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It’s Banned Books Week 2023
Got a favorite book? Well, odds are good there’s someone out there in the United States who’d liked to see it censored or made completely unavailable—an unfortunate phenomenon that seems to grow larger with each passing year. According to a March … Continue reading
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Tagged american library association, banned books week, events, reading
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SWC at 30: Enter: The Goth Adventuress
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. In late 2009, I decided to take the plunge again and get back to publishing. But what project would be worth restarting the SWC engine? As … Continue reading
It’s National Comic Book Day 2023!
Today is National Comic Book Day, an unofficial “holiday” that’s celebrated every year on this date…although no one seems to know why that is, or who exactly started the tradition. Nevertheless, if you’re thinking that the friendly fiends at StarWarp Concepts musthave some … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Dark Urban Fantasy, Digital Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, heartstopper, Holidays, Horror, Lorelei, Pandora Zwieback, Richard C. White, Sebastienne Mazarin, Steven A. Roman, Superheroes
Tagged chronicles of the sea dragon, comic books, Dark Urban Fantasy, digital comic books, Fantasy, fantasy adventure, graphic novels, heartstopper, heroines and heroes, holidays, horror comic books, lorelei presents: house macabre, lorelei: genesis, lorelei: sects and the city, national comic book day, richard c. white, saga of pandora zwieback annual, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, superhero comics, the saga of pandora zwieback #0, troubleshooters incorporated
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SWC at 30: The Wilderness Years
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Last time, in Convention Memories, I recounted how Lorelei made another brief appearance in comic shops and at the 2005 San Diego Comic-Con, in the form … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Eliseu Gouveia, Lorelei, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged comic books, doctor who: short trips: farewells, eliseu gouveia, final destination: dead mans hand, if i were an evil overlord, lorelei, lorelei: sects and the city, neil vokes, organic comix, stan lee’s alexa, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steve geiger, steven a. roman, strange, swc at 30, the twilight zone: chosen/the placebo effect
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It’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day 2023!
Well, shiver me timbers! Whether you’re a fan of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise, the HBO Max comedy series Our Flag Means Death, or classic films like Captain Blood, The Crimson Pirate, and The Sea Hawk, it’s time again to … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Digital Comics, Fantasy, Holidays, Richard C. White
Tagged bill bryan, chronicles of the sea dragon, comic books, digital comic books, eliseu gouveia, fantasy adventure, holidays, international talk like a pirate day, pirate fantasy, richard c. white, the worlds of richard c. white
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Happy Batman Day 2023!
Held the 3rd Saturday in September since 2015, Batman Day is an annual celebration of one of DC Comics’ most iconic superheroes, the Darknight Detective who made his debut in Detective Comics #29 in 1939. Created by Bob Kane with the help … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Digital Comics, Events, Interviews, Nonfiction, Richard C. White, Steven A. Roman, Writing Reference Books
Tagged batman day, comic books, digital comic books, events, heroines and heroes, Interviews, richard c. white, shameless plugs, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, superheroes, terra incognito: a guide to building the worlds of your imagination, tracy hickman, wayne of gotham, writers reference, writing reference
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: San Diego Comic-Con 2005
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Back in the August 30th post, I talked about Lorelei’s second brief return to comic shops in 2002, after the original series’ cancellation in 1995, and … Continue reading
Posted in Bob Larkin, Convention Reports, Conventions, Graphic Novels, Lorelei, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged bob larkin, convention memories, convention reports, conventions, lorelei, lorelei: building the perfect beast, san diego comic-con, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, swc at 30
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Small Press Expo Badges
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. With this weekend being the 2023 edition of the Small Press Expo—an alternative-comics convention held in Bethesda, Maryland, that started out in 1994 with a few handfuls … Continue reading
Posted in Convention Reports, Conventions, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged convention memories, convention reports, conventions, small press expo, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: San Diego Comic-Con 2002
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. July 2001 found me making my first-ever visit to San Diego Comic-Con, the US’s biggest comic and pop-culture convention that had grown so large since its launch … Continue reading
Happy Read Comics in Public Day 2023!
Like the header says, today is the annual celebration of International Read Comics in Public Day. Started in 2010 by Brian Heater and Sarah Morean, it’s an appreciation of comic books and graphic novels, demonstrated by folks not afraid to celebrate … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Digital Comics, Events, Graphic Novels
Tagged chronicles of the sea dragon, comic books, digital comic books, events, graphic novels, heartstopper, heroines and heroes, international read comics in public day, lorelei presents: house macabre, lorelei: sects and the city, saga of pandora zwieback annual, starwarp concepts backlist, the saga of pandora zwieback #0, troubleshooters incorporated
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