Tag Archives: New York City

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... Read more [...]

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... Read more [...]

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... Read more [...]

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... Read more [...]

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... Read more [...]

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... Read more [...]

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... Read more [...]

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... Read more [...]

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... Read more [...]

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... Read more [...]

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... Read more [...]

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... Read more [...]

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... Read more [...]

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... Read more [...]

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... Read more [...]