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Rejections: My Almost-Date with Vampirella

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Steven

Last year, on May 9 and May 10, I told you about a pair of rejections I received in my early years as a wannabe writer: one was from The Twilight Zone Magazine, for a short story I’d submitted; the … Continue reading →

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2014: The Year of the Succubus

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Steven

It was 25 years ago that our resident soul-stealing succubus, Lorelei, made her small-press comic debut, in 1989’s Lorelei One-Shot Special (the cover of which you see here). Heavily influenced by comics’ #1 femme fatale, Vampirella, as well as by … Continue reading →

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Fan Tales 1: Dirk Vermin and the Succubus

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Steven

As some of you folks may know, I originally published my succubus character Lorelei in a couple of small-press, digest-sized comics that I wrote and drew; the Lorelei One-Shot Special was released in 1989, with Lorelei #1 following in 1991. … Continue reading →

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Lori, Jim Warren, and the Ackermonster

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Steven

Yesterday I was discussing reactions I’ve received over the years from some comic book professionals I’ve introduced to my succubus character, Lorelei—the star of SWC’s new Mature Readers graphic novel, Lorelei: Sects and the City. When I launched her initial … Continue reading →

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Fan Mail From Some Flounders

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Steven

(In case you don’t get the joke, the header is a reference to a gag from the old Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. Hey! Don’t you judge my childhood!  😀 ) Anyway, as we here at The ’Warp get ready to … Continue reading →

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’Warp Artist Eliseu Gouveia Gets Much-Deserved Recognition

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Steven

From May 10 to June 26 of this year, the city of Beja, Portugal, celebrated its eighth annual International Comics Festival—and ’Warp characters Pandora Zwieback and Lorelei both made appearances in an art gallery exhibition at the festival that celebrated … Continue reading →

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A Blast From the Past

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Steven

Well, here’s something I hadn’t seen in a store in a long time: the first-ever edition of Lorelei: Building the Perfect Beast, Vol. 1, released by The ’Warp in the summer of 2005. And yet there it was, just the … Continue reading →

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The 13 Days of Pan-demonium Are Coming!

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Steven

I hate to break the news to you, LORELEI, but even though you’ve been Starwarp Concepts’ flagship character since the company launched in 1993, you’re not the only star around here at the ’Warp offices. We still love you, though! … Continue reading →

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The Things You Find on the Internet…

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Steven

As a follow-up to my last entry, extolling the virtues of small-press comics, I thought I’d tell you about this item I came across in my Web travels: What you’ve got right there is a copy of the Lorelei #1 … Continue reading →

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