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SWC at 30: Convention Memories: New York Comic Book Convention 1992
My second convention appearance as a small-press publisher/creator was in June 1992, when Troubleshooters, Incorporated artist Dan Peters and I set up shop in artists’ alley at Great Eastern Convention’s New York Comic Book Convention (not to be confused with New York … Continue reading
Posted in Convention Reports, Conventions, StarWarp Concepts, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged brian pulido, convention memories, convention reports, conventions, dan peters, evil ernie, great eastern convention, lady death, new york comic book convention, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, steven hughes, swc at 30
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SWC at 30: The Little ‘Warp That Could
Welcome to the second part of my history of StarWarp Concepts, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. In Part 1, we left off in 1992. After breaking ground by publishing a few digest-size comics between ’89 and ’92, … Continue reading
SWC at 30: Convention Memories: Great Eastern Convention 1991
As I explained last week, StarWarp Concepts officially launched as a comic-book publishing company in 1993—which makes this year our 30th Anniversary—but we actually started out in 1989 as a small-press comics publisher, turning out our titles on photocopiers and hand-stapling … Continue reading
Happy National Superhero Day 2023!
The second trailer for the latest DC Comics/Warner Bros.’ movie, The Flash, dropped the other day to much excitement and an advance screening has everyone buzzing about it, a week from Friday there’s the opening of the highly anticipated Guardians of the … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Digital Comics, Graphic Novels, Holidays, Superheroes
Tagged comic books, digital comic books, graphic novels, heroines and heroes, holidays, joni m. white, national superhero day, randy zimmerman, reggie golden, richard c. white, richard dominguez, steven a. roman, superhero comics, superheroes, troubleshooters incorporated
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SWC at 30: In the Beginning…
Happy birthday, StarWarp Concepts! To celebrate, we got a Dumpy the Pumpkin ice cream cake from the vaults of Carvel! (They had to dig around a bit in the freezer, since Dumpy cakes haven’t been sold since the ’90s, but … Continue reading
Posted in StarWarp Concepts, StarWarp Concepts History, Steven A. Roman
Tagged dan peters, jim linehan, lorelei, lorelei one-shot special, lorelei: genesis, mister miguel, richard c. white, sam brown, small press comics, small press comics explosion, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30, troubleshooters incorporated
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Memories of a Swamp Thing Trilogy That Never Was
Here’s something that takes me back to my days as an editor—and my previous posts here at the SWC blog that I called Tales of Development Hell… Just last week, on April 17th, the online version of the comic-book industry magazine The … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Interviews, Steven A. Roman
Tagged comic books, ibooks inc., Interviews, stephen r. bissette, steven a. roman, swamp thing, tales of development hell, the comics journal
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It’s National Encourage a Young Writer Day 2023!
Here’s an annual tradition we here at ’Warp Central always get behind a hundred percent: Today is National Encourage a Young Writer Day, and although no one seems to know the origin of this “holiday,” according to the National Day Calendar: … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Steven A. Roman
Tagged holidays, national encourage a young writer day, steven a. roman
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Happy Read an Ebook Week 2023!
Hey, book lovers! Today’s the day when e-book distributor Smashwords launches its 14th annual Read an Ebook Week Sale, during which you can purchase tens of thousands of digital books at special prices! It runs March 5–11—and yes, you’ll need to set up … Continue reading
Posted in Dark Urban Fantasy, e-books, e-tailers, Events, Fantasy, Nonfiction, Pandora Zwieback, Writing Reference Books, Young Adult
Tagged Dark Urban Fantasy, e-books, e-tailers, Fantasy, fantasy adventure, richard c. white, smashwords, smashwords read an ebook week, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, world building, writers reference, writing reference, young adult fiction
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The Best of 2022: Readers’ Favorites
So now that you’ve had four days of behind-the-scenes talk of StarWarp Concepts here at the SWC blog, it’s time to look at what readers and potential book buyers are interested in when they peruse all we have to offer. … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Illustrated Classics, Nonfiction, Princess of Mars, Publishing, Science Fiction, vampirella, Writing Reference Books
Tagged a princess of mars, best of the year, edgar rice burroughs, eliseu gouveia, from the stars a vampiress, illustrated classics, john gosling, richard c. white, sean fernald, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, terra incognito: a guide to building the worlds of your imagination, vampirella
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SWC at 30: Behind the Scenes at StarWarp Concepts, Part 4
The following is the conclusion of a four-part interview that first appeared on the site Write a Revolution, back in 2015, but since WaR is apparently no longer around, I’m presenting it (with some updates) as part of our 30th … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, StarWarp Concepts, Steven A. Roman
Tagged indy comics explained, Interviews, starwarp concepts 30th anniversary, steven a. roman, swc at 30
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