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Category Archives: Holidays
July 4th: Always a Good Time to Howl!
Horror and patriotism—they go together like chocolate and peanut butter! Don’t believe me? Then clearly you’re unfamiliar with that time in 1992 when Marvel Comics’ star-spangled superhero, Captain America, got turned into a werewolf. No, better than a werewolf—a Capwolf! … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Art, Comic Books, Holidays
Tagged 4th of july, captain america, capwolf, comic art, comic books, danny bulandi, holidays, rik levins, superhero comics, superheroes, werewolves
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Happy 125th Anniversary, Count Dracula!
Today is World Dracula Day: the annual celebration launched in 2012 by the Whitby Dracula Society 1897to mark the first publication of Bram Stoker’s seminal novel in 1897. What makes it even better is that it’s also the 125th anniversary of that … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, Holidays, Horror, vampirella, Vampires
Tagged bram stoker, dracula, from the stars a vampiress, holidays, peter cushing, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, vampire fiction, vampirella, world dracula day
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Saturday Is National Bombshells’ Day 2022!
In case you were unaware of it, this coming Saturday is National Bombshells’ Day, a promotional event that, according to the National Day Calendar, was launched by a well-known lingerie company: “Victoria’s Secret created Bombshells’ Day as a day for women to … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Digital Comics, Graphic Novels, heartstopper, Holidays, Lorelei, Nonfiction, Sebastienne Mazarin, vampirella
Tagged comic books, digital comic books, from the stars a vampiress, graphic novels, heartstopper, holidays, lorelei, lorelei presents: house macabre, lorelei: genesis, lorelei: sects and the city, national bombshells day, nonfiction, sebastienne mazarin, starwarp concepts backlist, vampirella
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Happy National Superhero Day 2022!
What a great time it is to be a fan of superheroes! Spider-Man: No Way Home and The Batman set box office records, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness opens next week, Moon Knight is nearing the end of its six-episode run on … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Digital Comics, Graphic Novels, Holidays, Superheroes
Tagged comic books, digital comic books, graphic novels, heroines and heroes, holidays, national superhero day, superhero comics, superheroes, troubleshooters incorporated
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It’s National Encourage a Young Writer Day 2022!
Here’s the sort of holiday we here at ’Warp Central can get behind a hundred percent: National Library Week 2022 might have wrapped up just yesterday, but now today is National Encourage a Young Writer Day! Although no one seems to … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, On Writing
Tagged holidays, national encourage a young writer day, writing
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Happy Tell a Fairy Tale Day 2022!
No one seems to know where it came from, or whose idea it was, but today is National Tell a Fairy Tale Day, a time “to celebrate those beloved stories that we all loved as children, those fictional stories that told … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, e-books, Fantasy, Holidays, Illustrated Classics, Snow White
Tagged brothers grimm, e-books, Fantasy, holidays, illustrated classics, national tell a fairy tale day, snow white
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Happy Kiss a Ginger Day 2022!
According to the calendar site Happy Days 365, today is International Kiss a Ginger Day, a holiday created in 2009 as a “karmic counter event” intended to offset negative comments made about fiery-haired people (e.g., that gingers have no souls, that … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Dark Urban Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Holidays, Horror, Lorelei, Publishing
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Happy Science Fiction Day 2022!
According to the National Day Calendar, National Science Fiction Day was launched in 2011 and was meant to correspond with this being the birth date of legendary sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov—author of the Foundation Trilogy (now the basis for the Apple TV+ … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, Holidays, Illustrated Classics, Princess of Mars, Science Fiction
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Happy New Year! Welcome to the Future!
It’s 2022 (in case you didn’t get the memo about it), and we’ve now reached the future—at least the future as seen through the dystopian lens of the 1973 sci-fi feature film Soylent Green. Based on the 1966 novel Make Room! Make … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, charlton heston, harry harrison, make room! make room!, movies, soylent green
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Happy Small Business Saturday 2021!
Hey, shoppers! Sure, yesterday might have been Black Friday, the retail industry’s most notorious day of the year, and in two days you’ll have Cyber Monday, when the Internet shatters from the volume of online sales that will be flooding … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, Comic Books, Dark Urban Fantasy, Digital Comics, Events, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Holidays, Illustrated Classics, Nonfiction, Publishing, Sketchbooks, Young Adult
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