The Geeks OUT Podcast

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Blaine Horton (@antisepticle) as they celebrate Flame Con's move to Times Square, celebrate the GLAAD Media Award nominees, and Marvel at Brie Larson serving Avengers 4 lewks as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN & BLAINE: Flame Con 2018

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Black Lightning, Amazing Spider-Man

• BLAINE: Destiny 2, The Gifted

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: First image of Brie Larson in Avengers 4

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: GLAAD Media Award Nominees announced

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Trailer released for I Kill Giants

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Oscar nominations announced
• Wonder Woman 2 first film to adopt Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy
• A reboot of Clue might be coming from Ryan Reynolds
• John Cena in talks to play Duke Nukem
• Portraits & voice cast revealed for The Incredibles 2
• Rian Johnson has the receipts for some Star Wars trolls

TV

• Kid Flash is moving to Legends of Tomorrow
• The CW limiting superhero series to 4 at a time
• Riverdale to have a Carrie the Musical themed episode
• Charmed reboot pilot ordered for CW
• The future of Marvel & Netflix revealed

COMICS

• X-Men Blue teases a new line-up

SHILF

• KEVIN: Lightning
• BLAINE: Stepford Cuckoos

In this week episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Lynae DePriest (@ThoughtressPoet) as they discuss the new trailer for Tomb Raider, take a sneak peak at Freeform's Cloak & Dagger, check out the new Heathers reboot, and celebrate Love, Simon in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: First sneak peak at Cloak & Dagger
• LYNAЀ: Trailer released for Queer Eye reboot on Netflix

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Star Trek: Discovery, Black Lightning, Avengers No Surrender

• LYNAЀ: Pinky & Brain, Living Single

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer released for Tomb Raider

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Trailer for Love, Simon released

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Trailer released for new Heathers reboot series

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Harry Potter has thoughts on Johnny Depp in Fantastic Beasts sequel
• Guardians of the Galaxy 3 to come out in 2020
• Eliza Dushku opens up about abuse from True Lies stunt coordinator
• Flashpoint to be directed by Spider-Man: Homecoming writers
• Trailer for animated Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
• Someone made a women-free cut of The Last Jedi

TV

• The Simpsons to address the problem with Apu
• Producer of The Gifted teases more Morlocks, maybe X-Factor in season 2
• We are getting a bisexual Constantine on Legends of Tomorrow
• Extended trailer for Wayward Sisters backdoor pilot
• We are one step closer to a Y: The Last Man series

COMICS

• Tom King has created a Sanctuary for DC heroes
• John Ridley writing The Other History of the DC Universe mini-series focusing on POC, Women, and Queer characters
• New Image series Crude from Steve Orlando, explores being queer in Russia
• Marvel announces the "Wedding of the Century"
• Stan Lee accused of sexually abusing his nurses

SHILF

• KEVIN: M.A.N.T.I.S
• LYNAЀ: Blankman

The Geeks OUT Podcast is back, and this week Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by @Rebeatmag & @toughpigs contributor Louie Pearlman (@Louie4711), as they discuss how Black Panther is already breaking records, wonder if Teen Titans Go! to the Movies will be a much needed palate cleanser for the DCEU, and celebrate Thunder from the CW's Black Lightning in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Black Panther outdoes all other MCU pre-sales after new trailer released
• LOUIE: Trailer for Teen Titans Go! to the Movies released

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, Iceman, Detective Comics, Phoenix Resurrection, Star Trek: Discovery

• LOUIE: The Archies (meets the Monkees), The Orville

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Mad Men star cast as Sabrina in new Netflix series

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: First look at Thunder in costume from Black Lightning

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Trailer released for The Tick's midseason premiere

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Black Widow movie in development w/ female screenwriter
• Kitty Pryde movie being developed by Deadpool director
• Gambit loses yet another director, while New Mutants & Deadpool get moved around
• Dewanda Wise cast in Captain Marvel, possibly as Spectrum

