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http://www.dandelionstudios.com

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Comics & Graphic Novels, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror

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Rick Silva has been involved in small press publishing since his college days. He published and edited Kinships Magazine. Along with his wife Gynn, Rick is a partner in Dandelion Studios. He publishes his own print zine, Caravan, and he is one of the featured contributors for the fiction webzine The Edge of Propinquity. Rick Silva grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, attended Cornell University, and currently teaches chemistry at a high school on Cape Cod, where he resides with his wife, their son, and three cats.

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Queen City Kamikaze This Weekend In Manchester NH

The next Dandelion Studios convention appearance is fast approaching! Join us this Saturday (2/16/2013) at Manchester Memorial High School in Manchester NH for Queen City Kamikaze . This is a really great show with bargain-priced admission, great artists, and fun events.

I'll be there for the whole show, and Gynn is currently planning to be there for the first couple of hours. We'll be easy to... Read more of this blog post »

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	Fat Girl in a Strange Land by Sabrina Vourvoulias (Goodreads Author), Lauren C. Teffeau (Goodreads Author), A.J. Fitzwater (Goodreads Author) 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Space Tramps: Full-Throttle Space Tales #5 by Jennifer Brozek (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nathan Crowder (Goodreads Author), Erik Scott de Bie 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Norman Rockwell: 332 Magazine Covers

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Moon Living Abroad in China: Including Hong Kong and Macau

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Where Great Teaching Begins: Planning for Student Thinking and Learning

by Anne R. Reeves

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Rick Silva rated a book 5 of 5 stars We're Riding on a Caravan: An Adventure on the Silk Road by Laurie Krebs	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Rick Silva rated a book 5 of 5 stars American Splendor: Our Movie Year by Harvey Pekar	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Graphic novel collecting a year's worth of Harvey Pekar's autobiographical American Splendor series. This issue covers the making and release of the American Splendor film. Pekar tells a fascinating story about his quest for a Hollywood adaptation of...more
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Rick Silva rated a book 5 of 5 stars What Will Fat Cat Sit On? by Jan Thomas	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Rick Silva rated a book 5 of 5 stars Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm (Goodreads Author) read in December, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jonathan Fetter-Vorm relates a wide-ranging history of the development of the first nuclear weapons, beginning with the early discoveries of radioactivity and nuclear forces, through the Manhattan project, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and...more
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