Author Archives: Steven

Demona Weaves Her Spell at Comics for Sinners

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Steven

With February being Women in Horror Month, it’s the perfect time for you to head over to the site Comics for Sinners, where you’ll find my overview of Skywald Publishing’s 1972 answer to Vampirella, the supernatural femme fatale Demona the … Continue reading →

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It’s Take Your Child to the Library Day 2018!

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Steven

Today is the seventh annual celebration of Take Your Child to the Library Day. Founded in 2011 by children’s librarian Nadine Lipman, the event is held the first Saturday in February and encourages librarians to reach out to their communities … Continue reading →

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Happy Women in Horror Month 2018!

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Steven

Women in Horror Month is here again, that annual celebration that shines the spotlight on the contributions of all the female creators—writers, artists, movie directors, producers, special makeup artists, special effects experts, etc.—who’ve brought thrills and chills to generations of … Continue reading →

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A Formidable Update

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Steven

So, remember that superhero comic The Formidables that I’m involved with as script-tweaker? Originally self-published digitally by creator/writer/artist Chris Malgrain through his Oniric Comics company, its print rights were picked up by Red Anvil Comics in 2017; the first two … Continue reading →

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Happy 45th Anniversary, Carl Kolchak, Part 2

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Steven

On January 11, 2017, I saluted the 45th anniversary of The Night Stalker, a 1972 made-for TV vampire movie that introduced horror fans to Carl Kolchak, a down-on-his-luck newspaper reporter in Las Vegas, Nevada, who starts out investigating a string … Continue reading →

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“The Only Good Ape Painting…Is a Bob Larkin Ape Painting!”

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Steven

Hey, ape fans! In case you didn’t know it, last Wednesday comics publisher BOOM! Studios released Planet of the Apes: Ursus #1, the start of a new miniseries that tells the origin of the warrior general from the original movie … Continue reading →

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Explore the Worlds of Richard C. White

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Steven

Richard C. White is the bestselling author of the licensed fantasy novel Gauntlet: Dark Legacy: Paths of Evil, and a popular writer of fantasy, science fiction, and crime tales, including Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Echoes of Coventry and … Continue reading →

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New to StarWarp Concepts?

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Steven

Then welcome aboard! In case you’re wondering who we are, StarWarp Concepts is a publisher of dark-fantasy and fantasy novels, comic books, and graphic novels that are available for sale in brick-and-mortar stores and through select online booksellers and distributors … Continue reading →

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StarWarp Concepts: 25 Years and Still Going Strong

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Steven

Where does the time go? It might be hard to believe, but it was in 1993, twenty-five years ago, that StarWarp Concepts officially launched as an independent publisher in the State of New York, with the release of Lorelei, Vol. … Continue reading →

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Happy 200th Anniversary, Frankenstein!

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Steven

Can you believe it? It was 200 years ago this very day in 1818 that a small-press publishing company in London, Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, unleashed a literary monsterpiece upon the world: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, the Modern … Continue reading →

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