Not what a fake vampire wants to see in her trailer. It’s one thing to have a deranged stalker, it’s another thing to have one if you’re a TV star in the Midnight World, with real vampires.
A Death Threat
Tag: comics
That’s Not CS!
Either the Silent Academy has no Clean Speech policy or the Princess of the Blood is not respecting it! For shame, Alissabetta, for shame!
He Never Had a Shot
Given the mainstream media’s determination to maintain its wall of silence even as Neil Gaiman cancels his planned public events, it seems appropriate to ensure that Mr. Tubcuddle is not allowed to simply avoid being forced to answer for his alleged actions.
One of Neil Gaiman’s public speaking appearances has been cancelled, according to the following information provided by a writer for Tortoise Media, which first reported about the sexual assault allegations he’s now facing, with a police report to back them up. So it looks like the reports have indeed had some negative effect on Gaiman’s career and reputation, though as some may have noticed, any coverage by the comics specialty press has been very muted, and last time I looked, comic-centric sources like Bleeding Cool, Newsarama, Comics Beat, and even Popverse haven’t said anything at all. Only Bleeding Fool, CBR, and Comic Book Movie seem to have reported anything. Most peculiar that the “believe all women” liberal establishment in comicdom has apparently chosen to ignore this potentially serious issue.
On Sigma Game, there are a pair of posts on the subject of Neil Gaiman that I believe help put the situation in context, one an analysis of his “close friendship” with Tori Amos and the other in response to an upset “leave Neil alone!” defender. And one thing you won’t want to miss on Thursday is Arkhaven Nights. You definitely will not want to miss that!
A Tale of Two Crowdfunds
There are two Arkhaven-related crowdfunding campaigns that kicked off just yesterday. The first is the second volume of Ascendant: Star-Spangled Squadron from our friends at Autarch. We’re relaunching the entire series on Arktoons in two weeks, so this is a good way to support our partners in the comics industry.
The second campaign is, of course, THE HIDDEN EMPEROR by Jon Del Arroz. Arkhaven will be publishing the retail edition of this graphic novel, and it will be featured on Arktoons as well, as part of the OVERMIND series that will be launching there soon. Mike Murphy, Razorfist, the illustrator, and I were all on Arkhaven Nights with Jon last night to launch the crowdfund, which by the end of the stream had already passed its initial objective.
Ayla Rin, Agent Of The Terran Imperium, returns to face a new sinister plot against the Imperium! Something is amiss with the Emperor of Mankind. Ayla Rin discovers he’s been replaced by a clone who’s intentionally sabotaging the Imperium on behalf of the evil Scorpio Alliance! But worse, the Scorpio Alliance knows she knows. And that means blackmail. Ayla is forced to find a secret superweapon that could unleash devastation on the Imperium. Fans of Valerian, The Incal, and Saga epic science fiction comics will love THE HIDDEN EMPEROR!
An Acting Challenge
Today’s MIDNIGHT’S WAR: NIGHTSTREETS is up, and frankly, I think Synthia has a point. It is tough to be sexy with an axe. Unless, of course, you’re Kingsguard…
Speaking of Arktoons, I’m happy to report that the new size and printing quality of the color edition of GHOST OF THE BADLANDS has passed review and we will be making it available at NDM and Amazon as soon as Razor pulls the trigger. We’re going to be redoing AH in the 8.5 x 11 size, and if it proves to be popular enough, may do the same for some of our other series. But our minimum size will be 8 x 10.88, replacing the old 7 x 10 often utilized by the legacy publishers.
A Plot Against the Princess
Two of her fellow students at the Silent Academy are plotting against the Princess of the Blood on Silenziosa. How dare they!
Company
Hypergamouse #110 is live on Arktoons.
Final Cut
MIDNIGHT’S WAR: Night Streets is engaged in some serious world-building today.
But Stonetoss is bringing the heat today. On the dev front, we’re going to be adding a much-needed new feature soon that will let Arktoons readers move from episode to episode within a series by simply scrolling down to the next episode or up to the previous one. This should improve the reading experience, particularly on mobile.
Girls With Guns
As usual, where others go left, SILENZIOSA goes… purple. The Princess of the Blood and her fellow students are learning how to shoot and the results are varied.
In other girls with guns news, Snakehand has concluded, so this week the daily serialization of THE SIDEWINDERS continues with La Gringa. Both are novels in a Western series written by The Legend Chuck Dixon, so you know it’s good.
