The Geeks OUT Podcast

In this week's special live-streamed edition of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by drag performer Misster (@HeyThereMisster), as they discuss the leaks of Nintendo beta designs, praise the winners of the GLAAD Media Awards, and celebrate Beyoncé gifting us with Black is King on Disney+ as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Newspapers pull Six Chix's Pro-Mask & Pro-BLM comic strip
• MISSTER: Nintendo leak of beta designs

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Tank Girl, Don't Look Deeper, X-Factor
• MISSTER: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Legend of Korra

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Beyoncé's Black is King visual album debuts on Disney+

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: GLAAD Media Award winners announced

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for animated "choose your own" Batman: Death in the Family

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for Love in the Time of Corona
• Regal Cinemas will begin to reopen in late August
• AMC Theaters agree to new deal with Universal
• New trailer for Kajillionaire
• Tenet continues to confuse and will now release internationally and in some US theaters

TV

• Star Trek: Discovery season 3 coming in October
• New trailer for We Are Who We Are
• New trailer for Infinity Train: Book 3
• Prequel series to The Witcher is coming to Netflix
• New trailer for Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous
• New trailer for Teenage Bounty Hunters
• First look at Sarah Paulson in Ratched
• Netflix acquires a slew of classic 90's black sitcoms
• Jeff Loeb reportedly made anti-asian racist comments working on Daredevil
• Emmy Nominations feature a number of firsts and record noms for Watchmen and will be virtual

COMIC BOOKS

• Marvel launches new web comic "Heroes at Home"
• First look at the Mean Girls comic sequel

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Jon Herzog (@jonherzog) as they discuss a new trailer and scene from the continuously forthcoming New Mutants movie, get excited for 4 more seasons of The Dragon Prince, and celebrate Mariko Tamaki & Tana Ford winning Eisner Awards in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Tenet, Mulan, Avatar & Star Wars sequels, and more delayed again
• JON: The Dragon Prince has been renewed for 4 more seasons

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Relic, Kidding, Agents of SHIELD, X-Men/FF, Wynd
• JON: Mysteries: Perry Mason, Tana French - Faithful Place, HBO Documentaries, Luigi's Mansion 3

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: The Old Guard breaks Netflix viewership records

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Mariko Tamaki wins big at the Eisner Awards, as well as friend of the podcast and Flame Con artist, Tana Ford

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Teaser and first scene of New Mutants debuts on Comic-Con@Home

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for Bill & Ted Face the Music
• China to reopen movie theaters with several restrictions

TV

• New teaser for Helstrom
• New trailer for The Walking Dead: World Beyond and new premiere dates
• Central Park gets a new Molly
• The Boys is getting another season and an after-show hosted by Aisha Tyler
• New trailer for Truth Seekers
• Amazon orders Paper Girls to series
• New trailer for season 2 of His Dark Materials
• New trailer for Lovecraft Country
• New trailer for Dallas & Robo
• New trailer for Don't Look Deeper
• New trailer for Rupaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue
• New teaser for season 11 of Archer
• DC Universe no longer offering annual subscriptions

COMIC BOOKS

• Actors Oscar Isaac and Keanu Reeves releasing their own comics

SHILF

• KEVIN: Sebastian Chacon (Fly Rico from Penny Dreadful)
• JON: Chris Chalk (actor from Perry Mason)

In this week's super sized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Michael Lamar Simeon (@bgaycomicgeek) as they discuss Peacock launching - but not on Roku or Amazon, the new trailer for Project Power, and celebrate the news of an Atomic Blonde sequel as our Strong Female Character in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: John Lewis, civil rights leader/activist/comic writer, passes away
• MICHAEL: Peacock not available on Roku or Amazon

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Palm Springs, Dexter, Snowpiercer, Killer Camp, Empyre
• MICHAEL: Excellence, The Destroyer, Prodigy, Hamilton, Old Guard

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER IN THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Atomic Blonde sequel being developed for Netflix

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Project Power

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• First look at Mattel's Wonder Woman 1984 line
• Noah Centino cast as Atom Smasher in Black Adam movie
• New trailer for The One and Only Ivan
• Velma was originally gay in animated series & James Gunn's Scooby-Doo
• New teaser trailer promoting New Mutants panel

