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Celebrate Vampirella’s 55th Anniversary with a Bloody Good Discount at DriveThru Comics!

Happy 55th Anniversary, Vampirella (who made her comics debut in 1969)! And a happy discount for her fans!  Just in time for the Spooky Season, and the 2024 celebration of New York Comic Con (which kicks off on Thursday), today … Continue reading

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Happy 55th Anniversary, Vampirella!

He picked a magazine off the coverlet which showed an incredibly endowed young woman in a skintight costume who was sucking the blood of a young man…. The name of the magazine—and of the young woman, apparently—was Vampirella.—Stephen King, ’Salem’s … Continue reading

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King Kong at 90: The Long-lost Horrors of the Spider Pit

As 2023 comes to a close, we also reach the end of our yearlong celebration of King Kong, who made his cinematic debut 90 years ago, on March 3, 1933. The creation of movie producer Merian C. Cooper and author Edgar … Continue reading

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The Spirit of Warren Publishing Lives On!

If there’s one thing horror fans have learned from a lifetime of watching movies is that you can never keep a good monster down for long. Oh sure, it might look dead, but it’s really just biding its time to … Continue reading

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From the Stars…a Vampiress Now On Sale!

Hey, horror and comics fans! Today’s the day when our latest release, From the Stars…a Vampiress: An Unauthorized Guide to Vampirella’s Classic Horror Adventures, officially goes on sale! Written by Steven A. Roman (that’s me!), author of the Pandora Zwieback series … Continue reading

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Lorelei: The Celebrity Endorsements

In her quarter century of stealing the souls of evildoers, our resident succubus, Lorelei, has gained quite the following. Some fans come for the good-girl/bad-girl art; some come for the horror; some come for the quality writing (he said modestly); … Continue reading

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Lori, Jim Warren, and the Ackermonster

Yesterday I was discussing reactions I’ve received over the years from some comic book professionals I’ve introduced to my succubus character, Lorelei—the star of SWC’s new Mature Readers graphic novel, Lorelei: Sects and the City. When I launched her initial … Continue reading

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