TV

• Bryan Singer loses credit on Legion, The Gifted likely to follow
• Marvel's Runaways renewed for a season 2
• Constantine animated series will be darker and more adult
• Trailer released for Syfy's Krypton
• Anne Rice developing Vampire Chronicles series with Bryan Fuller
• Snowpiercer ordered to series on TNT
• Hulu is bringing back Animaniacs with a 2 season order

COMICS

• The Ultimate Universe is back at Marvel
• New Exiles series coming featuring Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie
• Gail Simone returning to Marvel with a Domino solo series

SHILF

• KEVIN: Moose
• LOUIE: Jughead

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by outgoing Geeks OUT President Joey Stern and incoming Geeks OUT President Nicole Gitau (@cocodevaux) super-sized podcast where they discuss the highs and lows of queer comics & pop culture in 2017.

Favorite LGBTQ Character of the Year (Comics)

Nicole

• Kim Quatro
• Ayo/Aneka

Joey

• Poison Ivy
• Ms America Chavez

Kevin

• Iceman
• Benjamin Deeds

Favorite LGBTQ Story of the Year (Comics)

Nicole

• Wicked + Divine
• World of Wakanda

Joey

• Sex Criminals
• Bitch Planet

Kevin

• Generation X
• Justice League of America

Favorite LGBTQ Character of the Year (Movies and TV)

Nicole

• Ofglen / Moira (Handmaid's Tale)
• Bill (Dr. Who)

Joey

• Hulk (SHUTUP)
• Panto (dirk Gently)

Kevin

• Karolina Dean
• Citizen Cold

Favorite LGBTQ Story of the Year (Movies and TV)

Nicole

• Lena Waithe's "Thanksgiving", Master of None
• Sense 8 (#Nomanita & renewal)

Joey

• Panto (dirk gently)
• Trixie and Katya on Vice.

Kevin

• Todd on BoJack Horseman
• Crisis on Earth X

Sexiest LGBTQ Character of the Year (Comics)

Nicole: America

Joey: HULK (shutup)

Kevin: Baal

Sexiest LGBTQ Character of the Year (Movies and TV)

Nicole: Valkyrie

Joey: IT

Kevin: Citizen Cold

Writer Who Brought the Sexy

Nicole: Gabby Rivera

Joey: Sina Grace

Kevin: Kieron Gillen

Artist Who Brought the Sexy

Nicole: Sana Takeda

Joey: Molly Knox Ostertag

Kevin: Kris Anka

Annoying LGBTQ Items in 2017

Nicole

• Gaybaiting as woke advertising (Riverdale, Power Rangers, Beauty & the Beast, Star Wars, Sherlock)
• "Bury Your Gays" won't actually die (Dr. Who, Handmaid's Tale)

Joey

• Marvel EIC being a white dude who pretended to be asian

Kevin

• People hating on change
• Marvel canceling queer titles

Creator/Writer Who Did Right by LGBT

Nicole: Roxane Gay

Joey: Wachowski's

Kevin: Greg Berlanti

Resolutions for the LGBTQ Community in regards to comics and scifi

Nicole (generic queer wishes)

• More bi characters (GLAAD reports a decline this year)
• More trans characters played by trans actors (because duh)

Joey

• Gay Hulk
• Gayer Hulk

Kevin

• Marvel does better by it's queer characters
• MCU has an out queer character

Things to tide you over until we return in 2018

Mine! : a comics collection to benefit Planned Parenthood

Other Podcasts to Check OUT

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by @JonHerzog as they discuss the Disney/Fox deal, new trailers for Jessica Jones and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and celebrate a new YA novel exploring Loki's queer identity in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN & JON: DISNEY BUYS FOX

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: The Gifted, Runaways, Detective Comics, Astonishing X-Men

• JON: Broadchurch Season 3, I'm gonna see a Star War this weekend!

