Welcome back to StarWarp Spotlight, a series of posts that runs each Monday to shine a spotlight on one of our titles, as a reminder of the awesome books and comics we publish and to introduce new SWC fans to our backlist.
This week, we look at our most recent digital comic release…
Lorelei: Genesis is a 24-page one-shot comic written and drawn by me. Sporting a new cover illustration (colored by Eliseu Gouveia), it’s a flashback to the early days of StarWarp Concepts’ first lady of horror, who’s also a soul-stealing succubus. Inside you’ll find two stories: “Lorelei” is an 8-pager from 1991 in which Lori journeys through the streets of New York on an important mission: to pick up her dry-cleaning! It’s followed by “In the Midnight Hour,” the 1989 story that introduced horror-comic fans to our favorite redheaded seductress, who steps in to rescue a couple being menaced by a street gang.
Critics certainly enjoyed the work from back in the day:
“Roman obviously likes good-girl art, but the writing is quite good, too—the stories are interesting and intriguing. They move at a good clip and are injected with humor.”—Randy Reynaldo, creator/writer/artist of Rob Hanes Adventures
“Primo material here, folks. Super concept for an exotic succubus-type supernatural ‘superheroine.’ Good storytelling and art, great character.”—Comics F/X
Lorelei: Genesis is a digital exclusive for just 99¢. Visit its product page for ordering information, as well as sample pages.
It’s become commonplace these days for folks to deactivate their Facebook accounts—they’re tired of the rampant political divisiveness, the self-serving actions of the company’s owner, the randomness of how it treats its account subscribers. I’ve seen publishers and authors (including our own Richard C. White) leave it behind, usually with a pinned note to visitors explaining that if they want to keep up-to-date with that person’s or that company’s activities, they should bookmark the blogs run by those individuals. I’d toyed with the idea myself but never acted on it.
Are you a fan of Vampirella, the outer-space huntress who traveled from a planet of vampires to Earth in 1969 and has been fighting monsters and cultists for the past 50-plus years? Have you read and enjoyed our nonfiction comic history tome From the Stars…a Vampiress: An Unauthorized Guide to Vampirella’s Classic Horror Adventures?
Welcome back to StarWarp Spotlight, a series of posts that runs each Monday to shine a spotlight on one of our titles, as a reminder of the awesome books and comics we publish and to introduce new SWC fans to our backlist.
Welcome back to StarWarp Spotlight, a series of posts that runs each Monday to shine a spotlight on one of our titles, as a reminder of the awesome books and comics we publish and to introduce new SWC fans to our backlist.
Vampi Goes to Hollywood: In 1975, Hammer Films announced the development of a Vampirella movie starring model/actress Barbara Leigh and the legendary Peter Cushing (later known the world over as Grand Moff Tarkin of Star Wars). The project crashed in spectacular fashion, but the details have always been murky. I try to clear up the confusion surrounding it, detailing the production from its launch to its unfortunate ending. And then I take a critical look at the awful Vampirella movie that was made in 1996, starring Talisa Soto and rock god Roger Daltrey of the Who—and probably shouldn’t have been!
Well, here’s a bit of a down note on which to end the week. With the coronavirus outbreak wreaking havoc in the convention industry, and given how impossible it is to enforce social distancing guidelines in a gathering place often packed to capacity, it’s disappointing but no surprise that the Connecticut-based CT Horrorfest, which was scheduled for this September, has announced its cancellation, with a replacement date of September 18, 2021. A wise decision, from our perspective.
Welcome back to StarWarp Spotlight, a series of posts that runs each week to shine a spotlight on one of our titles, as a reminder of the awesome books and comics we publish and to introduce new SWC fans to our backlist.
Not familiar with the beauty-and-the-beast story of Kong and his “love interest,” Ann Darrow (who was played in the 1933 original by the queen of the scream queens, Fay Wray)? Well, here’s our edition’s back-cover copy to bring you up-to-date:
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