Author Joanna Russ Dies
Author Joanna Russ died 29 April 2011, after suffering a series of strokes; she had been in hospice care toward the end. Born 22 February 1937 in New York City, she was an author of science fiction and...
View ArticleSGDA to simulcast this year’s Nebula Awards banquet in New York City
New York’s SoHo Gallery for Digital Art (SGDA) is once again planning to simulcast the Nebula Awards Ceremony. Last year’s event (see this article) featured full dinner to replicate the events taking...
View ArticleNebula Award ceremony to stream live on the internet tonight
For those not in Washington, DC, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America will be streaming tonight’s Nebula Awards ceremony live on the internet. Festivities will kick off at 7PM EDT when...
View ArticleHeroes of Anime Sweepstakes offers offers to the uS premiere of Naruto...
A press release from Jane Lui of VIZ Media: There’s only a short time until VIZ Media’s Heroes of Anime summer sweepstakes ends on September 15th, and fans are encouraged to enter for a chance to win...
View ArticleNYRSF Reading Series Opens New Season Featuring Uncanny Authors Chris...
On the evening of Tuesday, 13 September 2011, the New York Review of Science Fiction Readings Series opened its season with a pair of readings by celebrated superhero comics writers turned fantasy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Key of Z to be set in post-zombie-apocalyptic New York City, launching at New...
A press release from Chip Mosher of BOOM! Studios: With sights set on New York Comic Con, Halloween (and possibly the MLB playoffs), Evil Ink Comics and BOOM! Studios proudly announced the debut of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Shattered Vine, a satisfying end to the Vineart War, arrives with an...
An elegant soiree Tuesday evening launched Laura Anne Gilman‘s The Shattered Vine, the third volume in her Vineart War trilogy. The location was the no-longer-so-new home of sf events in New York City,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Winner of the Blow the Top of Scott Edelman’s Head Off Really Cool Zombie...
Drake Tucker of Phase2Films is the winner of the “Blow the Top of Scott Edelman’s Head Off Really Cool Zombie Filmmaking Competition”, which we announced in this August article. For his efforts, he...
View ArticleAMNH’s Beyond Planet Earth opens 19 November
The American Museum of Natural History, in New York City, has announced their forthcoming exhibition, “Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration”, which is opening on 19 November and running...
View ArticleChris Claremont donates his papers to Columbia University
Thought his official web site is down, Publishers Weekly is reporting that comics icon Chris Claremont is donating his archives to Columbia University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Calvin Reid...
View ArticleBrookline Library Trustee (and sf author) Michael A. Burstein announces...
Michael A. Burstein, an elected Library Trustee and Town Meeting Member in Brookline, announced today that he is forming a committee to explore a possible run for Congress as a Democrat from the Fourth...
View ArticleMur Lafferty sells novel to Orbit Books
Mur Lafferty writes: The silence has been lifted—I’m super thrilled/jazzed/chuffed to announce that Orbit Books will be publishing my book, The Shambling Guide to New York City (plus one more book...
View ArticleColumbia University is hosting a two-day symposium on comics
In association with Will Eisner Week, New York City’s Columbia University is hosting Comic New York: A Symposium, on Saturday and Sunday, March 24 and 25. In the Low Library’s Faculty Room, the event...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dark Horse to release Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden’s new novel, Joe...
A press release from Aub Driver at Dark Horse: In conjunction with the release of Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden’s latest collaboration earlier this week, and Mignola’s appearance at this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Enterprise is coming to town
Today is one of those days when it’s really good to be the boss. After weather delays, today was the day NASA decided it was safe to move the Space Shuttle Test Vehicle Enterprise to New York City. So...
View ArticleNew York Anime Festival folds into New York Comic Con
A press release from Roger Bilheimer of New York Comic Con: Officials at New York Comic Con (NYCC) announced that the New York Anime Festival (NYAF) will become an integral part of the massive pop...
View ArticleInterstitial Arts Foundation Salons Reborn
An announcement from K. Tempest Bradford: You are cordially invited to the Interstitial Arts Foundation‘s first monthly salon to be held in New York City on June 26th and every 4th Tuesday thereafter....
View ArticleMuseum of Comic and Cartoon Art closing museum immediately
A press release from The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art: The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA), New York City’s only cultural institution dedicated specifically to celebrating the comics medium,...
View ArticleThe Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Transfers Assets to the Society of...
A press release from the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art and The Society of Illustrators: The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) and the Society of Illustrators have announced plans for MoCCA to...
View ArticleDirector Mel Stuart Dies
Documentary film producer and director Mel Stuart died of cancer on 9 August 2012, at his home in Los Angeles. Born in New York City on 2 September 1928, he won an Emmy in 1964 for The Making of the...
View Article
