Riew, Authors of The Last Tiger
Julia Riew is a composer-lyricist, playwright, and novelist best known for her viral hit DIVE, a reimagining of the Korean folktale “Shimcheong,” which is currently being developed for the stage at the American Repertory Theater. In addition to winning the 2022 Fred...
Interview with Lucy Knisley, Author of Apple Crush
Lucy Knisley is the author and illustrator of beloved graphic novels about memory, identity, food, and family. Her Alex Award-winning graphic novel, Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, tells the story of her childhood steeped in the food industry. It was a New York Times...
Interview with Josh Galarza, Author of The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky
CW: Discussion of grief and eating disorders. Josh Galarza is a writer, printmaker and book artist from Northern Nevada. After a career in Montessori education, he earned a BA in English and BFA in art from the University of Nevada, Reno, where he later taught...
Interview with Victoria Grace Elliott, creator of Tasty and Please Be My Star
Victoria Grace Elliott is a queer comic artist living in Austin, Texas. They've written, drawn, and colored two middle grade nonfiction graphic novels, Yummy: A History of Desserts and Tasty: A History of Yummy Experiments (Random House Graphic), which feature my love...
Interview with Maggie Kang, Creator of KPop Demon Hunters
Maggie Kang is a director at Sony Pictures Animation, currently helming the feature film KPop Demon Hunters, which originated from her idea, and is set to release globally on Netflix in 2025. Kang began her career at DreamWorks Animation as a story artist on various...