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Vampirella #3 Review at Comics for Sinners

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Steven

Now at the news site Comics for Sinners, you can read my review of Dynamite Entertainment’s Vampirella, Vol. 2 #3, which is on sale today. It’s written by Bram Stoker Award–winning author Nancy A. Collins (Sunglasses After Dark, Swamp Thing, … Continue reading →

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Afterlife with Archie #6 Review at Comics for Sinners

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Steven

It started as a jokey Halloween drawing and has gone on to become one of the best horror comics currently on the stands. I’m talking, of course, about Archie Comics’ runaway hit Afterlife with Archie, a not-for-kids series that places … Continue reading →

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DRM-Free Comics? Already Got ‘Em!

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Steven

As you may have heard, at this week’s Comic Con International: San Diego, digital comics distributor Comixology announced that they are making titles from certain independent publishers—including Image, Dynamite Entertainment, and Top Shelf—available as Digital Rights Media–free (DRM-free) PDF and … Continue reading →

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Chastity #1 Review at Comics for Sinners

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Steven

Bad girls are apparently back in style at Dynamite Entertainment these days. First there was June’s relaunch of comics’ premier bloodthirsty seductress, Vampirella, followed by the debut of the probably-not-a-vampire-series The Blood Queen. Now, spinning off from the recently revived … Continue reading →

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Vampirella: Suddenly, I’m a Comics Reviewer

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Steven

I’ve been a writer, an editor, an artist, a letterer, a proofreader, a copyeditor, a designer, and a publisher, but apparently I still don’t have enough to do, because as of today I’m also a reviewer of bad-girl comics, courtesy … Continue reading →

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SWC Backlist: Lorelei: Sects and the City

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Steven

Continuing our review of SWC’s backlist, today we look at the Mature Readers graphic novel Lorelei: Sects and the City, written by Steven A. Roman (The Saga of Pandora Zwieback, X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy) and illustrated by Eliseu Gouveia … Continue reading →

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Lorelei: The Celebrity Endorsements

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Steven

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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Rejections: My Almost-Date with Vampirella

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Steven

Last year, on May 9 and May 10, I told you about a pair of rejections I received in my early years as a wannabe writer: one was from The Twilight Zone Magazine, for a short story I’d submitted; the … Continue reading →

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2014: The Year of the Succubus

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Steven

It was 25 years ago that our resident soul-stealing succubus, Lorelei, made her small-press comic debut, in 1989’s Lorelei One-Shot Special (the cover of which you see here). Heavily influenced by comics’ #1 femme fatale, Vampirella, as well as by … Continue reading →

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Some Good Bad-Girl Pencils

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Steven

Courtesy of comic-art legend Esteban Maroto, here’s a rare behind-the-scenes photograph of his in-work pencils for what would become the cover painter of our critically acclaimed, mature readers graphic novel Lorelei: Sects and the City.  Pinned to the left side … Continue reading →

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