Leah Wilson's Blog, page 13
September 24, 2012
Welcome, intern Veronica!
Meet our new fall intern, Veronica! You may see her around the blog in the next few months, so we wanted to introduce her. See our short welcome Q&A with Veronica below.
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Q. Tell us a little about yourself!
A. I’m a junior at Emerson College, majoring in Writing, Literature, and Publishing, but I am originally from a small town in Texas. I am a huge fan of comics, video games, movies, and, obviously, books! The dream is to work with comics and graphic novels, bake lots of cupcakes, and own at...
September 11, 2012
Comic-Con Freebie Giveaway
One reason we get so excited to attend San Diego Comic-Con every July is that there are cool freebies being given away everywhere (they even give you giant bags for carrying around all of your loot!). Not getting to hunt for freebies is also one of the biggest bummers about not being able to attend, so we thought we’d bring the con to those of you who couldn’t make it, by giving away some of the best stuff we found at SDCC 2012. We’ve got two prize packs up for grabs:
Prize Pack 1 – YA goodies...
August 30, 2012
Dragon*Con 2012
Going to be in Atlanta for Dragon*Con this weekend? Leah will be there too, participating on a few YA-related panels! We’d love if you came (panel details are below).
Also, be sure to check out the freebie table for some Smart Pop goodies, including copies of the 2012 preview volume and bookmarks (for In Pursuit of Spenserand Shadowhunters and Downworlders)and Beyond the Wallbuttons.
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The Hunger Games- From Page to Screen
Time: Friday at 5:30 p.m.
Location: Hanover C – E – Hyatt
Description: So...
August 10, 2012
GeekGirlCon 2012
Convention season is still going full swing, and this weekend Leah and a few other Smart Pop contributors will be heading to GeekGirlCon in Seattle. If you’re planning on attending, we’d love to see you at the two panels we’ll be participating in! And don’t forget to ask for a free 2012 Smart Pop Preview while you’re there—we’ll be giving away a limited number at the panels.
Gender and Race in the 74th Hunger Games
Saturday,2:00 PM – 2:50 PM
Although the Hunger Games trilogy takes place in what...
August 9, 2012
The Hunger Games DVD Release Giveaway
There’s just over a week left until The Hunger Gamescomes out on DVD, and we don’t know about you guys, but we can’t wait to watch it again (and again, and again . . . ). A release this big deserves some celebrating, and what better way to celebrate than with a giveaway?
The Prizes
The Hunger GamesDVD
A copy of The Girl Who Was on Fire – Movie Edition
TheHunger Gamesmovie poster from 2011 San Diego Comic-Con
Mockingjay pin from 2011 San Diego Comic-Con
How to Enter
Just tell us whether you liked The...
July 23, 2012
Smart Pop at Comic-Con 2012
Last week Leah and I made the annual trek to San Diego to exhibit at Comic-Con International.We saw many Smart Pop contributors, new and old (click through our complete photo album on Facebook here), and over the course of the event, gave away a ton of goodies, including:
10 copies of Beyond the Wall
250 Panem Companion postcards
More than 1500 Smart Pop buttons
2500 Smart Pop Previews
Pretty good, no? The whole show was a blast, and we’ve shared some of the highlights below! (To get the full rundo...
July 8, 2012
Smart Pop Writers at San Diego Comic-Con
Here at Smart Pop, we’re about to depart for California, to get everything ready for Comic-Con later this week. As a final pre-convention gift, we wanted to leave you with a list of our panel highlights: panels featuring Smart Pop writers!
(You can also see a list of these, along with some other panels we’re particularly interested in, and all the details at our official Comic-Con MySchedule page.)
If we didn’t need to be at the booth, these are the places we’d be.
Thursday
“Battlestar: So Say We...
June 27, 2012
Gary Westfahl on “Back to the Egg”
Beyond the Wall contributorGary Westfahlshares his thoughts on his essay,“Back to the Egg,”below.
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As a critic, my natural impulse is always to go where other critics rarely go, so when Jim Lowder invited me to write an essay about George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series, I immediately thought about examining its most obscure elements—the three prequels that Martin had written about the characters of Dunk and Egg. Why, I wondered, would an author in the midst of crafting a vast fantas...
June 26, 2012
An Event of Ice and Fire
WithGame of Thronesfinished for the season, and the release date forThe Winds of Winteryet to be announced, Winter Is Already Here for Song of Ice and Fire fans: and Beyond the Wall, out today, is here to help ease your wait for the return to Westeros.
As you may have read in editor James Lowder‘s guest post here, Beyond the Wallis Smart Pop’s new anthology all about George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. And to celebrate today being the official publication date, we’ve gathered c...
June 18, 2012
San Diego Comic-Con 2012
Headed to SDCC next month? Hey, us too!
Here’s where to find us at Comic-Con, what we’re up to, and what we’re giving away.
Jump to: Location, Free Stuff, Signings, Giveaways
Location, Location, Location (#4300)
This year, thanks of Friend of Smart Pop Jamie Chambers, we’ll be front and audience-left-of-center in the exhibit hall, at Booth #4300.
We’re excited about this for multiple reasons:
The company (we’re sharing space with Jamie’s Signal Fire Studios and Dead Gentleman Productions)
We’ll be o...
