Tag: comics

Saturday AM Arktoons

SEASONS Episode 6: Invisible

CHUCK DIXON PRESENTS: COMEDY Episode 6: Popskull Gets Awful Modern
And for those who wonder why we bother with comics, and ask why we don’t focus entirely on writing thoughtful essays on important subjects for serious people, consider the following anecdote from a reader which was inspired by the revelations about the egregious Soviet influence in the USA during WWII documented copiously in Stalin’s War.
I am reminded of an uncle’s tale of comic books in 1940. He said that there was a Finn Winter War comic book series that he, brothers and friends had been following. They read it as they could, in the drugstore. One day a truck came and collected all the comics that cheered on the Finns. A week later, new comic books were delivered, and the Soviets were the heroes instead of the villains.

The Punisher meets Little Women

Bounding Into Comics previews SILENZIOSA, the first new Arktoons series to be introduced since the site launched in April.

Publisher Vox Day and Arktoons revealed a brand new series that will join the digital comics platform in Silenziosa. The series is written by both Day and Chuck Dixon and features artwork by Renato Rei and colors by Arklight Studios. 

An official description from a press release describes the new series.

It begins, “SILENZIOSA is a series about a Princess of the Blood, Alissabetta, the daughter of King Charles Arthur III of Inghiltar,  Yrlandia, and the Skotian Isles, who to her surprise and dismay finds herself sent by her parents to a foreign school for noble assassins.

“She is totally unsuited for the Silent Academy, as she is a sweet and gentle soul whose primary concerns tend to revolve around kittens and clothes. However, her inner steel is revealed in the unforgiving environment, which has been known to prove lethal to students and instructors alike.”

Read the whole preview and check out the artwork there. After which, you can read the first episode at Arktoons. 

Friday PM Arktoons

HYPERGAMOUSE Episode 6: A Strong Independent Woman

RIGHT HO, JEEVES Episode 6: An Aching Heart

SILENZIOSA Episode 1: The Princess and the Needle

Thursday PM Arktoons

A THRONE OF BONES Episode 6: Dying by the Dozens

CHUCK DIXON PRESENTS: ADVENTURE Episode 5: An Errand of Treachery

So, here’s a question. We’d been planning to have the next crowdfunding campaign support MIDNIGHT’S WAR, but given the strength of support for A THRONE OF BONES, I’m wondering if we should perhaps consider doing ATOB next. Any thoughts on this score?

Thursday AM Arktoons

ALT★HERO: Q Episode 6: There Are No Coincidences

FLYING SPARKS Episode 6: Making It My Fight
In celebration of MIDNIGHT’S WAR being the second series to reach 20,000 views on Arktoons, and the first original Arkhaven series to do so, here is an early look at the style of new colorist, who happens to also be the illustrator for the series. He enjoys drawing MW so much that he asked if we would let him color it too. You’ll start seeing the updated style in Episode 8.
Prince Cosimo de Medici is even more intimidating outside of the boardroom. And he clearly understands the importance of a proper chair.

Wednesday AM Arktoons

DEUS VULT Episode 06: A Sign from Heaven

THE HAMMER OF FREEDOM Episode 07: The Urban Myth
DEUS VULT is particularly good today. 
This episode of HoF is on the short side as we’re making sure we don’t run out of panels before the next batch of pages is translated into English and formatted for Arktoons. On the plus side, however, our adoption of short episodes for some series has led us into a fortuitous new development that I am entirely confident is going to be extremely popular and which none of the other digital comics sites are utilizing.
The first new series will be launched on Friday. I’ve also completed the initial script for a new short episode series called ROGUE DEMON HUNTER that can be best be described as Supernatural meets Midnight’s War, and features a certain someone the oldtimers here will recall. We’ve already got the illustrator lined up for it, so I’m confident we’ll be able to introduce it before the end of July.

Tuesday AM Arktoons

BEN GARRISON Editorial 5: Authority Man

THE AWAKENER Episode 5: Kill ‘Em All (warning: R rating)
And don’t miss the weekly Arktoons update at Bounding Into Comics, which discusses the latest developments in Midnight’s War, Gun Ghoul, and Chicago Typewriter.
Urban fantasy is frequently thought of as a relatively new genre. That it only started gaining ground in the late eighties and early nineties with the works of Neil Gaiman, Charles de Lint, and Terri Windling.
Urban Fantasy certainly made its presence felt in the Vertigo titles of the 1990s. But at the time it was viewed as having limited market appeal.  Just something for the Goths, Sand-heads, and emo-kids in black trench coats.  
Perhaps it was a bit more niche in those days, but those days came crashing to an end with the release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The Potterverse took urban fantasy mainstream in such a big way that it’s as universal to Millennials and Zoomers as the Lord of the Rings is to previous generations.

One clarification: Arkhaven comics will continue to be free access at Arktoons, supported by subscriptions and crowdfunding. However, we will permit independent creators to paywall their comics if they wish to do so. We’re not interested in telling other people how they can, or cannot, support their comics on the platform.