It’s said that something isn’t a success until it is parodied. In which case, we can say that ALT-HERO is unequivocally a success.
Officially a Thing
Tag: Arkhaven
MY SISTER SUPREMA Now in Print
MY SISTER SUPREMA marks the very first Arktoons-only digital comic to appear in a print edition. But it will not be the last.
Randy is a bright young boy who devours comics and dreams of becoming a superhero. One day, he discovers a secret formula on the Internet that claims to be able to endow an individual with superpowers. After assembling all the ingredients and technology required, he experiments with the process, but the whole thing goes terribly wrong. Somehow, by accident, his big sister Cecelia ends up with the very superpowers he’d been seeking for himself. And she has no idea what to do with them.
So it falls to Randy to help her figure out what her powers are, select a costume, choose a superhero name, and teach her what it means to be a superhero. But while Randy and his sister are trying to figure things out and hide her new powers from their parents, the villain whose formula Randy inadvertently discovered is hunting for the thieves who stole his secret.
Written by The Legend Chuck Dixon and illustrated by Anthony Gonzales-Clark, MY SISTER SUPREMA is a unique and charming superhero origin story.
The 60-page print edition now available in the USA direct from Arkhaven. All other locations: available from Amazon and local bookstores.
MY SISTER SUPREMA appears regularly on Arktoons.
Straight Legend
An Arkhaven-related exchange on Twitter.
Now that can only be described with one word: FATALITY!
You can subscribe to THE LEGEND ON COMICS on UATV. Even Fox News is now reporting on his insightful video streams that are available there. Seriously, I listen to his streams while I’m driving; they’re both educational and entertaining and I now know approximately 8,537 times more about the comics industry than I did when Arkhaven started.
Comic book writing veteran Chuck Dixon called out Marvel for undermining and minimizing one of its most popular heroes, the armed vigilante known as the Punisher. According to Dixon, the company is “embarrassed” by the “working class” hero and his appeal within military and police ranks.
The Punisher was a gun-wielding anti-hero created by Marvel Comics in 1974. He is described on Marvel’s website as a “Family man turned crime-fighting vigilante, Frank Castle embodies the persona of the Punisher to avenge personal tragedy and ensure all criminals receive the justice they deserve.”
Dixon, who has been in the comic book industry for decades, particularly in writing comics about The Punisher, has criticized how Marvel has handled the character in recent years. On a recent episode of his podcast, he shared theories to a fan about why Marvel may have grown to dislike one of their most popular characters…
He then suggested the thought process of Marvel leadership, “We’re going to take the Punisher, and we’re going to mangle him, and we’re going to destroy him. We’re going to do what no other entertainment company ever has done. We are going to purposely take one of our intellectual properties and tear it to the ground.”
Former ‘Punisher’ writer claims Marvel ‘hates,’ is ‘embarrassed’ by character who is loved by cops, military, FOX NEWS,
If you’re a fan of The Legend, you may also wish to note that a 60-page print edition of MY SISTER SUPREMA, one of the first comics created for Arktoons, will be available at Arkhaven next week. And about that Black Warrant… one guess how this particular scenario plays out. For Arkhaven and new Legend video updates, subscribe to the new Arkhaven telegram channel.
Friday Arktoons
FULLSTRIKE! Episode 16: Darnell and the Secret Notepad
THE RUNAWAY PRINCESS Episode 10: Committees
WOLFRAN THE KNIGHT AVENGER Episode 2: Mounting Up
CHUCK DIXON PRESENTS: ADVENTURE Episode 86: The Brigand
CHATEAU GRIEF Episode 275: Offer You Count Refuse
STONETOSS Episode 212: Viewer Discretion Excised
Arkhaven is Inevitable
Seriously, there is just no other conclusion suggested by the evidence.
Well that happened.
What do I even say to this?
Yes, the Joker is pregnant… As stupid as the subject matter is, the artwork is so much worse.
What. The. Actual…
You know, I really thought DC was scraping rock bottom with those two notorious pages of Batgirl commiserating with a young man in a dress over his gender being correctly identified by a doctor. I’ve now realized that the bottom for DC and Marvel probably isn’t even in sight yet.
