Books
Over the holidays, I had the pleasure of seeing the revival of Follies on Broadway, starring Bernadette Peters and Elaine Paige. It was brilliant and devastating and made me bitterly question all the choices I’ve made in my life thus far, which is exactly the sort of entertainment I crave on Christmas Eve. But what does that have to do with Screamland, an irreverent…
Barbara Gordon returns to the role of Batgirl this week, with the release of Batgirl #1, so I thought it wise to brush up on a little Barbara Gordon history. See, by the time I started reading comics, Barbara Gordon was already Oracle, acting as the cybertronic guru for the heroes of Gotham and beyond. I don’t have any nostalgic memories of Barbara in the suit (except…
I’m very pleased to announce that our next FBOTU Book Club selection is Return of the Dapper Men by Jim McCann and Janet Lee. I’m also pleased to announce that the FBOTU Book Club is changing things up a bit. We’re not going to set a deadline or have specific discussion topics. Instead, either I or special guest contributors will be reviewing and sharing…
Luckily, I’ve never been addicted to drugs. No, my obsessive behavior has always channeled itself into sci-fi, fantasy, cartoons, action figures and the occasional total emotional breakdown when Helga forgets to move the tree while cleaning the floors. I think I’m probably much more suited to being a drug dealer, like our good friend J.K. Rowling. Just as I…
I was watching RuPaul’s Drag Race last season with a group of friends when one of the younger contestants on the show proclaimed he’d never heard of Oscar Wilde. All the queers in my living room gasped. To be fair, I probably wasn’t much younger than this poor, naïve boy when I discovered Oscar Wilde myself. The first thing of Oscar’s that I read was The Importance…
I’ve got great news for fans of gay spec fiction! And by spec fiction, I mean the good stuff: fantasy, horror and sci-fi. And all gay-themed! Lethe Press is having a subscription drive for Icarus: The Magazine of Gay Speculative Fiction. We’ve featured Icarus right here on FBOTU and have even podcasted with Lethe Press publisher/dreamboat Steve Berman. I love Icarus.…
Way, way back when I was just a wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim’rous fanboy, I used to anticipate Sunday mornings with unreserved glee. And not because of church. (My mother gave up on getting me to go to church early on.) No, to me, Sundays meant the large format Sunday comics in the newspaper. I would spread the pages out on the floor, then study each and every panel…
