Around the Web

October 18, 2013 at 11:42 am | Posted in Around the Web, Art, Books, Comic Books, Conventions, DC Comics, News, Regular Feature, Star Wars, Star Wars Books, Star Wars News, Star Wars Rebels, Television, The Clone Wars, Video Games | Leave a comment
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Here’s this week’s Around the Web news.

Art

• Jazma Online has an interview with Star Wars artist Dave Dorman covering the controversial cover for The Other Dead and more.

Books

• Star Wars Bookworms has a look at the back cover for Maul: Lockdown by Joe Schreiber.
• Martha Wells has a first look at the cover for Emile & the Sky World.
• Kevin J. Anderson fans can look forward to the next Dan Shamble story “Naughty and Nice” which will be out November 1st.
• Author Jason Fry provides a fun look at The Bounty Hunter Code.

Collectibles

• You can check out the Bishoujo Mara Jade statue unveiled at NYCC here.
• StarWars.com has a look at the new Star Wars Rebels toy packaging.

Comics

• DC Comics has a first look at Earth 2 #17 which will be tackled by Tom Taylor and artist Nicola Scott.

Conventions

• Armageddon Expo is this weekend in Melbourne and comic writer Tom Taylor, comic artist Colin Wilson and TCW voice actors Gregg Berger and Kari Wahlgren will be there.
• Necronomicon kicks off today in Tampa, FL and author Timothy Zahn will be there.
• Cleveland Comic Con is tomorrow and Star Wars artist Joe Corroney will be there.
• Space, Time, Machine and Monster kicks off tonight at The Riverfront Arts Centre in Newport, Wales. Star Wars author Tim Lebbon will be there.
• Nashville Comic Con runs from October 18-20th in Nashville, TN and features Star Wars guests James Marsters, Ray Park and Billy Dee Williams.
• Also this weekend is Con on the Cob 2013 in Hudson, OH. Star Wars artist Jeff Carlisle will be there.

Fandom

• Pablo Hidalgo weighs in on the Star Wars Blog with evidence on the Super Star Destroyer Executor‘s intended original size.
• Star Wars Underworld has a look at some deleted scenes from Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 5.
• Temple Archives has author Jason Fry on for an interview in their latest episode.
• The Wookiee Gunner has a video of the Star Wars Reads Day event featuring Jason Fry, Jeffrey Brown, Daniel Lipkowitz and Matthew Reinhart. The audio is pretty rough though.

• RKBikerScout has video of the Star Wars Reads Day event featuring authors Troy Denning and Daniel Wallace that’s worth checking out. The audio is good but the video is a little shaky sometimes. Skip to 3:30 to jump right to the event.

• JokerFett also captured a little bit of the Star Wars Reads Day event featuring Pablo Hidalgo and Steve Sansweet. Unfortunately it’s pretty short and audio only. Skip to 8:08 for the audio.

Star Wars Rebels

• Dave Filoni talks about Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels on IGN.
• Lightsaber Rattling provides some extensive Star Wars Rebels coverage with articles on the NYCC panel, the crew of The Ghost, The Wolf, and the fact that John Williams will not be scoring the show.
• And RebelForce Radio has Dave Filoni on so you can get some Star Wars Rebels info straight from the source.
• You can also check out Rebels Report for more info including a look at the crew.

Video Games

• You can check out gameplay of Tiny Death Star thanks to TouchGameplay.

Posted By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.