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March 22, 2018

Meet the legendary grandmaster Michael Moorcock

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Michael Moorcock, creator of numerous legendary characters such as the definitive fantasy anti-hero Elric, the proto-cyberpunk Jerry Cornelius, and arguably the first modern steampunk protagonist Oswald Bastable, will be attending the Silicon Valley Comic Con, April 6-8, in San Jose, CA.

Silicon Valley Comic Con brings together America’s two greatest superheroes: Pop Culture and Technology. Presented by Steve Wozniak and featuring top celebrities, comics, independent artists, cosplay, video games, consumer electronics, music and apps, Silicon Valley Comic Con is where entertainment and our electronic worlds intersect.

SVCC 2018 will take place on Friday, April 6, 2018, through Sunday, April 8, 2018, at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California.

For more info about THE BEST OF MICHAEL MOORCOCK, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Ann Monn

March 13, 2018

Meet the acclaimed artist John Picacio

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John Picacio, winner of two Hugo Awards, a World Fantasy Award, eight Chesley Awards, and two International Horror Guild Awards, will be speaking at the San Jose State University Main Campus – King Library on Wednesday, March 14 at 5PM.

WorldCon76? Games of Throne? Star Trek? X-Men? Hugo Award? If this interests you come hear the award winning and iconic artist John Picacio.

Open to All.

Then on Thursday, March 15 at Borderlands Books in San Francisco, 7PM.

Loteria Night with artist John Picacio! Thursday, March 15th at 7:00 pm – LOTERIA NIGHT! WIN PRIZES! Join Hugo Award-winning artist John Picacio for a fast, fun evening playing the classic Mexican game of chance, Loteria (AKA ‘Mexican Bingo’). John has produced gorgeous book and product art for works by George R. R. Martin, Michael Moorcock, Harlan Ellison, James Tiptree, Jr., Dan Simmons, Brenda Cooper, Robert Silverberg, Sheri S. Tepper, among many others (http://www.johnpicacio.com). He’s producing an ongoing, stunningly-illustrated set of Loteria Cards, and he’ll be signing some of those limited-run collectibles. We’ll play up to 10 rounds of Loteria with the classic Mexican bingo deck and winners will go home with terrific prizes. We’ll also have some of John’s limited-run Loteria Posters available and the artist will be signing those as well! We hope you’ll join us for an incredibly entertaining night.“