by Geeks OUT | Jul 14, 2017 | Blog
Nelsan Ellis, the actor most known for his charismatic and inspiring portrayal of Lafayette Reynolds on the horror drama True Blood, died Saturday, July 8, 2017 at the age of 39. In addition to his role as Lafayette, Ellis played Martin Luther King, Jr. in The Butler,...
by Geeks OUT | Apr 5, 2017 | Blog
There is so much about Bingo Love, an 80-page graphic novella about two older black women in love, that feels unprecedented, including its subject matter, its intersectionality, and the speed with which it was funded. This is a comic unlike anything on the market...
by Geeks OUT | Dec 16, 2016 | Blog
A little more than one year ago, the movie Stonewall was released (I’d write came out, but that’s too easy). Supposedly about the riots that led to the Gay Rights Movement, it replaced the historic Black and Latinx rioters with the blandest cis white guy imaginable to...
by Geeks OUT | Nov 21, 2016 | Blog
For anyone looking for a comic full of terrifying monsters both real and imagined, Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing Is Monsters can’t be recommended highly enough. Set in Chicago in the 1960s, it tells the story of a young girl named Karen Reyes, investigating...
by Geeks OUT | Nov 9, 2016 | Blog
It wasn’t until 2016 that I started watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It had been one of my biggest pop cultural blind spots for years, but I was as defensive about never having seen it as I was ashamed. I was aware of the very positive criticism it had...
