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Sci-fi, fantasy, and speculative fiction publisher California Coldblood Books (an imprint of Rare Bird Books) made headlines in 2015 with the release of their first book, The Odds (Book One of The Deadblast Chronicles), by writer and CCB founder Robert J. Peterson. Now, with various thought-provoking titles within their publishing catalog, California Coldblood Books is returning to The Deadblast Chronicles for Book Two: The Remnants. The publisher has been very generous to the Fanbase Press staff, as we are now able to share an exclusive advance preview of the cover for The Remnants illustrated by Sergey Gudz!
Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman.
All the world’s waiting for you, and the power you possess…
Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman.
Now the world is ready for you, and the wonders you can do.
~ Lyrics from the 1970s Wonder Woman television series
Now that the first definitive Wonder Woman movie has hit the multiplexes of America, it is interesting (and instructive) to look back at the troubled history of bringing this iconic character to the big screen. Created in 1941 by controversial psychologist William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman gathered a huge following over the following decades, but translating her to television and movies proved a long and tortuous project. Her most popular reincarnation was Lynda Carter's version in the Wonder Woman TV series which ran three seasons from 1975 to 1979. But following that promising opening, Wonder Woman once again lapsed into Hollywood development hell.
Let's talk about impact - like the impact of a speeding bullet being deflected by one of Wonder Woman's magic bracelets. Arguably, no one has had a bigger impact on the legend of Wonder Woman than Lynda Carter.
The staff of Fanbase Press would like to wish you a very happy Geek Pride Day! As the website that celebrates fandom in all of its diverse forms, we would be remiss if we did not inform our readers about one of the most important days of the year.
The staff of Fanbase Press would like to wish you and yours a very happy International Museum Day! Every year since 1977, International Museum Day is organized worldwide around May 18.
“I kept telling myself if I could just hold out until May, just May 8th, I would turn twelve and be able to sign up for the tessarae and get that precious oil and grain to feed us.” -Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games (pg. 27-28)
Comic book publisher BOOM! Studios will soon be releasing Over the Garden Wall #13 on Wednesday, May 10, written by George Mager, illustrated by Kiernan Sjursen-Lien, and with cover art by Sjursen-Lien and Jeremy Sorese. The publisher has been very generous to the Fanbase Press staff, as we are now able to share an exclusive advance preview of Issue #13!
A fandom has reached the pinnacle of popular culture greatness when a day is celebrated in its honor; however, it is an unprecedented phenomenon when a franchise has two days each year to celebrate its geekiness. While some enduring franchises of multiple decades do not have any globally recognized commemorative days, Star Wars is the singular franchise that has back-to-back celebratory days: May the Fourth and Revenge of the Fifth.
In the UK, we had to wait for months.
