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News Roundup W/E 2021-08-29

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Podcast News

Hercules Invictus started a new program of sorts on his Voice of Olympus show called Hercules and the Planetary Powers, which has a focus on space stuff. Because of this, for the next few episodes, Scholars from the Edge of Time will be doing more sword and planet oriented programming. Our first episode kicked off with a talk about the cult film The Ice Pirates. Check it out on the Voice of Olympus BlogTalkRadio website.

HP Lovecast News

We’ve finished recording and editing the August episode of Transmissions. This episode will feature interviews with James Chambers, Carol Gyzander, and Meghan Arcuri and will conclude our King in Yellow month for August. This episode will post Tuesday the 31st.

The Podcast Appearance page has been updated with dates and programming until the end of the year. These are subject to change, of course, but should give you a general idea of what we are covering and when for the remainder of the year.

Horror Writers Association Cook Book

The Horror Writers Association did a cover reveal of their upcoming cook book.

Cover by Robert Payne Cabeen

The book is edited by Marge Simon, Robert Payne Cabeen, and Kate Jonez, with Cabeen also doing the spooky cover art. Currently unknown publish date. Also, I am not sure, but I may be in this book? Long ago the editors were collecting recipes and I did some sort of vegetarian dish. But that was way back in 2016. So, maybe 50-50 chance I got a recipe in this book or not. We will find out together!

General Neo-Peplum News

Bible Films Blog and Cover Reveal

Matt Page has added a new review to his Bible Films Blog: the silent film Absalon (1912).

Also, Page’s upcoming debut, 100 Bible Films, has a cover reveal!

More info and pre-ordering options can be found at the Bloomsbury product page for the book.

Ancient World in Media

Helicon Storytelling has a new article up called “Classical Reception Studies: The Ancient World in Media.” They cover movies Gladiator and Troy, the Hades video game, the 2000s Battlestar Galactica iteration, and the books Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller and the Cicero Trilogy by Robert Harris.

Sons of Chaos at UCLA

Sons of Chaos author Chris Jaymes will be speaking at the UCLA SNF Hellenic Center about his graphic novel. Zoom registration details are here. The event is September 18th.

Ancient Greeks on the Human Condition

My publisher, McFarland Books, has just published a new book by Matthew Sims called Ancient Greeks on the Human Condition.

Ordering details can be found at the McFarland product page.

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News Roundup W/E 2021-06-27

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Scholars from the Edge of Time

On Thursday Michele and I had our monthly Scholars from the Edge of Time segment on the Voice of Olympus program. In this episode Michele discussed the mummy anthology Spirits Unwrapped while I talked about the classic peplum film Ursus in the Valley of the Lions. The episode can be listened to at Blog Talk Radio.

Peplum Ponderings

I’ve started a new series here at my website called Peplum Ponderings. This is reserved for after I’ve watched a peplum film and I’ve taken notes, as a venue for me to share my informal observations about the film. My first one is online and it is for Ursus in the Valley of the Lions. Expect one later on this week for Messalina.

HWA CFP Board

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) Academics/Non-fiction board has been updated with a few new CFPs:

  • NEPCA – Monstrous in Disney
  • NEPCA – Northeast USA contribution to Monstrous canon
  • Call for chapters for book on horror comics

Details for these CFPs can be found on the board. If you have a CFP yourself that needs to be added, please send an email to annradcon@gmail.com .

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Physical Release of Ancient Greece and Rome in Videogames

The physical version of Dr. Ross Clare’s Ancient Greece and Rome in Videogames: Representation, Play, Transmedia will be published next week! The New Peplum is cited many times in this book.

The electronic version is already out while the physical version can be found at the Bloomsbury website.

Band of Warriors #2 Kickstarter News

Samuel G. London has been sending out the Kickstarter rewards for backers of Band of Warriors #1 (which you can read my interview with London here). In a news update for backers, the script for issue #2 is being worked on and the campaign to fund the issue is likely to launch in September. However, there is a cover reveal for issue #2, with art by Federico Avila Corsini:

Follow London on Twitter for more information about this comics.

New Ex Deo Album

Canadian neo-peplum band Ex Deo officially announced on their Facebook page their next album, The Thirteen Years of Nero, will be released on August 27th. They released the first video of the album, “Imperator,” on Youtube.

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News Roundup W/E 2021-06-13

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Interview with Sidereal Fortress

New interview at my website! I’ve interviewed so many comic book creators as of late, time to hop over to another medium for a bit. I had the honor to interview the dungeon synth outfit Sidereal Fortress about their neo-peplum album, Circus Maximus. Check it out here.

ICYMI H. P. Lovecast Podcast Episode

ICYMI, a new episode of the HP Lovecast Podcast dropped last weekend. In this episode Michele and I talked about the comic book series Vinegar Teeth from Dark Horse Comics. Vinegar Teeth is more-or-less “The Colour out of Space” made into a buddy cop story. The episode is uploaded to our Buzzsprout website and also available on all major podcast applications.

Also, don’t forget to check out my essay on Vinegar Teeth called “Cullzathro Fhtagn! Magnifying the Carnivalesque in Lovecraft through the Comic Book Series Vinegar Teeth.”

The next episode of H. P. Lovecast will be a fragments episode on Caltiki: The Immortal Monster and will drop on my birthday, June 20th.

HWA Academics Board Updates

I’ve updated the HWA Academics Board with some new CFPs. These include:

  • AnnRadCon alumni Dr. Naomi Simone Borwein’s CFP on Global Aboriginal Horror
  • Horror Homeroom looking for abstracts for a special issue on Slasher Films
  • Howard David Ingham looking for presenters for online conference for Rural Gothic
  • Call for abstracts for the The Oxford Handbook of Black Horror Film
  • Hellbore has a call for a special issue on Summonings
  • The Horror and Monstrosity Studies is seeking proposals for books, collections, and monographs.

CFP for Classical Association Conference 2022

The Classical Association has a CFP out for the 2022 conference in Swansea. More info can be found at their website.

General Neo-Peplum News

Divination Hollow Essay

Great article at Divination Hollow titled “From Hades to The Song of Achilles: Greek Mythology Still Slaps” on the relevance and importance of Greek mythology today, on books to TV shows to fandom.

Interview with Tabernacle

Dr. Jeremy Swift has interviewed UAE heavy/power metal band Tabernacle at his Heavy Metal Classicist website.

Dr. Swist Interview Part 2

Part two of Dr. Swist being on the Against the Lore Podcast is live and can be found here. Part one can be found here.

Isidora #2 Kickstarter Live

G. A Lungaro‘s crowdfunding campaign for issue 2 of his Lovecraft/neo-peplum comic Isidora is now live and can be viewed on Kickstarter.

There is a stretch goal at $3,500 contributors will receive this gorgeous pinup.

Folks, I NEEED this pinup, it’s amazing! So check out the campaign and consider contributing. A reminder: I had the honor to interview G. A Lungaro about Isidora #1, so check that out too.

Rest in Peplum

Ned Beatty passed away on June 13th at the age of 83. His contribution to the peplum genre was portraying Diomed in The Last Days of Pompeii TV miniseries in 1984.