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Happy Teen Read Week 2017!
Teen Read Week 2017 is happening right now, October 8–14. What is it? Well, to quote the event’s website: Teen Read Week is a national adolescent literacy initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Its purpose is to encourage … Continue reading
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Celebrating a Comic Book She-Devil
On November 14, 1972, comic book readers and fans of Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian series were introduced to another memorable character from Conan creator, pulp writer Robert E. Howard. This new warrior fought as hard as Conan, drank as hard … Continue reading
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Tagged comic book reviews, red sonja, red sonja 45th anniversary, reviews of a she-devil, steven a. roman
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It’s National Comic Book Day 2017!
Today is National Comic Book Day, an unofficial “holiday” that’s celebrated every year on this date…although no one seems to know why that is, or who exactly started the tradition. Nevertheless, if you’re thinking that the friendly fiends at StarWarp … Continue reading
It’s Banned Books Week 2017!
Got a favorite book? Well, odds are good there’s someone out there in the United States who’d liked to see it censored. And that’s where Banned Books Week comes in—an annual celebration of literacy in which the spotlight is shone … Continue reading
Happy Harley Quinn Day!
Following an edict issued by DC Comics, today is officially Harley Quinn Day, which marks the 25th anniversary of the debut of the Joker’s equally psychotic girlfriend in Batman: The Animated Series. Cocreated by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm and … Continue reading
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Happy National Read a Book Day 2017!
Today is National Read a Book Day, which is celebrated in the United States every September 6th since…well, nobody seems to know precisely when this “holiday” began, or who started it, but it’s a celebration of reading, so it’s all … Continue reading
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Happy Wonder Woman Day!
Following an edict issued by DC Comics on February 16, today is officially the first annual Wonder Woman Day! I’m sure the timing has nothing to do with the fact that yesterday was the U.S. release date for the first-ever … Continue reading
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Happy Free Comic Book Day 2017!
That’s right, comic book fans, today is the sixteenth annual Free Comic Book Day at brick-and-mortar and online comic shops around the world. Held the first Saturday in May, this year’s event is timed to coincide with yesterday’s release of … Continue reading
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May the Fourth Be With You in 2017!
If you’re a science fiction fan, you probably know what the headline of this post means—yup, today is Star Wars Day, that annual celebration of George Lucas’s legendary franchise that retook the world by storm in December 2015 with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Pandora Zwieback, shameless plugs, sketch covers, star wars, star wars day
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Happy Game Masters Appreciation Day 2017!
Since 2002, March 4th has been well known to the gaming community as International GM’s [Game Masters] Appreciation Day. Never heard of it? Well, that’s probably because, like me, you’re not involved in that ever-growing collection of fans. To explain … Continue reading
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Tagged gm's day, international game masters appreciation day, richard c. white, terra incognito: a guide to building the worlds of your imagination, world building, writing reference
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