Around the Web

October 4, 2013 at 12:59 am | Posted in Around the Web, Art, Books, Conventions, Fantasy, Interview, JJ Abrams, Movies, Regular Feature, Star Wars | Leave a comment
Tags: brian wood, dave dorman, ewoks, forgotten realms, j.w. rinzler, joe johnston, paul s. kemp, shadows of endor, the godborn, the making of star wars return of the jedi, Troy Denning, zack giallongo

Here is this week’s Around the Web featuring news and events for Star Wars and beyond.

Art

• Dave Dorman fans looking to get a signed print of his variant cover for The Other Dead #1 featuring President Obama ready to take on the zombie apocalypse can pick one up here while supplies last.

Conventions

• Dallas Comic Con Fan Days starts today and features quite a few Star Wars guests: Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse, Peter Mayhew, Daniel Logan, Ron Perlman and Katee Sackhoff.
• DEF-CON 2 kicks off Saturday in Southhampton, England and features Star Wars guests Jeremy Bulloch, Pam Rose, Brian Wheeler, Alan Flyng, Nick Joseph, John Chapman, and Brian Muir.
• Also kicking off Saturday in England is the London Film & Comic Con which will features guests Ailsa Berk, Jett Lucas, Julian Glover, Brian Blessed, Mike Mayhew and J.W. Rinzler.
• John Jackson Miller has revealed his NYCC schedule. He’ll be signing at the Random House booth (#2205) Friday from 5-6 p.m. and Saturday from 11-noon.
• Star Wars artist Jeff Carlisle will be a featured Artist Guest of Honor this year at Con on the Cob which kicks off October 17 in Hudson, OH.

Interviews

• With the release of Paul S. Kemp‘s new book The Godborn, Paul has been making the rounds with interviews: io9, Bombad Radio, Dungeon Crawlers Radio, Suvudu, Wizards.com, Battleground Games & Hobbies, Roqoo Depot.
• Bombad Radio also has an interview with author Troy Denning in their latest podcast.
• Star Wars Union has an interview with Ewoks: Shadows of Endor writer/artist Zack Giallongo.
• TheForce.net has an interview with J.W. Rinzler covering his new book The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
• Fxguide also has an interview with J.W. Rinzler.
• DisinfoCast has comic writer Brian Wood on for an interview.
• Suvudu posted an interview with Star Wars Fantasy Flight Games artist Leonid Kozienko.
• Jedi News highlighted a lot of cool videos that have come out recently, such as…
• A PBS has a 20 minute interview with J.J. Abrams who talks Star Trek, people of color and films, and a little about Star Wars and Disney,
• An interview with Ralph McQuarrie unearthed from the vault and posted by StarWars.com.

• And a Q&A with Joe Johnston.

Movies

• If you need to pick up the Original Trilogy and Prequels on DVD or Blu-ray, they will be released as combo packs next week (October 8th). StarWars.com has the details as well as what will be available for international fans.

Video Games

• Kotaku has a write up on the downfall of LucasArts for those interested.