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Category Archives: Steven A. Roman
A Vampire Lord…But Probably Not the One You Were Expecting
We finish out a week of announcements with yet more news of an upcoming project—except this one isn’t a comic book! Coming this winter from indie publishing house Black Coat Press is the anthology Tales of the Shadowmen 20: Fin de Siecle … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, Publishing Announcements, Steven A. Roman, Vampires
Tagged black coat press, jean-marc lofficier, john polidori, lord ruthven, paul feval, publishing announcements, steven a. roman, tales of the shadowmen, tales of the shadowmen 20: fin de siecle, the wandering jew, vampire fiction
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Lorelei Meets the Mummies? The Crossover No One Expected (Including Me!)
It’s been a week for announcements, hasn’t it? On Tuesday, I revealed StarWarp Concepts’ first licensed-comic project, the sci-fi miniseries Lester del Rey’s Time Ring, by the creative team of writer Steven A. Roman (that’s me!) and artist Eliseu Gouveia. Yesterday, … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Lorelei, Publishing Announcements, Steven A. Roman
Tagged boom press, comic books, crossover comics, crowdfunding, kickstarter, lorelei, lorelei/sisterhood of the mummy, mummy comics, publishing announcements, richard boom, sisterhood of the mummy, steven a. roman, succubus fiction
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Lorelei: Sweet Soul Music: A Horror Comic Special Coming from StarWarp Concepts!
Yesterday, we announced a special comic miniseries currently in development for release in 2023 (our 30th Anniversary year); in fact, it’s SWC’s first licensed-comics project: the sci-fi miniseries Lester del Rey’s Time Ring, by the team of writer Steven A. Roman … Continue reading
Posted in Bob Larkin, Comic Books, Crowdfunding, Eliseu Gouveia, Horror, Lorelei, louis small jr., Publishing Announcements, Steven A. Roman
Tagged bob larkin, comic books, crowdfunding, eliseu gouveia, gardner fox, joe orlando, kickstarter, lorelei, lorelei presents: vampires of the void, lorelei: sweet soul music, louis small jr., publishing announcements, steven a. roman, succubus fiction, vampires of the void, wallace wood
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Lester del Rey’s Time Ring: a Sci-Fi Comic Miniseries Coming from StarWarp Concepts!
Do you like comic books? Do you like science fiction? You do? How about science fiction comic books—with dinosaurs? Even better! Then do we have a fantastic project in the works that you’re sure to enjoy! In a departure from … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, Comic Books, Eliseu Gouveia, Publishing Announcements, Science Fiction, Steven A. Roman
Tagged comic book adaptations, comic books, crowdfunding, dinosaurs, eliseu gouveia, john gregory betancourt, kickstarter, lester del rey, licensed comics, publishing announcements, science fiction, steven a. roman, time travel, tunnel through time, wildside press
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StarWarp Concepts Gets Back in the Comic Book Game
Hey, comic fans! With 2023 being StarWarp Concepts’ 30th Anniversary year, and this past weekend marking our annual celebration of Free Comic Book Day, the time is perfect to announce that we’ve got three special comic projects currently in development: two … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Eliseu Gouveia, Lorelei, Publishing, Publishing Announcements, Steven A. Roman
Tagged comic books, eliseu gouveia, lorelei, publishing announcements, steven a. roman
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: New York Comic Book Convention 1992
My second convention appearance as a small-press publisher/creator was in June 1992, when Troubleshooters, Incorporated artist Dan Peters and I set up shop in artists’ alley at Great Eastern Convention’s New York Comic Book Convention (not to be confused with New York … Continue reading
Posted in Convention Reports, Conventions, StarWarp Concepts, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged brian pulido, convention memories, convention reports, conventions, dan peters, evil ernie, great eastern convention, lady death, new york comic book convention, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, steven hughes, swc at 30
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SWC at 30: The Little ‘Warp That Could
Welcome to the second part of my history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. In Part 1, we left off in 1992. After breaking ground by publishing a few digest-size comics between ’89 and ’92, … Continue reading
SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Great Eastern Convention 1991
As I explained last week, StarWarp Concepts officially launched as a comic-book publishing company in 1993—which makes this year our 30th Anniversary—but we actually started out in 1989 as a small-press comics publisher, turning out our titles on photocopiers and hand-stapling … Continue reading
SWC at 30: In the Beginning…
Happy birthday, StarWarp Concepts! To celebrate, we got a Dumpy the Pumpkin ice cream cake from the vaults of Carvel! (They had to dig around a bit in the freezer, since Dumpy cakes haven’t been sold since the ’90s, but … Continue reading
Posted in StarWarp Concepts, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged dan peters, jim linehan, lorelei, lorelei one-shot special, lorelei: genesis, mister miguel, richard c. white, sam brown, small press comics, small press comics explosion, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30, troubleshooters incorporated
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Memories of a Swamp Thing Trilogy That Never Was
Here’s something that takes me back to my days as an editor—and my previous posts here at the SWC blog that I called Tales of Development Hell… Just last week, on April 17th, the online version of the comic-book industry magazine The … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Interviews, Steven A. Roman
Tagged comic books, ibooks inc., Interviews, stephen r. bissette, steven a. roman, swamp thing, tales of development hell, the comics journal
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