Yesterday, we finished up a review of SWC’s backlist of titles available for purchase. The question now is, what comes next? I’m glad you asked!
Next month, the long-awaited Blood Reign: The Saga of Pandora Zwieback, Book 2 makes its debut. It’s the follow-up to the first Pan novel, Blood Feud, and continues the story of our teenaged Goth adventuress. After the surprising cliffhanger ending of Blood Feud, Panatics worldwide have been eagerly awaiting its resolution, and to discover what’s next in store for Pan and her supporting cast. No spoilers here, but I can say Blood Reign is a novel that hits the ground running, and is filled with monsters, magic, car chases, shoot-outs, and a liberal dose of the kind of humorous snark you’ve come to expect from our young leading lady.
In September, we have Lorelei Presents: House Macabre. 2014 is Lori’s 25th anniversary as StarWarp Concepts’ first horror heroine, and as part of the celebration this 24-page, one-shot comic has Lori playing hostess for her first horror anthology. Stories are by me and New York Times bestselling author Dwight Jon Zimmerman (Lincoln’s Last Days), with art by Uriel Caton & “Chainsaw” Chuck Majewski (Heartstopper: The Legend of La Bella Tenebrosa), Lou Manna (T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents), John Pierard (My Teacher Fried My Brains), and Juan Carlos Abraldes Rendo, and a cover by Vampirella and Lady Death good-girl artist supreme Louis Small Jr.
Lastly, in October we’ll be releasing Lorelei: Genesis. It’s a 24-page, digital-exclusive collection of Lori’s first comic appearances, from back in her small-press days, written and drawn by me. These are the tales that introduced Lori to horror comic readers and helped establish StarWarp Concepts, back in the days of photocopied and hand-stapled digest-size comics. And this one-shot special will be on sale for the low, low price of just 99¢!
On the distribution end, the first Pandora Zwieback novel, Blood Feud, recently joined the list of titles offered through the online subscription services Scribd and Oyster Books, with other outlets to become available as our e-book distributor, Smashwords, finalizes deals already in place. We also recently signed with online store Comic Blender to offer our comics and graphic novels to digital comic fans, and are in the process of submitting our titles to ComicsFix and comiXology.
As for 2015, coming in March is Make Doom! Make Doom! The Horror Art of Harry Harrison. Harrison—who passed away in 2012—was a legendary science-fiction author, but before he became an award-winning writer he got his start as a 1950s comic book artist. This digital-exclusive, full-color, one-shot comic collects four of the horror tales he drew during that period, and will be released on what would have been his 90th birthday.
Following that, Pan’s first literary adventure will reach its conclusion in Blood & Iron: The Saga of Pandora Zwieback, Book 3. I’m not going to say much about it—why spoil it?—but it will definitely be an exciting wrap-up to the madness unleashed in the novels Blood Feud and Blood Reign.
Then in August, King Kong becomes our latest Illustrated Classic, joining Carmilla, A Princess of Mars, and Snow White. This is the novelization of the original 1933 classic monster movie, written by Edgar Wallace, Merian C. Cooper, and Delos Lovelace. Our edition features exclusive illustrations by pulp artist Kevin Tuma (Green Hornet, The Twilight Avenger) and cover art by Bryan Dunn.
Rounding out our 2015 publishing list will be Eliseu Gouveia’s Silver Sparrow. You’ve loved his artwork in the Saga of Pandora Zwieback comics, the illustrated classics Carmilla and A Princess of Mars, and the graphic novel Lorelei: Sects and the City. Now you’re going to see what Eliseu “Zeu” Gouveia can do as the writer and artist of his own graphic novel! Silver Sparrow is a teen superheroine venturing out for her first adventure—which culminates with the destruction of her universe! But that, as they say, is just the beginning of the story…
There are other surprises in store, but you’ll have to follow The ’Warp in the coming months to find out what they are. Stand by for action!
