FAVORITE ALBUMS 2017

FAVORITE ALBUMS 2017

Like every year I do this, there are a few that have been out for a while but they were still new to me. Definitely more pop-heavy than the last few years, and there’s a lot of solid close calls. It was also a great year for concerts, but I don’t think I’ll be making...
EXTRACTING BEAUTY FROM THE DARKEST OF PLACES

EXTRACTING BEAUTY FROM THE DARKEST OF PLACES

This essay was originally posted on Geeks OUT.   Seven years ago, I started working on a comic book with my good friend Reed Olsen. It would go on to become the series Dream Crasher, which we are now self-publishing through Kickstarter. Dream Crasher is a...
THE DYNAMIC QUEER CHARACTERS OF BONE STREET RUMBA

THE DYNAMIC QUEER CHARACTERS OF BONE STREET RUMBA

I first discovered Daniel José Older when he appeared on the excellent When Toxic Masculinity is a Villain panel at Readercon in 2015. I was inspired enough to immediately to pick up my own copy of Half-Resurrection Blues and started reading it on my way home. One of...
LETTERS FOR LUCARDO

LETTERS FOR LUCARDO

Iron Circus Comics has been steadily publishing a slew of critically-acclaimed anthologies and graphic novels primarily created by women that focus on queer themes. Among their titles are the collected print edition of the acclaimed webcomic The Less Than Epic...