Author Archives: Steven

Author Richard C. White at Shore Leave 35

Sorry about the lack of updates around here, folks, but this summer’s turned out to be a pretty hectic period for us at ’Warp Central as we put the finishing touches on our upcoming titles—but that doesn’t mean we don’t … Continue reading

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Rejections: No Flys On (Or For) Me

Check it out, aspiring writers: another rejection letter from the archives! This one’s from around 1983, when I pitched a story idea to Archie Comics, home of that immortal high school teenager, Archie Andrews. Only I wasn’t interested in writing … Continue reading

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Rejections: Everybody Gets ’Em

Submitted for your approval: one Steven Roman, who in the mid-1980s wrote a short story that he discovered had no place in…The Twilight Zone. In the 1980s, Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine was a publication that was half glamour … Continue reading

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May 4 – Free Comic Book Day

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Memories of a Monster Hunter

As you may know, The ’Warp is celebrating tomorrow’s 11th anniversary of Free Comic Book Day by releasing the rarely seen Heartstopper: The Legend of La Bella Tenebrosa #3, the final issue in what was supposed to be a four-part … Continue reading

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Some Good Bad-Girl Pencils

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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Guerrilla Marketing

Usually letting people know about your book can be an expensive venture—advertising, mailing copies to reviewers, etc. Sometimes, though, it can be as easy and inexpensive as writing the title on a card in a public setting… The main branch … Continue reading

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Nerd is the Word for Pandora Zwieback Fans

I don’t know about you, but I never get tired of receiving positive reviews of Blood Feud, the first Pandora Zwieback novel—and here’s the latest! This time, the praise comes from Aida Jacobs, the Girly Geek of the comic news … Continue reading

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Pandora Zwieback, Book 1 E-book Now at Lower Price

With Blood Reign: The Saga of Pandora Zwieback, Book 2 scheduled for release this May, we here at The ’Warp thought it would be the perfect time to make the first Pan novel available to a wider readership. Makes sense, … Continue reading

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Pandora Zwieback: Coming to Comic Shops in May 2013!

Zwieback Nation continues to expand! First our Goth adventuress took the literary market by storm, and now Diamond Comic Distributors—the U.S.’s #1 comic-related distribution company—has picked up The Saga of Pandora Zwieback Annual #1, our first full-length Pan comic, for … Continue reading

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