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Happy holidays from all of us to you and yours! Stay safe and stay well!
She’s a Big-Screen Wonder…Again!
This Friday, December 25th (Christmas Day!) is the much-delayed U.S. theater release (and simultaneous HBOMax streaming debut) of Wonder Woman 1984, the latest entry in Warner Bros.’ DC Comics movie universe and the sequel to 2017’s box-office hit Wonder Woman. Gal Gadot … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Digital Comics, movies
Tagged comic books, digital comic books, hbomax, heroines and heroes, movies, shameless plugs, steven a. roman, superheroes, wonder woman, wonder woman 1984
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A Belated Farewell to the Roosevelt Hotel, a New York Icon
Phil Seuling will hold another Comic Book Marketplace 1/13, 10–5, at the Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Ave. and 45th St. Paperbacks, comic books, movie-memory stuff, sports memorabilia, and much more for true fans.—“Other Events: Happenings,” New York Magazine, January 14, 1985 The … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions
Tagged conventions, roosevelt hotel
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Farewell to BookExpo and BookCon
The publishing industry was stunned last week when convention organizer Reed Exhibitions announced that, effective immediately, it was putting an end to its annual trade-show gathering called BookExpo, as well as Expo’s spin-off event, BookCon. It was the coronavirus that … Continue reading
Posted in Book Festivals, Conventions
Tagged book expo america, book festivals, bookcon
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Happy Red Planet Day 2020!
According to the calendar site Happy Days 365, Red Planet Day “honors the launch of the spacecraft Mariner 4, a robotic interplanetary probe on 28th November 1964 by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). In the eight months it was on its … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, Holidays, Illustrated Classics, Princess of Mars, Publishing, Science Fiction
Tagged a princess of mars, dejah thoris, edgar rice burroughs, holidays, illustrated classics, john carter, mariner 4, mars, red planet day, science fiction
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Happy Local Comic Shop Day 2020!
Hey, comic fans! Today is Local Comic Shop Day. It’s an annual appreciation “conceived and implemented by ComicsPRO comic book specialty retailers to call attention to locally owned independent comic book specialty stores, celebrating their unique and vital role in being … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Digital Comics, Events
Tagged chronicles of the sea dragon, heartstopper, heroines and heroes, local comic shop day, lorelei, lorelei presents: house macabre, lorelei: genesis, lorelei: sects and the city, saga of pandora zwieback annual, the saga of pandora zwieback #0, troubleshooters incorporated
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Happy Love Your Red Hair Day 2020!
As the old saying goes, you learn something new every day. According to the National Day Calendar, today is National Love Your Red Hair Day, an annual event created in 2015 by Adrienne and Stephanie Vendetti, cofounders of the beauty site … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Holidays, Lorelei, Publishing
Tagged holidays, lorelei, lorelei presents: house macabre, lorelei: genesis, lorelei: sects and the city, national love your red hair day, succubus fiction
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It’s National Novel Writing Month 2020!
Fall is in full swing, and with it comes that annual November event called National Novel Writing Month. To explain what it is, I’ll let this quote from the organization’s website provide you with some background: National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Publishing, Writing Reference Books
Tagged national novel writing month, richard c. white, terra incognito: a guide to building the worlds of your imagination, world building, writers reference, writing reference
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It’s Time for Our Favorite Holiday!
Stay safe, stay well, and have the happiest of Quarantineoweens!