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 the Creators of BOOM! Studios Fence
Fence, created by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad, follows the story of sixteen year old Nicholas Cox as he enters into the world of competitive fencing. I had the opportunity to interview C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, as well as Fence: Striking Distance author Sarah...
Interview with James Sweeney
Bred in Alaska, James Sweeney is an actor-turned-playwright-turned-filmmaker. His debut feature, Straight Up, was the Breakthrough Centerpiece at Outfest and distributed by Strand Releasing. I had the pleasure of interviewing him recently, which you can read below. To...
Interview with Author Ethan Aldridge
Ethan M. Aldridge is a New York Times and Indie bestselling author and illustrator. He is the creator of the fantasy graphic novel ESTRANGED (a Junior Library Guild selection, Indie Bestseller, and YALSA Great Graphic Novel For Teens), and its follow up THE CHANGELING...
INTERVIEW: Konner Knudsen
For this installment of the Geeks OUT Comics LGBTQ spotlight we're going to switch it up and speak with someone on the editorial side of comics, Konner Knudsen Chris Allo: What drew you into wanting to work in the comics industry? What was the first comic or OGN that...
GEEKS OUT CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: Luciano Vecchio
For this Pride addition of the Geeks OUT creator spotlight, I had the pleasure of speaking with the extremely talented Luciano Vecchio, a queer comic book artist from Argentina. Luciano has most recently worked on the New Warriors re-launch for Marvel. Prior to...
R.I.P. Joel Schumacher
This week we lost gay filmmaker Joel Schumacher at age 80. Although openly gay from the beginning of his career—he started out as a costume designer before making the leap to film directing with 1981’s quirky The Incredible Shrinking Woman—he wasn’t known as a...
Review: Disclosure
“Stories hurt, stories heal.” Those words conveyed the message of last summer’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and they popped into my head when I was thinking about Sam Feder’s documentary Disclosure, which premieres on Netflix on Friday, June 19. ...
“Guillermo del Toro stealing my goddamn cookies”: The wonderful world of quarantine horror shorts (with links)
Great horror has come out of extremely limited resources and production values many times over the years; it’s also often fueled by tumultuous time periods. So it seems fitting that the COVID pandemic and ensuing quarantine have led to multiple, literally...
Interview: Brandy Colbert
Known for her diverse and beautifully written books, Brandy Colbert is the best-selling author of Pointe, Little & Lion, Finding Yvonne, and now her Middle-Grade debut The Only Black Girls in Town. Raised in Springfield, Missouri, Colbert currently lives in Los...
Homecon Returns This Weekend!
One month after the inaugural HomeCon, they're back to bring us round 2 for more of that con experience we've been longing for this season! While it may be an adjustment for some to go from a live experience to attending a con via twitch, HomeCon offers an impressive...