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Category Archives: StarWarp Concepts History
SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Sun Con 1994
It was road-trip time for StarWarp Concepts in the summer of 1994, and it took the form of my first (and only, to date) trip to Florida in August, to take part in Tampa’s one-day Sun Con, accompanied by Florida residents David … Continue reading
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Pittsburgh Comic Book Convention 1994
My one trip to Pittsburgh Comic Con took place at the start of 1994 where, as the “writer of Lorelli! [sic]” I met up with writing buddy Richard C. White, whose Troubleshooters, Incorporated I’d originally published as a digest-sized comic. For me, … Continue reading
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SWC at 30: Down, But Not Dead Yet
“StarWarp Concepts Re-enters Small Press: New Titles, Reprints Herald Company’s Return” declared publisher Joe Bagdon’s newszine Comic Book Publisher #5 in January 1998. It was a story also picked up that month by the eighth issue of the premiere magazine of … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, heartstopper, Small Press Comics, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged comic book publisher, comic books, heartstopper, heroines and heroes, small press comics, small press creative explosion, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: The 1994 Legends in the Making Tour
If there was one thing you could say about StarWarp Concepts just a year after we launched as a full-size-comic company, it was that we weren’t shy about our plans to make an impression in publishing! What you see here … Continue reading
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SWC at 30: That Time Pandora Zwieback Almost Gave You Goosebumps
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. When we left off, 1996 had seen the return of our resident succubus, Lorelei, in the aptly named Lorelei Returns! Special from indie house Power Comics…only for PC … Continue reading
Posted in heartstopper, Pandora Zwieback, Publishing, Sebastienne Mazarin, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged goosebumps, heartstopper, michael z. hobson, Pandora Zwieback, parachute press, r.l. stine, sebastienne mazarin, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30, uriel caton
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: New York Comicon 1994
It’s New York Comicon—but probably not the one you were expecting! Held by Great Eastern Conventions at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers on the northern edge of Times Square (a welcome change from the Penn Hotel), the show boasted such … Continue reading
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Tagged convention memories, convention reports, conventions, fauve, holly golightly, louis small jr., new york comicon 1994, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30
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SWC at 30: Lorelei’s Brief Resurrection
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. When we left off, the year 1995 had seen the end of SWC’s Lorelei series and the blink-and-you-missed-it debut of Heartstopper, a “bad girl” comic that I canceled after … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Lorelei, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged chainsaw chuck majewski, comic books, david c. matthews, lorelei, lorelei presents: house macabre, lorelei returns special, power comics, scott shriver, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30, uriel caton
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SWC at 30: Exit: the Monster Hunter!
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Last week, I was telling you the history of Heartstopper: a 1994 femme-fatale spin-off from the Lorelei comic series I was publishing at the time. Starring an … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, heartstopper, Sebastienne Mazarin, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged alan larsen, david c. matthews, fauve, heartstopper, heartstopper/trollords, holly golightly, millennium publications, paul fricke, scott beaderstadt, sebastienne mazarin, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30, trollords, uriel caton, zeea adams
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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Uticon 1992
It was while I was still making the rounds as a small-press-comic publisher that September 1992 saw me hop an Amtrak train and head upstate to the city of Utica for a one-day comic con. The show, created by comics … Continue reading
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SWC at 30: Enter: The Monster Hunter!
Continuing the history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Part 1 covered our earliest days, as a small-press publishing house that dealt in digest-size comics starring Lorelei and the supernatural superhero team Troubleshooters, Incorporated. In Part … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, heartstopper, louis small jr., nightcry, Sebastienne Mazarin, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged alan larsen, comic books, dan peters, david c. matthews, heartstopper, joe monks, louis small jr., millennium publications, nightcry, sebastienne mazarin, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30, uriel caton, visual anarchy
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