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The Best of 2021: Readers’ Favorites

Even with the threat of the coronavirus pandemic complicating our lives (or maybe because of it!), if there was one comfort that people could turn to in these troubling times, it was reading. Fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, science fiction—no … Continue reading

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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

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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: A Princess of Mars

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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The Great Adventurous Princess

On sale today from Dynamite Entertainment is The Greatest Adventure, the hardcover collection of the nine-part comic-book miniseries written by Bill Willingham (Fables) and drawn by Cezar Razek (Red Sonja: The Black Tower), in which a team of characters created … Continue reading

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Aliens On Other Worlds, You Say?

Hey, science-fiction fans! As you probably know, today’s the U.S. release date for director Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, the latest entry in the popular film franchise and the sequel to 2012’s Prometheus (which, in all honesty, was a terrible movie). … Continue reading

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(War) Lord of the Jungle

Today is the release date for The Legend of Tarzan, the latest movie adaptation based on the famous jungle lord adventurer novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Starring Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood) as Tarzan, Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad) as Jane, Samuel … Continue reading

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Independence Day Review at Comics for Sinners

Over at the news site Comics for Sinners, you’ll find my review of Independence Day #1, written by Victor Gischler (Wolverine, Sally of the Wasteland), illustrated by Steve Scott (X-Men Forever, Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods) and … Continue reading

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2015 Summer Reading Suggestions

With this past Memorial Day weekend being the United States’ unofficial start to the 2015 summer season, and the publishing industry get-together called Book Expo America starting tomorrow, what better time for some books you might want to consider for … Continue reading

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