by Michele Kirichanskaya | May 22, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Joe Corallo | May 15, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Daniel Stalter | May 15, 2020 | Blog
Fence is a 12-issue comic series from Boom! Box was written by C.S. Pacat, with artwork by Johanna the Mad, colors by Joana LaFuente, and lettering by Jim Campbell. It has since been collected into three volumes that your local comic book store or favorite digital...
by Justin Lockwood | May 7, 2020 | Blog
Director Bo McGuire in the opening of Socks on Fire My early notes for Socks on Fire, Alabama-born director Bo McGuire’s unusual and personal documentary, are pretty harsh. “Bizarre,” I wrote after the opening few minutes, with elaborate tableaus of various...
by Justin Lockwood | Apr 29, 2020 | Blog
It’s rather poignant that I watched P.S. Burn This Letter Please on the day Heritage of Pride announced they were cancelling all Pride events in NYC. Sad news, to be sure, but Michael Seligman and Jennifer Tiexieria’s excellent documentary about a circle of drag...
by Justin Lockwood | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog
The conversion therapy movement, spearheaded by the national organization Exodus International, is a bizarre and upsetting phenomenon ripe for demystification. That insight arrives in the form of Pray Away, a well-made documentary from director Kristine Solakis. It...
