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It’s National Novel Writing Month 2020!

Fall is in full swing, and with it comes that annual November event called National Novel Writing Month. To explain what it is, I’ll let this quote from the organization’s website provide you with some background: National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) … Continue reading

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It’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day 2020!

Avast, ye curs, whether you’re a fan of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise, or classic films like Captain Blood, The Crimson Pirate, and The Sea Hawk, it’s time again to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day—especially since StarWarp … Continue reading

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Happy Book Lovers Day 2020!

Hey, fans of reading! Today is Book Lovers Day, a worldwide event held every August 9th (although no one seems to know when it started, or who invented it) and if you’re looking for the right book on this special … Continue reading

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Happy Free Comic Book Summer!

Free Comic Book Summer? Where’d that come from? Isn’t it supposed to be Free Comic Book Day?  That’s probably what ran through your mind when you saw the header for this post—and you’d be right to be confused. Free Comic Book … Continue reading

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Surf’s Up!

Beach baby, beach baby Give me your hand Give me something that I can remember Just like before we can walk by the shore in the moonlight —“Beach Baby” Lyrics by Bon Iver Recorded by The First Class, 1974 Tomorrow, … Continue reading

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DriveThru RPG Bundles Ebooks for a Worthy Cause

Here’s some great news in these troubling times: as part of its annual May sales promotion for gamers, e-book distributor DriveThru RPG is offering three “Covid-19 Charity Bundles” to raise money for the nonprofit organizations No Kid Hungry, Doctors Without Borders, … Continue reading

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Happy Not-the-Actual Free Comic Book Day 2020!

That’s right, comic book fans, if it weren’t for the lockdown created by the current health crisis, today would have been Free Comic Book Day at brick-and-mortar and online comic shops around the world. But comic shops have been forced to … Continue reading

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Happy National Superhero Day 2020!

The world might seem at times to have become a darker, more dangerous place these days, but there’s always room for heroes to lead the way—especially when today is National Superhero Day! According to a number of websites, National Superhero … Continue reading

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Happy Game Masters Appreciation Day 2020!

Since 2002, March 4th has been well known to the gaming community as International GM’s [Game Masters] Appreciation Day. Never heard of it? Well, that’s probably because, like me, you’re not involved in that ever-growing collection of fans. To explain this event, … Continue reading

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It’s Will Eisner Week 2020!

Yes, it’s time again for Will Eisner Week: an annual celebration—held this week from March 1 to March 7—run by the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation, to promote literacy, graphic novels, free speech, and the legacy of the late … Continue reading

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