TV

• CBS partnering with NAACP to ensure diverse voices & stories
• Spectrum orders series from deaf and queer model Nyle DiMarco
• Disney+ orders Clone Wars spinoff, The Bad Batch
• New teaser for Muppets Now
• The Falcon & Winter Soldier and other Marvel shows release delayed
• New trailer for season 5 of Lucifer
• New teaser for season 2 of Snowpiercer
• New teaser for Chucky series
• New trailer for Woke

COMIC BOOKS

• Marvel announces Marvel Made collectible boxes & Marvel Masterpieces
• Rorschach maxi-series announced from DC Black Label
• Dynamite removes variant cover from ComicsGate fundraising campaign
• 2019 was the biggest year in sales for Comics & Graphic Novels

SHILF

• KEVIN: Tim Drake
• MICHAEL: Nightwing

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by longtime listener, Mike Moon (@freemoonman1982 on Insta) as they discuss the SFC & queer filled action movie The Old Guard, the renewal of HBO Max's Legendary, and celebrate the new Batwoman, Javicia Leslie, as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Disney World reopens to mixed reactions
• MIKE: Podcast that are currently getting me through it (Jay & Miles, The Greatest Generation, Homo Superior)

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: The Old Guard, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Doom Patrol
• MIKE: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Star Trek Discovery, Star Girl, Dawn of X

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New Batwoman is announced

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: HBO Max renews Legendary & We're Here

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Star Trek: Lower Decks

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for An American Pickle
• New trailer for Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo
• WB is reportedly developing a Zatanna movie & Constantine movie
• Halle Berry reconsiders playing trans character in a new movie
• Thandie Newton is serving some tea
• New teaser for Halloween Kills

TV

• HBO Max orders animated series based on Hair Love short
• Gotham City PD series spinoff from The Batman ordered by HBO Max
• Stargirl renewed exclusively on The CW
• CW cancels Katy Keene
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina ending this year
• New trailer for season 2 of The Umbrella Academy
• Amazon developing series based on Fallout
• New teaser for season 2 of The Boys
• Teaser trailer for season 2 of PEN15
• Comedy Central orders revival of Beavis and Butt-head
• The Great renewed for season 2
• Lee Daniels developing reboot of The Wonder Years, featuring a black family
• Quibi is not doing well

COMIC BOOKS

• New trailer for Audible's adaptation of The Sandman
• The Far Side comic returns, sorta
• Spotify teams with Archie Comics for scripted podcasts

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Geeks OUT President Nic Gitau (@cocodevaux), as they discuss the trailer for the new reboot of The Baby-Sitters Club, the first look at AppleTV+'s adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation, and celebrate Quibi renewing Singled Out hosted by the queertastic Keke Palmer & Joel Kim Booster in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Multiple comic professionals face harassment accusations
• NIC: Disney re-themes Splash Mountain after The Princess and the Frog

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Harley Quinn, The Floor is Lava, You Brought Me the Ocean
• NIC: Drag Race, Hannibal, This One Summer

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer for The Baby-Sitter's Club reboot

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Quibi renews the queertastic Singled Out for a second season

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Foundation

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Michael Keaton in talks to play Batman in new Flash movie
• Queer filmmaker and icon Joel Schumacher passes away
• New trailer for animated movie Superman: Man of Tomorrow
• Tenet & Mulan pushed back again, to August
• Elizabeth Banks to star in live action Magic School Bus movie
• New trailer for Over the Moon
• New trailer for The King's Man
• SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run moving to onDemand & CBS All Access

TV

• New trailer for Brave New World
• Central Park, Big Mouth, Family Guy, & The Simpsons recasting non-white roles being played white actors
• New trailer for Muppets Now
• New trailer for docuseries Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2
• New trailer for Unsolved Mysteries revival
• Netflix picks up Cobra Kai
• Syfy cancels Vagrant Queen
• New trailer for Crunchyroll's animated latinx series Onyx Equinox

