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SWC at 30: The ‘Warp Rises Anew
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Last time, I was telling you about the creation of our resident Goth girl, Pandora Zwieback, and how she was going to lead a revived ’Warp out … Continue reading
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: San Diego Comic-Con 2005
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Back in the August 30th post, I talked about Lorelei’s second brief return to comic shops in 2002, after the original series’ cancellation in 1995, and … Continue reading
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Small Press Expo Badges
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. With this weekend being the 2023 edition of the Small Press Expo—an alternative-comics convention held in Bethesda, Maryland, that started out in 1994 with a few handfuls … Continue reading
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: San Diego Comic-Con 2002
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. July 2001 found me making my first-ever visit to San Diego Comic-Con, the US’s biggest comic and pop-culture convention that had grown so large since its launch … Continue reading
SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Dallas Fantasy Fair 1995
My first and only trip to Texas occurred in 1995. In August. Thank God for air-conditioning. The Dallas Fantasy Fair had debuted in 1982, launched by promotional company Bulldog Productions, and over the years it became known as one of those … Continue reading
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Small Press Expo 1995
In 1994, I’d missed the launch of the Small Press Expo—a convention dedicated to promoting alternative press and small-press comics creators—due to a scheduling conflict, but was determined to make the trip to its location in Bethesda, Maryland, this time. … Continue reading
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Sun Con 1994
It was road-trip time for StarWarp Concepts in the summer of 1994, and it took the form of my first (and only, to date) trip to Florida in August, to take part in Tampa’s one-day Sun Con, accompanied by Florida residents David … Continue reading
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Pittsburgh Comic Book Convention 1994
My one trip to Pittsburgh Comic Con took place at the start of 1994 where, as the “writer of Lorelli! [sic]” I met up with writing buddy Richard C. White, whose Troubleshooters, Incorporated I’d originally published as a digest-sized comic. For me, … Continue reading
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: The 1994 Legends in the Making Tour
If there was one thing you could say about StarWarp Concepts just a year after we launched as a full-size-comic company, it was that we weren’t shy about our plans to make an impression in publishing! What you see here … Continue reading
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: New York Comicon 1994
It’s New York Comicon—but probably not the one you were expecting! Held by Great Eastern Conventions at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers on the northern edge of Times Square (a welcome change from the Penn Hotel), the show boasted such … Continue reading
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