Tag Archives: New York

Actor/comedian Sammy Petrillo Dies

Actor/comedian Sammy Petrillo (1934-2009) built most of his career on his resemblance to Jerry Lewis... Read more [...]

Dell Magazines Move

Analog and Asimov's science fiction magazines, and Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen mystery magazines, have all moved downtown. Their new address is... Read more [...]

Comic artist Frank Borth III dies

Comic artist Frank Borth III (1918-2009) created Spider Widow, and worked on There Oughta Be a Law and Cracked magazine... Read more [...]

It’s WorldCon Weekend

The sf community's in Montreal, the editor's in Buffalo, and Kit's holding down the fort in New York. It's a busy weekend. Check back Sunday night for the Hugo Awards... Read more [...]

Eleanor “Ellie” Frazetta Dies

Eleanor "Ellie" Frazetta, artist Frank Frazetta's wife and business partner, died today... Read more [...]

Locus founder/editor Charles N. Brown dies

Charles N. Brown (1937-2009) made a name for himself in the sf community as one of the founders, and the long-time editor, of Locus Magazine... Read more [...]

Late June/early July events in Philadelphia and New York

Great chances to hear great authors read their work, and meet them in small-group settings (frequently with informal dinners afterward) throughout the northeastern US include... Read more [...]

Comics artist Mark Sable detained for Unthinkable acts

Mark Sable, the creator of the comic series Unthinkable, which follows a writer thinking up terrorist plots for the government to defend against, was himself detained when TSA agents read his script... Read more [...]

Actor Dom DeLuise Dies

Comic actor Dom DeLuise (1933-2009) was closely associated with Mel Brooks and Burt Reynolds, but had a very large career on his own (and, occasionally, with his sons and wife)... Read more [...]

Comic Artist Ric Estrada Dies

Cuban-born Ric Estrada (1928-2009) was best known for his war comics, worked on some of DC's biggest superheros, and in later life, turned his efforts to the Mormon church... Read more [...]

Paranormal research and author Hans Holzer dies

Paranormal researcher and author Hans Holzer (1920-2009) was most closely associated with the investigation that became the book and film phenomenon The Amityville Horror... Read more [...]

Leah Cypess sells two YA fantasies to Greenwillow

New author Leah Cypess sold two YA fantasy novels to Greenwillow, including Shifter, in which Isabel can't imagine being the legendary shape-shifter everyone claims she is... Read more [...]

Late April/early May events in Philadelphia and New York

Great chances to hear great authors read their work, and meet them in small-group settings (frequently with informal dinners afterward) throughout the northeastern US include... Read more [...]

Late March/early April events in Philadelphia and New York

Great chances to hear great authors read their work, and meet them in small-group settings (frequently with informal dinners afterward) throughout the northeastern US include... Read more [...]

SFScope going to Lunacon

SFScope is taking a long weekend to go to a local-ish science fiction convention... Read more [...]