COMIC BOOKS

• Eisner Awards redoing voting process after anomalies occur
• Skybound announces virtual Skybound Expo

In this week's supersized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by comedian Jay Jurden (@JayJurden) as they discuss the first look at the Snyder Cut of Justice League, get a taste of the new Candyman, and celebrate the Daria spinoff, Jodie coming to Comedy Central as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: 13 Reasons Why ends with horribly inaccurate AIDS death
• JAY: New animated teaser for Candyman reboot

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Superman: Red Son, Roswell, NM, One Day at a Time, Kipo, Wynd
• JAY: Avatar: The Last Airbender, One Piece, X-titles

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Daria spinoff, Jodie, coming to Comedy Central

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Noah's Arc: The 'Rona Chronicles coming to YouTube July 5th

CLIP OF THE WEEK: First look at the Snyder Cut of Justice League

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Oscars 2021 delayed until late April
• New trailer for Palm Springs
• Jurassic World & Avatar sequels among the first to go back into production
• New trailer for Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons
• AMC Theatres & Regal will reopen in July now requiring masks
• Scholastic is developing an adaptation of Animorphs

TV

• Warner Bros announces DC Fandome virtual event
• The CW announces they're finally blocking hateful comments on social media
• New trailer for season 2 of Doom Patrol features the SeX-Men
• Doctor Who audio series introduces the first trans companion ever
• New trailer for Warrior Nun
• New trailer for Cursed
• Shudder greenlights a season 3 of Creepshow
• Nickelodeon orders reboot of The Smurfs
• New trailer for Close Enough

COMIC BOOKS

• Marvel Unlimited releases free books from black artists/writers
• DC Comics producing podcasts exclusively for Spotify
• Milestone Comics may make a return
• Free Comic Book Day turning into Free Comic Book Summer

SHILF

• KEVIN: Wiccan
• JAY: King Teddy (Hulkling)

In this week's super sized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Calvin Cato (@catocalvin) discuss J.K. Rowling's latest TERF musings and the new Chuck Tingle book inspired by it, and celebrate CW stars Chyler Leigh & Lili Reinhart coming out as our Strong Female Characters of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: JK Rowling makes more TERF statements, HP stars and Nicole Maines speak out, WB less so, which inspired a new book from Chuck Tingle
• CALVIN: Actor who played Elongated Man on Flash fired for racist tweets

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Artemis Fowl, Stargirl, The Great, Snowpiercer, The Hollow, Ring Fit
• CALVIN: She-Ra, Our Worlds at War, Steel, Shantae & the Seven Sirens, Streets of Rage

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Chyler Leigh from Supergirl and Riverdale's Lili Reinhart come out

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Nickelodeon celebrates Pride by highlighting LGBTQIA+ characters & actors

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Lovecraft Country

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Disney developing a Lionel Ritchie inspired movie musical
• New trailer for Bill & Ted Face the Music
• Wonder Woman 1984, Tenet, and Matrix 4 all have been pushed back
• The Oscars look to become more inclusive
• New trailer for You Should Have Left
• New trailer for Archive

TV

• Promised Neverland is being developed by Amazon
• Watchmen & Stranger Things win Peabody Awards
• New trailer for Crossing Swords
• New trailer for season 2 of Doom Patrol
• Batwoman will not use the "Bury Your Gays" trope
• Riverdale EP apologizes after being called out by Vanessa Morgan
• Premiere of Love, Victor moved out of respect for Juneteenth
• MTV Movie & TV Awards postponed
• Revival of Looney Tunes decides no guns for Elmer Fudd

COMIC BOOKS

• New details of SDCC's Comic-Con@Home
• Marvel's Free Comic Book Day coming in July
• DC Comics officially breaks ties with Diamond

SHILF

• KEVIN: Benson
• CALVIN: Hordak

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by 2x Hugo Award nominee, Tana Ford, as they discuss Syfy & USA Network teaming up with GLAAD for Pride month, the new trailer for Hulu's Love, Victor, and celebrate AppleTV+ ordering the Gal Gadot starring series about Hedy Lamarr as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Christian Cooper, former Marvel editor, thrust into spotlight by a Karen
• TANA: New trailer for Perry Mason

