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

Posted on October 14, 2024 by Steven

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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Vampirella’s 55th Anniversary: The 1970s Almost Movie

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Steven

Two days ago, July 15th marked the 55th anniversary of the day in 1969 when Warren Publishing introduced the comics world to Vampirella, the bloodsucker from another planet who was created by Forrest J Ackerman and publisher James Warren, and … Continue reading →

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Happy 125th Anniversary, Count Dracula!

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Steven

Today is World Dracula Day: the annual celebration launched in 2012 by the Whitby Dracula Society 1897to mark the first publication of Bram Stoker’s seminal novel in 1897. What makes it even better is that it’s also the 125th anniversary of that … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Fiction, Holidays, Horror, vampirella, Vampires | Tagged bram stoker, dracula, from the stars a vampiress, holidays, peter cushing, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, vampire fiction, vampirella, world dracula day | Comments Off

Happy Birthday, Horror Legend Peter Cushing!

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Steven

Yes, horror fans, it was on this day in 1913 that Peter Cushing was born, which means this would have been his 107th birthday. Born in Kenley, England, Peter Wilton Cushing began his acting career on the stage in 1935, … Continue reading →

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Trains, Brains, and Killer Monkeymen

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Steven

In last Friday’s post, I told you a Tale of Development Hell involving a proposed collection of brand-new movie reviews that was canceled shortly after a number of writers and I had delivered our contributions. Here then, for your reading … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing, tales of development hell | Tagged christopher lee, horror express, movie reviews, peter cushing, tales of development hell, telly savalas | Comments Off

That Time Dracula, Grand Moff Tarkin, and Kojak Became Monster Hunters

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Steven

You remember my series of posts called Tales of Development Hell, don’t you? They’re the real-life stories of publishing projects in which I’d been involved that died tragic deaths somewhere during the development process. Sometimes they were murdered before a … Continue reading →

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