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Collingswood Book Festival 2014 is This Saturday!

The 2014 Collingswood Book Festival is being held on Saturday, October 11, and StarWarp Concepts will be making its debut appearance! Never heard of CBF? Well, to quote the festival’s site: The 12th Annual Collingswood Book Festival makes a triumphant … Continue reading

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StarWarp Concepts to Attend NY Horror Show 2015

The first-ever NY Horror Show hits Long Island, NY, on January 16–18, 2015, and StarWarp Concepts will be there! A collaboration between the folks behind Eternal Con—Long Island’s acclaimed pop-culture show—and TwitchTwitch Productions, the NY Horror Show kicks off with … Continue reading

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Happy Banned Books Week!

Yes, it’s that time of year again when a spotlight is shone on the problem of censorship in United States libraries and bookstores. (In other words, books banned by prudes who are out to “protect the children.”) To quote the … Continue reading

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Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Are you a fan of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise, or classic films like Captain Blood, The Crimson Pirate, and The Sea Hawk? Do you like to talk like a pirate, on this, International Talk Like a Pirate … Continue reading

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Happy 45th Anniversary, Vampirella!

It was in 1969, forty-five years ago this month, that the horror-comic world was introduced to Vampirella, the blood-sucking femme fatale from the planet Drakulon (an outer-space vampire!) created by Famous Monsters of Filmland founder Forrest J Ackerman and designed … Continue reading

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Bob Larkin at Doc Con 2014

Attention, pulp-fiction fans! Doc Con is an annual celebration of 1930s heroic adventurer Doc Savage—created by author Lester Dent (aka Kenneth Robeson), and recently the star of Dynamite Entertainment’s Doc Savage and upcoming Justice, Inc. comic-book series. And this year … Continue reading

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Happy 65th Birthday, Bob Larkin!

“You may not know the name off the top of your head but if you’ve been reading Marvel comics, or SF and fantasy paperbacks, for any length of time at all then you’ve seen Bob Larkin’s work…. Once I learned … Continue reading

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Eternal Con 2014 Report

This past weekend, The ’Warp traveled to the wilds of Long Island, NY, to attend the second annual Eternal Con, held at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City. There were bat(men) and regular (GI) Joes, and a host … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Frank Thorne!

He wasn’t the first artist to draw Red Sonja, Hyborean Age “she-devil with a sword” and equal to Conan the Barbarian, or the first to render her in her iconic chainmail “bikini,” but Frank Thorne was certainly the one who … Continue reading

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Welcome, Eternal Con 2014 Attendees!

Thanks for stopping by our artists alley table this weekend, and for coming here to check things out at a more leisurely pace. We’re always thrilled to meet potential new readers intrigued by our range of dark-fantasy titles, and hope … Continue reading

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