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Greta, Devs, Upload, Legendary
• TANA: Killing Eve, Rick and Morty, Bob's Burgers

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: AppleTV+ orders Hedy Lamarr series starring Gal Gadot

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Syfy & USA Network team up with GLAAD for Pride month

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Love, Victor

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New trailer for Secret Society of Second-Born Royals
• New trailer for Into the Dark: Good Boy
• New update to Hulu adds a Watch Party feature
• Henry Cavill in talks to return as Superman but only in a supporting role
• Cate Blanchett joins Borderlands movie
• Miami Dolphins' stadium being converted into a drive-in theatre

TV

• HBO Max launches, but not for all
• Fraggle Rock has been revived for a full series on AppleTV+
• Amazon developing series based on the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo books
• New trailer for season 2 of NOS4A2

COMIC BOOKS

• Marvel makes more comics digital-first, while marking the return to comic shops
• DC turns to Instagram with an exclusive Joker & Punchline story

SHILF

• KEVIN: Henry Cavill
• TANA: Renfri the Princess

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Steve Gianaca (@sgianaca) as they discuss HBO Max's decision to release the Snyder Cut of Justice League, get excited about Tuca & Bertie getting a second season on Adult Swim, and celebrate Out, the first Pixar SparkShort on Disney+ to feature a queer main character in This Week in Queer.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Justice League the Snyder Cut is coming to HBO Max is 2021
• STEVE: Season 2 of Umbrella Academy coming July 31

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Hightown, Stargirl, Mythic Quest
• STEVE: She-Ra, Picard, FF7 Remake, Animal Crossing, Lore Olympus

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Tuca & Bertie has been picked up by Adult Swim

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: New Pixar SparkShorts Out now on Disney+ featuring first queer main character

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for The Old Guard

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Shazam director releases short-form horror film Not Alone in Here
• New music video for Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
• David Arquette officially signs on to Scream 5
• Disney adapting The Snow Queen for live-action movie
• New trailer for The Last Days of American Crime
• New trailer for Antebellum
• New trailer for Tenet
• New trailer for We Bare Bears: The Movie

TV

• Ruby Rose is leaving Batwoman
• First look at the new limited series The Stand remake
• Motherland: Fort Salem renewed for season 2
• New trailer for Space Force
• Muppets Now coming to Disney+ July 31
• Peacock is developing Little Mermaid inspired series Washed Up
• New trailer for season 2 of The Alienist
• What We Do in the Shadows renewed for 3rd season

COMIC BOOKS

• Boom! Studios announces early launch for Wynd
• Scribd expands into comics and more in new streaming service
• DC Universe celebrating Pride by featuring LGBTQ+ stories

SHILF

• KEVIN: The Dad from Out
• STEVE: Cloud

In this week's super-sized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by artist & Geeks OUT co-founder Josh Siegel (@joshxiegel & @modhero on Insta), as they discuss an audio drama of The Sandman coming to Audible, get excited about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and celebrate Harley Quinn getting her moment with Poison Ivy in This Week in Queer.

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: New seasons of CW shows delayed 'til 2021 while airing Swamp Thing in fall
• JOSH: Star-studded audio adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman coming to Audible

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Kimmy vs. The Reverend, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Hollywood
• JOSH: Star Wars, Westworld, Journey to the Microverse

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Katee Sackhoff join season 2 of The Mandalorian

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Harley Quinn finally shares feelings with Poison Ivy

CLIP OF THE WEEK: CBS All Access orders Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Hamilton is coming to Disney+
• Disney developing live action remake of Atlantis: The Lost Empire
• New Mutants gets new late August release date

TV

• Disney+ developing a Percy Jackson series
• Season 2 of Doom Patrol coming June 25
• Season 5 of Riverdale will have a time jump
• AMC developing two Anne Rice series
• New trailer for season 2 of The Twilight Zone
• Ryan Murphy announces American Horror Stories

COMIC BOOKS

• DC introduces new vigilante Clownhunter
• Amazon options queer comic mini-series Youth

SHILF

• KEVIN: Kipo
• JOSH: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power