Category Archives: Illustrated Classics

Happy Book Lovers Day 2021!

Hey, fans of reading! If you’re like those of us at ’Warp Central, then you know that today is Book Lovers Day, a worldwide event celebrated every August 9th. If you’re looking for the right book on this special day, here … Continue reading

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DriveThru’s Christmas in July 2021 Sale Brings a Pleasant Chill to Summer

Can you hear those jingle bells ringing? In the mood for some hot chocolate? Wishing the summer breezes blew just a little bit colder? If so, then you’re in the perfect frame of mind for that special time of year … Continue reading

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King Kong: Back on the Big Scream!

It’s a rematch monster fans have been waiting decades for, and today’s the day it finally happens, when the often-delayed epic kaiju wrestling film Godzilla vs. Kong simultaneously debuts on streaming service HBOMax and in selected theaters!  Originally scheduled for release … Continue reading

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Happy 150th Anniversary, Carmilla Karnstein!

In 1871, J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic vampire tale, Carmilla, debuted in serialized form in the pages of the magazine Dark Blue and was then reprinted in Le Fanu’s short story collection, In a Glass Darkly, published in 1872. But why wait another 9 months … Continue reading

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Happy World Read Aloud Day 2021!

Hey, book lovers! Do you like reading? Well, of course you do! Do you like reading out loud? If so, then today is your day to celebrate, because it’s World Read Aloud Day! Started in 2009 by the nonprofit organization … Continue reading

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Prepare for the Ultimate Monster Mash With SWC’s King Kong the Illustrated Classic!

This past Sunday, Legendary Pictures released the trailer for Godzilla vs. Kong, the much-anticipated latest entry in Legendary’s “Monsterverse,” which includes 2014’s reboot of Godzilla, 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, and 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters (which brought us rebooted versions of King Ghidorah, … Continue reading

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Welcome to StarWarp Concepts!

In case you’re wondering who we are, StarWarp Concepts is a publisher of dark-fantasy and fantasy novels, comic books, and graphic novels that are available for sale in brick-and-mortar stores and through select online booksellers and distributors (as well as our … Continue reading

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Happy Science Fiction Day 2021!

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 upcoming … Continue reading

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Happy Red Planet Day 2020!

According to the calendar site Happy Days 365, Red Planet Day “honors the launch of the spacecraft Mariner 4, a robotic interplanetary probe on 28th November 1964 by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). In the eight months it was on its … Continue reading

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StarWarp Spotlight On: Snow White

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 … Continue reading

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