Midnight’s War is Go
CAMPAIGN CONCLUDED
% of Goal: 282.6 percent
Backers: 538
Thanks very much to all of the backers who are allowing us to bring one of our more popular comics from the screen to print. What the success of this campaign means is that Arkhaven won’t have to go into the red to produce the 450 pages of art that are required for the three omnibuses. And it will provide enough art to permit MIDNIGHT’S WAR to run on Arktoons for another three years at the current rate of page burn. So, after a long and bruising campaign, Kyle Buckner could certainly use a little downtime.
MIDNIGHT’S WAR Episode 61: Downtime
BOB Episode 99: Merry Wokemas
VEGFOLK FABLES Episode 174: Four Stories
CHUCK DIXON PRESENTS: COMEDY Episode 78: Christmas at Greyfriars
BEN GARRISON Episode 85: Biden Gun Control
STONETOSS Episode 150: All Roads Lead To Rome
CHUCK DIXON’S AVALON Episode 87: Responsibilities
Merry Christmas
A very Merry Christmas to everyone from Arkhaven, Castalia House, Infogalactic, Unauthorized, and, of course, Booster Patrol.
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
- Holly, Jolly Christmas
- The Ninth Day of Christmas, Boosted
- What Child is This
- I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
- O Holy Night
- I’ll Be Home For Christmas
- White Christmas
- Silent Night
- Let It Snow
- Hallelujah
- All I Want for Christmas
12 Hours of Midnight’s War
Hours Left: 12
% of Goal: 260.4 percent
% of Stretch Goal 2: 86.8 percent
Backers: 474
You can back the campaign here if you are so inclined.
In other comics-related news, we’re looking for individuals in European countries to assist The Legend in building a database all of his works published in those countries over the last 20 years. We have someone for the UK, but we’d ideally have one in every country. If you’re willing and able to contact your domestic publishers, email me with LEGEND in the subject.
Where All Roads Lead
Days Left: 5
% of Goal: 202.9 percent
% of Stretch Goal 1: 101.5 percent
% of Stretch Goal 2: 67.6 percent
Backers: 359
It’s official. Castalia House will publish a short novel set in the Midnight World entitled OUT OF THE SHADOWS. As promised, chapter two:
MIDNIGHT’S WAR: Out of the Shadows
Chapter Two: Where All Roads Lead
All throughout the following day, Elliott found himself somewhat distracted. He zoned out during a conference call with Bank of America, and twice had to be pulled out of his reveries during a meeting with the Human Resources team by his executive assistant, Natalie.
He couldn’t stop thinking about what this mysterious meeting might entail, and what “very profitable,” might mean. It couldn’t be Blackrock behind this, could it? Even if they wanted to keep their interest on the down low in order to hide their intentions from the competitors that trailed them like remoras sticking to a great white shark, Elliott was pretty sure sending an executive to the site in question wasn’t their modus operandi. To paraphrase the Muslims, Mohammed would have to go to the Rock, as the Rock wasn’t in the habit of coming to him.
For a reason that he couldn’t quite rationalize, he felt there might be a European element lurking somewhere underneath it all, perhaps even a very old European element. Being a second-generation son of Silicon Valley, Elliott knew very little about the money markets of the Old World, the London oligarchs, the Swiss private banks, and the ancient Italian investment firms that seemed to own everything from Greek shipping firms to Vietnamese wineries without anyone ever even knowing their names.
So what would the play be, he wondered. That old generational money never seemed to be very interested in the stock markets, let alone in splashy public offerings and the media attention they attracted. But how would an outright buyout make any sense at this point in time? Making money was all about the multiple, but what potential buyer, no matter how well-endowed, could match the buying power of an entire market pumped up on hype and the hypothetical promise of longer life?
Continue reading “Where All Roads Lead”One Week Left
Days Left: 7
% of Goal: 196.0 percent
% of Stretch Goal: 97.9 percent
Backers: 342
If we hit the stretch goal, I will post the second chapter of MIDNIGHT’S WAR: Out of the Shadows here.
UPDATE: And thanks to the backers, the first stretch goal has been unlocked! On Monday, I will post the second chapter here and a limited edition hardcover of MIDNIGHT’S WAR: Out of the Shadows, a 30,000-word novel set in the Midnight World, will be offered as an add-on. You can read the first chapter here.