Interview with Jen Ferguson, Author of A Constellation of Minor Bears

Jen Ferguson is Michif/Métis and white, an activist, an intersectional feminist, an auntie, and an accomplice armed with a PhD in English and creative writing. Her debut novel The Summer of Bitter and Sweet was the winner of the Governor General’s Award, a Stonewall...

Space is Gay! A Look at Anxious Gretchen: Space Archaeologist

Gretchen started her day as the TA for Introduction to Archeology, supervising her grumpy, hungover undergrads, who she is sure hate her, although maybe that's her anxiety disorder, on a field visit to the former colony of Avalon in Newfoundland- but ends up having a...

Interview with Ruth Behar, Author of Across So Many Seas

Ruth Behar, the Pura Belpré Award-winning author of Lucky Broken Girl and Letters from Cuba, was born in Havana, Cuba, grew up in New York, and has also lived in Spain and Mexico. Her work also includes poetry, memoir, and the acclaimed travel books An Island Called...

IRON CIRCUS’ PERFECT CRIME PARTY COMICS ANTHOLOGY GOES LIVE

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 (August 26, 2024) Spike...

Rebelle Interviews: Writer and Editor Greg Lockard

Writer and editor Greg Lockard is bringing the heat this Pride with a new graphic novel, Trick Pony. A universe away from his GLAAD Media Awards nominated and New York Times celebrated Liebestrasse set in Nazi-era Germany, this time Lockard, with artist Anna David and...

The Geeks OUT Podcast: X-Megami ’97

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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Interview with Johanna Taylor, Creator of The Ghostkeeper

Johanna Taylor is an illustrator, concept artist with a BFA in Animation and graphic novelist based in Salt Lake City. She is passionate about tabletop RPGs, and comics, exploring topics of mental health through storytelling. Johanna also enjoys video games and...

Interview with Kayla Cottingham, Author of My Dearest Darkest

Kayla Cottingham is a YA author and librarian. Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, Kayla lives just outside of Boston where she loves to go hiking in the woods, pet any and all dogs, and play RPGs. She is passionate about connecting young people with books featuring...

Interview with Wen-yi Lee, Author of The Dark We Know

Wen-yi Lee is a Clarion West alum from Singapore who likes writing about girls with bite, feral nature, and ghosts. Her speculative fiction has appeared in venues such as Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, and Uncanny, as well as in various anthologies. The Dark We Know is...
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The Geeks OUT Podcast: X-Megami ’97

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...

The Geeks OUT Podcast: X-Meh From the Ashes

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

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...