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Jessica Jones teaser announces March 8th premiere

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Marvel releasing a YA book about Loki's coming out

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New Trailer for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for Annihilation released
• New Trailer for Alita: Battle Angel
• New Deadpool 2 poster
• Trailer for Ready Player One
• Updated DCEU movie slate released

TV

• Golden Globe & SAG noms
• Walking Dead Midseason finale
• The Punisher renewed for season 2
• A reboot of She-Ra, Princess of Power is coming to Netflix
• Drag Race All Stars Season 3 Trailer is out - new episodes 1/25!
• Legends of Tomorrow taking over Supergirl's timeslot
• Colton Haynes returning to Arrow
• First look at Sense8 series finale

COMICS

• First issue of Snagglepuss is coming out on 1/3
• Jury sides with SDCC over the use of "Comic-Con"
• GI Joe introduces a female Snake Eyes

VIDEO GAMES

• Third generation Pokemon released on Pokemon Go

SHILF

• KEVIN: Poe
• JON: Finn from The Last Jedi

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by the newly elected president of Geeks OUT, Nicole Gitau (@cocodevaux) as they discuss the brand new trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, take a look at X-Men: Dark Phoenix, and celebrate My Brother's Husband being adapted for Japanese TV in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Showrunner of The Exorcist doesn't care for homophobes
• NICOLE: J.K. Rowling stands by casting of Depp in Fantastic Beasts 2

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Agents of SHIELD, Runaways, Moon Knight

• NICOLE: Mutant & Magical Boy: The Afro Queer Guide to Pop Culture!, Black Panther trades 1-2, World of Wakanda

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: First look at X-Men: Dark Phoenix

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: My Brother's Husband by Tagame being adapted for Japanese TV

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Teaser trailer released for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Batman Ninja movie trailer released
• First look at Aquaman
• Trailer released for season 4 of Black Mirror
• Quentin Tarantino wants to do a Star Trek movie
• Marvel releasing animated movie Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors
• A Disney & Fox deal could happen next week

TV

• Stranger Things officially renewed for season 3
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch reboot headed to Netflix for 2 seasons
• Teaser trailer for Altered Carbon on Netflix released
• Twilight Zone revival from Jordan Peele greenlit for CBS All-Access

COMICS

• New Mutants mini series features the return of Richter
• Marvel releasing Wolverine 10 episode podcast

SHILF

• KEVIN: Canadian Husband
• NICOLE: Okoye & Ayo

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by @BrettWhite (Writer for @Decider & Host of @MustHaveSeenTV) as they discuss the new trailer for Avengers: Infinity War, give hot takes on Wonder Woman 2 rumors, and celebrate some queers punching nazi's in the CW's Crisis on Earth X in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Avengers: Infinity War releases trailer, poster, and Vanity Fair covers
• BRETT: James Franco wants a "Hard R" for Multiple Man movie

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Doomsday Clock, The Gifted

• BRETT: Christmas episodes of sitcoms, Runaways, Cable

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Patty Jenkins teases new romance for Wonder Woman in sequel

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Crisis on Earth X premieres and it's super queer

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Trailers for episodes of new season of Black Mirror released

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Rumor that we may see Wiccan & Speed in Avengers 4
• We're getting a Daphne & Velma origin movie

TV

• First 17 minutes of the new season of Agents of SHIELD released
• Walking Dead character moving to Fear the Walking Dead along with Maggie Grace
• Ghosted is getting more episodes
• Andrew Kreisberg has been officially fired
• Bryan Fuller steps down as showrunner for American Gods
• Mystery Science Theatre 3000 renewed for another season on Netflix
• Kevin Williamson bringing dark fairy tales to CBS All Access

COMICS

• Marvel's new EIC used a Japanese pseudonym so that he could get around a loophole

SHILF

• KEVIN: Citizen Cold
• BRETT: Clark Gregg

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and Aaron Reese (@_theblkunicorn) discuss the new trailer for A Wrinkle in Time, give hot takes on Justice League, talk about Jude Law as Mar-Vell in Captain Marvel, and celebrate Mera getting her own series as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Marvel has a new Editor in Chief
• AARON: Trailer for season 3 of The Magicians released

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Gotham, The Exorcist, Punisher, The Wicked & The Divine, Super-Sons, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man

