Ah, the gay best friend; that media coined phrase which forever relegated us to mere supporting status at the movies: a source of camp fun and bitchy one-liners and of course a shoulder to cry on when it all goes tits up. NewStatesman.com (we’re...

The fan-geeks have packed away their lightsabres, wizard staffs and Wonder Woman bracelets and San Diego’s wet dream to everything sci-fi and fantasy, Comic-Con, is mothballed for another year. And we’re going to have to wait at least another...