Author Archives: Steven

Happy 95th Birthday, Publishing Icon James Warren!

Born in 1930, James Warren is a name known to every horror fan who grew up in the 1950s to 1980s. He was the driving force behind the Warren Publishing Company; the man who thumbed his nose at the censorial … Continue reading

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Conventioneering at Home: Not at SDCC 2025? Join the Club!

Today is opening day for San Diego Comic-Con 2025: four days in which hordes of comic and pop-culture fans descend on the San Diego Convention Center (and the nearby Gaslamp Quarter) to meet their acting and/or comic-creating idols, hunt down … Continue reading

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Author Richard C. White at The Time Traveler’s Weekend

This coming Friday, fans of genre fiction will be gathering in Billie Creek Village, Indiana, for the kickoff of The Time Traveler’s Weekend, in which (according to their site), the historic recreation of a turn-of-the-century village “will be transformed into … Continue reading

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Celebrate Christmas in July 2025 with DriveThru’s Ebook Sale!

Hark! The herald angels sing, “E-books! Discounted e-books here! Get ’em while they’re hot! And have a merry freakin’ Christmas—in July!” They sure can carry a tune, can’t they? Anyway, as you probably know if you’ve made a visit to … Continue reading

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Smashwords’ 2025 Summer/Winter Ebook Sale Begins

Hey, book lovers! Today’s the day when e-book distributor Smashwords launches its 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 … Continue reading

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Happy Free RPG Day 2025!

If you’re a fan of role-playing games, then you probably know that today is Free RPG Day. If you’re not, it’s an annual event that’s sort of the gaming equivalent of Free Comic Book Day, intended to drive traffic to … Continue reading

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Celebrating Comic-Art Legend Frank Thorne’s 95th Birthday

Born this day in 1930, Benjamin Franklin Thorne is best known to comic book fans (especially those who grew up during the Bronze Age of Comics, in the 1970s) as Frank Thorne, the artist who made Marvel Comics’ Red Sonja, … Continue reading

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Star-Born Vampire Meets Earth-Born Economy in Latest SWC Price Change

As regular ’Warp visitors may remember, last fall I mentioned that price changes were coming for our line of print titles, due to the ongoing global supply problem that reached the publishing shores in the form of higher costs caused … Continue reading

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Happy International Tabletop Day 2025!

Celebrated on the first Saturday in June, International Tabletop Day is an annual event celebrating tabletop and board games of all sorts, launched in 2013 by creator Boyan Radakovich and originally hosted on actress (and gamer) Felicia Day’s Geek & … Continue reading

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Further Price Changes for SWC Print Titles

As regular ’Warp visitors may remember, last fall I mentioned that price changes were coming for our line of print titles, due to the ongoing global supply problem that reached the publishing shores in the form of higher costs caused … Continue reading

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