In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by J.W. Crump (@JWCrump) as they discuss Marvel (finally) canonically acknowledging Hercules' queer identity in the latest issue of Guardians of the Galaxy, the new trailer for The Babysitter: Killer Queen, and celebrate Big Mouth re-casting Missy with comedian Ayo Edebiri, as our Strong Female Character of the Week. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:  

• KEVIN: After 4 years of battling colon cancer, Chadwick Boseman passes away
• J.W.: HBO Max announces docuseries Equal about LGBTQ+ activists

DOWN & NERDY: 

• KEVIN: Freak Show, Bloodshot, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Trinkets
• J.W.: Stage Mother, The Goes Wrong Show, Fangs, The Wig, The Bitch, and the Meltdown, The Memo, Happy & You Know It, Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Big Mouth has found their new Missy 

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: This coming week’s Guardians of the Galaxy confirms Hercules queerness

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for The Babysitter: Killer Queen 

THE WEEK IN GEEK: 

MOVIES

• New trailer for Enola Holmes
• New trailer for Justice League: Directors Cut
• New trailer for Tremors: Shrieker Island
• New trailer for Come Play
• Disney developing movie based on The Haunted Mansion

TV

• New poster for The Conners promotes mask use
• HBO developing an adaptation of Michael Crichton’s Sphere
• New teaser for season 2 of His Dark Materials
• New trailer for Raised by Wolves
• Netflix orders a series adaptation of Resident Evil
• Networks fill their fall lineups with game shows, sports, and DISCO
• The Stand is coming to CBS All Access in December
• NBC orders Kate McKinnon led Joe Exotic limited series
• Fox is developing an animated X-Files series
• Live-action Powerpuff Girls series is in development

VIDEO GAMES

• New teaser for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
• New trailer for Gotham Knights
• Marvel and Galactus are invading Fortnite 

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Lynaé DePriest (@LynaeDePriest) as they discuss news from DC Fandome, including the first look at The Suicide Squad, The Batman, and celebrate the new trailer for Wonder Woman 1984 as our Strong Female Character of the Week. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:  

• KEVIN: Massive layoffs happen at DC including Editor in Chief & a third of their editors & name new co-interim-editors in chief - DC Universe shows moving to HBO Max
• LYNAÉ: Stranger Things to go past 4 seasons

DOWN & NERDY: 

• KEVIN: Project Power, Umbrella Academy, Teenage Bounty Hunters
• LYNAÉ: 3%, Lovecraft Country, I May Destroy You, The Chi

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer for Wonder Woman 1984

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: New teaser for Bad Hair

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New look at The Suicide Squad

THE WEEK IN GEEK: 

MOVIES

• Olivia Wilde to direct female led “spider” movie for Sony
• New trailer for The Batman
• Netflix gets the R.L. Stine Fear Street trilogy
• Amazon announces Welcome to the Blumhouse movie series

TV

• Netflix renews Warrior Nun for season 2
• Netflix cancels The Society and I Am Not Okay With This due to COVID
• Showtime cancels Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
• Writers quit All Rise after clashing w/ showrunner on depiction of gender/race
• New trailer for Earth to Ned
• Supernatural announces return date for final “season
• AppleTV+ orders an animated Harriet the Spy series

COMIC BOOKS

• The Other History of the DC Universe finally getting released
• Milestone Comics returning early 2021
• Marvel announces Marvel’s Voices: Indigenous Voices one-shot

In this week's super-sized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by new Eisner & Hugo award winning artist, Tana Ford (@tanaford), as they discuss Tana winning a Hugo award over livestream, cheer for Disney's The Owl House confirming a main character's bisexuality, and celebrate Lilly Wachowski affirming that The Matrix is a trans allegory in This Week in Queer. 

This Week's Topics Include: 

BIG OPENING:  

• KEVIN: Disney’s The Owl House confirms a character’s bisexuality
• TANA: Hugo Awards announced by an imperfect GRR Martin

DOWN & NERDY: 

• KEVIN: The Go Go’s, Star Trek: Below Decks, Razorblades, Empyre, Yes, I’m Flagging
• TANA: Palm Springs, Perry Mason

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Reboot of A League of Their Own coming to Amazon

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Lilly Wachowski discusses The Matrix as a trans allegory

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Ratched

THE WEEK IN GEEK: 

MOVIES

• Live-action Mulan skipping theatres and going straight to Disney+
• Nia DaCosta signs on to direct Captain Marvel sequel
• Antebellum moves to PVOD
• New trailer for I’m Thinking of Ending Things

TV

• New trailer for Raised by Wolves
• New trailer for The Third Day
• The CW releases pro-mask hero posters
• New teaser for DC Fandome
• Animaniacs reboot is coming in November
• Comedy Central orders a reboot of Ren & Stimpy
• New trailer for season 2 of Pen15

COMIC BOOKS

• Kelly Sue DeConnick speaks out on comic’s gatekeepers
• Cullen Bunn releasing D&D inspired Deepest Catacombs webcomic

SHILF

• KEVIN: Nyles (Palm Springs)
• TANA: Sarah (Palm Springs) (Cristin Milioti)

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. 

This Week's Topics Include:

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