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SWC at 30: Down, But Not Dead Yet
“StarWarp Concepts Re-enters Small Press: New Titles, Reprints Herald Company’s Return” declared publisher Joe Bagdon’s newszine Comic Book Publisher #5 in January 1998. It was a story also picked up that month by the eighth issue of the premiere magazine of … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, heartstopper, Small Press Comics, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged comic book publisher, comic books, heartstopper, heroines and heroes, small press comics, small press creative explosion, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30
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Smashwords’ 2023 Summer/Winter E-book Sale Is On!
Hey, book lovers! Today’s the day when e-book distributor Smashwords launches its 15th annual Summer/Winter Sale, during which you can purchase thousands of digital books at special prices! It runs from July 1 to July 31—and yes, you’ll need to set up an … Continue reading
Posted in Dark Urban Fantasy, e-books, e-tailers, Events, Fantasy, Horror, Nonfiction, Richard C. White, Steven A. Roman, Summer Reading, Writing Reference Books, Young Adult
Tagged Dark Urban Fantasy, e-books, e-tailers, events, Fantasy, fantasy adventure, horror fiction, nonfiction, richard c. white, smash words summer sale, smashwords, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, world building, writers reference, writing reference, young adult fiction
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SWC at 30: That Time Pandora Zwieback Almost Gave You Goosebumps
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. When we left off, 1996 had seen the return of our resident succubus, Lorelei, in the aptly named Lorelei Returns! Special from indie house Power Comics…only for PC … Continue reading
Posted in heartstopper, Pandora Zwieback, Publishing, Sebastienne Mazarin, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged goosebumps, heartstopper, michael z. hobson, Pandora Zwieback, parachute press, r.l. stine, sebastienne mazarin, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30, uriel caton
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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
Posted in Convention Reports, Conventions, louis small jr., StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged convention memories, convention reports, conventions, fauve, holly golightly, louis small jr., new york comicon 1994, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30
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SWC at 30: Lorelei’s Brief Resurrection
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. When we left off, the year 1995 had seen the end of SWC’s Lorelei series and the blink-and-you-missed-it debut of Heartstopper, a “bad girl” comic that I canceled after … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Lorelei, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged chainsaw chuck majewski, comic books, david c. matthews, lorelei, lorelei presents: house macabre, lorelei returns special, power comics, scott shriver, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30, uriel caton
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Summertime, and the Reading Is Easy…
Next Monday, May 29, is Memorial Day in the United States—a time when the country takes a moment to recognize the sacrifices of the members of our armed forces who’ve given their lives to protect our and the world’s freedoms. … Continue reading
Posted in Carmilla, Classic Fiction, Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Holidays, Horror, Illustrated Classics, Lorelei, Nonfiction, Princess of Mars, Reading, Science Fiction, Summer Reading, Writing Reference Books
Tagged a princess of mars, carmilla, comic books, edgar rice burroughs, from the stars a vampiress, graphic novels, holidays, horror classics, illustrated classics, j. sheridan le fanu, lorelei, lorelei presents: house macabre, lorelei: sects and the city, memorial day, nonfiction, reading, richard c. white, science fiction, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, succubus fiction, summer reading, terra incognito: a guide to building the worlds of your imagination, vampire fiction, vampirella, world building, writers reference, writing reference
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SWC at 30: Exit: the Monster Hunter!
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Last week, I was telling you the history of Heartstopper: a 1994 femme-fatale spin-off from the Lorelei comic series I was publishing at the time. Starring an … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, heartstopper, Sebastienne Mazarin, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged alan larsen, david c. matthews, fauve, heartstopper, heartstopper/trollords, holly golightly, millennium publications, paul fricke, scott beaderstadt, sebastienne mazarin, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30, trollords, uriel caton, zeea adams
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SWC at 30: Enter: The Monster Hunter!
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Part 1 covered our earliest days, as a small-press publishing house that dealt in digest-size comics starring Lorelei and the supernatural superhero team Troubleshooters, Incorporated. In Part … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, heartstopper, louis small jr., nightcry, Sebastienne Mazarin, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged alan larsen, comic books, dan peters, david c. matthews, heartstopper, joe monks, louis small jr., millennium publications, nightcry, sebastienne mazarin, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30, uriel caton, visual anarchy
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A Vampire Lord…But Probably Not the One You Were Expecting
We finish out a week of announcements with yet more news of an upcoming project—except this one isn’t a comic book! Coming this winter from indie publishing house Black Coat Press is the anthology Tales of the Shadowmen 20: Fin de Siecle … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, Publishing Announcements, Steven A. Roman, Vampires
Tagged black coat press, jean-marc lofficier, john polidori, lord ruthven, paul feval, publishing announcements, steven a. roman, tales of the shadowmen, tales of the shadowmen 20: fin de siecle, the wandering jew, vampire fiction
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Lorelei Meets the Mummies? The Crossover No One Expected (Including Me!)
It’s been a week for announcements, hasn’t it? On Tuesday, I revealed StarWarp Concepts’ first licensed-comic project, the sci-fi miniseries Lester del Rey’s Time Ring, by the creative team of writer Steven A. Roman (that’s me!) and artist Eliseu Gouveia. Yesterday, … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Lorelei, Publishing Announcements, Steven A. Roman
Tagged boom press, comic books, crossover comics, crowdfunding, kickstarter, lorelei, lorelei/sisterhood of the mummy, mummy comics, publishing announcements, richard boom, sisterhood of the mummy, steven a. roman, succubus fiction
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