Director Mel Stuart Dies
Documentary film maker Mel Stuart (1928-2012) made very forays into fiction, but one of them was Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory…
Tag Archives: New York City
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Transfers Assets to the Society of Illustrators
New York City’s Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, which recently announced it was immediately closing its gallery, will now be housed in the Society of Illustrators…
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art closing museum immediately
With no other information immediately forthcoming, the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art announces the immediate closure of its physical museum location…
Interstitial Arts Foundation Salons Reborn
A monthly gathering of artists working in a variety of media and genres will commence at the end of June…
New York Anime Festival folds into New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is absorbing the New York Anime Festival, while promising to maintain sufficient anime programming and guests…
Enterprise is coming to town
In which SFScope Editor Ian Randal Strock takes the morning off to greet the arrival of Space Shuttle Test Vehicle Enterprise in New York City…
Dark Horse to release Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden’s new novel, Joe Golem, in a deluxe hardcover edition
Dark Horse’s extremely limited hardcover edition of Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden’s Joe Golem and the Drowning City will list for $99.99…
Columbia University is hosting a two-day symposium on comics
Comic New York: A Symposium, will bring together creator and academics to discuss the intertwined histories of American comics and New York City, in a two-day, free-to-the-public event this month…
Mur Lafferty sells novel to Orbit Books
Orbit will be publishing Mur Lafferty’s The Shambling Guide to New York City, a travel book for monsters…
Brookline Library Trustee (and sf author) Michael A. Burstein announces Congressional Exploratory Committee
SF author and local elected official Michael A. Burstein announces first step in a possible run for Congress…
Chris Claremont donates his papers to Columbia University
Comics icon Chris Claremont, who is tied most closely to the X-Men, is donating his papers to Columbia University, where they will serve as the nucleus of a collection investigating the creation of comics…
AMNH’s Beyond Planet Earth opens 19 November
The American Museum of Natural History’s new exhibit, Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration, opens 19 November for a 9-month run…
Winner of the Blow the Top of Scott Edelman’s Head Off Really Cool Zombie Filmmaking Competition is announced
Author Scott Edelman has announced the winner of his short-film competition…
The Shattered Vine, a satisfying end to the Vineart War, arrives with an elegant launch party
Laura Anne Gilman brings a satisfying conclusion to her Vineart War trilogy, with wine generating magic and mysteries generating conflicts…
Key of Z to be set in post-zombie-apocalyptic New York City, launching at New York Comic Con
Key of Z, by Claudio Sanchez, will be set in a post-zombie-apocalyptic New York City, and will make its debut at the New York Comic Con this October…
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