• AARON: Justice League, Jughead, Riverdale, Sailor Moon, Fence

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Mera getting her own series from DC

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Runaways the comic vs. Runaways the series

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer released for A Wrinkle in Time

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Incredibles 2 teaser released
• Rashida Jones left Toy Story 4 due to lack of diversity at Pixar
• Jurassic World 2 releases first clip
• Lizzy Caplan cast as female lead in Gambit
• Jude Law in talks to join Captain Marvel

TV

• New trailer for Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
• New Harley Quinn animated series coming to DC Streaming platform
• Extended trailer released for CW's Crisis on Earth-X
• Walking Dead ratings hit 6 year low

COMICS

• Female creator to take over Jessica Jones
• Mark Millar announces new Hit Girl series

THANKS

• KEVIN: Peak TV
• AARON: Enamel Pins

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by @JonHerzog as they discuss the happy little trees in the teaser for Deadpool 2, get the deets on Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and celebrate the brave women who shined the light on sexual predators as our Strong Female Characters of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Inhumans ratings were bad & promo released for Agents of SHIELD
• JON: Fantastic Beasts 2: "The Crimes of Grindelwald" - aaaaand they're keeping Johnny Depp in the cast

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Legends of Tomorrow, AHS: Cult, Star Trek, Jessica Jones, Runaways

• JON: The Adventurers Guild by Zack Loran Clark and Nick Eliopolus, Rise of the Batmen (James Tynion IV), Aaron/Bachalo's Doctor Strange, Punisher

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: All the women stepping up to sexual harassment in Film, TV, and Comics

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Gay marriage vote in Australia!

CLIP OF THE WEEK: First teaser released for Deadpool 2

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• A Morbius: The Living Vampire movie is being developed
• Writer of movie IT is developing an Are You Afraid of the Dark movie
• Nintendo announced plans for an animated Super Mario Bros. movie
• Fox developing a Multiple Man movie to star James Franco
• Trailer released for Rampage starring The Rock

TV

• Jenna Elfman joins cast of Fear the Walking Dead
• New poster with premiere date released for X-Files season 11
• Amazon producing a LOTR series

COMICS

• Full team revealed for Jean Grey led X-Men Red
• Marvel teases "Wedding of the Century" next summer
• Kick-Ass will be a black female army veteran with two kids in new series

SHILF

• KEVIN: Deadpool
• JON: Jean Grey

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by John Jennison (@drinkndrawbk) as they talk about the Thirteenth Doctor's new look on Doctor Who, imagine what it would be like for there to be a Fox in the Mouse House (Disney), and review GLAAD's report on representation on TV in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Fox in talks to sell most of its company to Disney, or were
• JOHN: Brian Michael Bendis leaves Marvel for exclusive contract with DC

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Supergirl, The Exorcist, Spider-Man Legacy, Power Pack Legacy

• JOHN: Detective Comics, Metal, Riverdale, Stranger Things 2, Thor

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New promo image from Doctor Who released of Jodie Whittaker as the thirteenth doctor

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: GLAAD released "Where We Are on TV" report

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Final trailer released for Disney/Pixar's Coco

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Shazam! Has cast Billy Batson
• Rumor is that Black Adam will be introduced in Suicide Squad 2
• Jason Momoa confirms Justice League will have an end credits scene
• New character posters released for Black Panther
• First poster released for Deadpool 2
• Mark Millar teasing Kick-Ass & Hit-Girl news
• Ridley Scott wants to get rid of xenomorphs from the Alien franchise
• New Star Wars trilogy coming from Rian Johnson

TV

• Brainiac 5 is coming to Supergirl and so is Laurie Metcalf
• Amazon greenlit 8-episode series of The Boys
• Netflix releases clip of The Punisher's hallway fight
• Star Trek: Discovery to return for Chapter 2 in January
• Ellen Page cast as the lead in Umbrella Academy series

COMICS

• Marvel releases trailer for Avengers: No Surrender
• Marvel releasing X-Men Red series being led by adult Jean Grey

SHILF

• KEVIN: Moose
• JOHN: New Reggie - Charles Melton