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Conventioneering at Home: Not at NYCC 2023? Neither Are we!

As pop culture and comic fans know, today is the opening day for New York Comic Con 2023—which, if it runs true to form, will be an absolute madhouse this weekend! Unfortunately, StarWarp Concepts won’t be part of the festivities. But … Continue reading

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SWC at 30: The ‘Warp Rises Anew

Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.  Last time, I was telling you about the creation of our resident Goth girl, Pandora Zwieback, and how she was going to lead a revived ’Warp out … Continue reading

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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: San Diego Comic-Con 2005

Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.  Back in the August 30th post, I talked about Lorelei’s second brief return to comic shops in 2002, after the original series’ cancellation in 1995, and … Continue reading

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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Small Press Expo Badges

Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.  With this weekend being the 2023 edition of the Small Press Expo—an alternative-comics convention held in Bethesda, Maryland, that started out in 1994 with a few handfuls … Continue reading

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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: San Diego Comic-Con 2002

Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.  July 2001 found me making my first-ever visit to San Diego Comic-Con, the US’s biggest comic and pop-culture convention that had grown so large since its launch … Continue reading

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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Dallas Fantasy Fair 1995

My first and only trip to Texas occurred in 1995. In August. Thank God for air-conditioning. The Dallas Fantasy Fair had debuted in 1982, launched by promotional company Bulldog Productions, and over the years it became known as one of those … Continue reading

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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Small Press Expo 1995

In 1994, I’d missed the launch of the Small Press Expo—a convention dedicated to promoting alternative press and small-press comics creators—due to a scheduling conflict, but was determined to make the trip to its location in Bethesda, Maryland, this time. … Continue reading

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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Sun Con 1994

It was road-trip time for StarWarp Concepts in the summer of 1994, and it took the form of my first (and only, to date) trip to Florida in August, to take part in Tampa’s one-day Sun Con, accompanied by Florida residents David … Continue reading

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Conventioneering at Home: Not at SDCC 2023? Neither Are We!

Today is the launch day for San Diego Comic-Con 2023, a show that over five deacdes has notoriously become known as less a comic book convention and more a shrine to pop-culture programming and Hollywood celebrities. Except not so much this … Continue reading

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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Pittsburgh Comic Book Convention 1994

My one trip to Pittsburgh Comic Con took place at the start of 1994 where, as the “writer of Lorelli! [sic]” I met up with writing buddy Richard C. White, whose Troubleshooters, Incorporated I’d originally published as a digest-sized comic. For me, … Continue reading

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