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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: New York Comic Book Convention 1992
My second convention appearance as a small-press publisher/creator was in June 1992, when Troubleshooters, Incorporated artist Dan Peters and I set up shop in artists’ alley at Great Eastern Convention’s New York Comic Book Convention (not to be confused with New York … Continue reading
Posted in Convention Reports, Conventions, StarWarp Concepts, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged brian pulido, convention memories, convention reports, conventions, dan peters, evil ernie, great eastern convention, lady death, new york comic book convention, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, steven hughes, swc at 30
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SWC at 30: The Little ‘Warp That Could
Welcome to the second part of my history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. In Part 1, we left off in 1992. After breaking ground by publishing a few digest-size comics between ’89 and ’92, … Continue reading
It’s Children’s Book Week 2023 (Part 1)!
Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is an annual celebration of reading that actually runs for two weeks—one in the spring, and one in the fall. This week, of course, is the Spring Edition, with the theme of 2023 being “Read … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books, Events, Fantasy, Illustrated Classics, Reading
Tagged brothers grimm, children's book week, events, Fantasy, illustrated classics, reading, snow white
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Great Eastern Convention 1991
As I explained last week, StarWarp Concepts officially launched as a comic-book publishing company in 1993—which makes this year our 30th Anniversary—but we actually started out in 1989 as a small-press comics publisher, turning out our titles on photocopiers and hand-stapling … Continue reading
StarWarp Concepts Books: Perfect for Independent Bookstore Day 2023
Today is Independent Bookstore Day, which has been celebrated on the last Saturday in April since its launch in 2013—which makes today its 10th anniversary! The idea, of course, is to urge book lovers to hit those small but essential bookstores … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Publishing, StarWarp Concepts
Tagged book distributors, events, independent bookstore day, ingram content group, starwarp concepts backlist
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Happy National Superhero Day 2023!
The second trailer for the latest DC Comics/Warner Bros.’ movie, The Flash, dropped the other day to much excitement and an advance screening has everyone buzzing about it, a week from Friday there’s the opening of the highly anticipated Guardians of the … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Digital Comics, Graphic Novels, Holidays, Superheroes
Tagged comic books, digital comic books, graphic novels, heroines and heroes, holidays, joni m. white, national superhero day, randy zimmerman, reggie golden, richard c. white, richard dominguez, steven a. roman, superhero comics, superheroes, troubleshooters incorporated
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SWC at 30: In the Beginning…
Happy birthday, StarWarp Concepts! To celebrate, we got a Dumpy the Pumpkin ice cream cake from the vaults of Carvel! (They had to dig around a bit in the freezer, since Dumpy cakes haven’t been sold since the ’90s, but … Continue reading
Posted in StarWarp Concepts, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged dan peters, jim linehan, lorelei, lorelei one-shot special, lorelei: genesis, mister miguel, richard c. white, sam brown, small press comics, small press comics explosion, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30, troubleshooters incorporated
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Memories of a Swamp Thing Trilogy That Never Was
Here’s something that takes me back to my days as an editor—and my previous posts here at the SWC blog that I called Tales of Development Hell… Just last week, on April 17th, the online version of the comic-book industry magazine The … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Interviews, Steven A. Roman
Tagged comic books, ibooks inc., Interviews, stephen r. bissette, steven a. roman, swamp thing, tales of development hell, the comics journal
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Celebrating Books in a Big Way for 2023
Hey, book lovers! National Library Week is once again upon us, and you know us: any reason to read is a good cause for celebration! According to the American Library Association (ALA), the organization that runs the event: “First sponsored in … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Reading
Tagged events, national library week, reading, world book and copyright day, world book day, world book night
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Clash of the Kaiju Titans: Round 2!
Hey, Monster Kids! The celebration of King Kong’s 90th anniversary this year rolls on with the announcement just yestreday of the latest chapter in the Kong saga: a rematch witn his old sparring partner, Godzilla! Godzilla x Kong: The New … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, Illustrated Classics, movies
Tagged delos w. lovelace, edgar wallace, godzilla, godzilla x kong: the new empire, james a. creelman, king kong, merian c. cooper, movies, paul tuma, ruth rose, shameless plugs
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