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Monday Arktoons

WARDOGS INC. Episode 1: Easy Money

JEWELS OF GWAHLUR: Episode 1: Paths of Intrigue

HYPERGAMOUSE Episode 68: Cool Aunty

EVIL MONKEY MEMES Episode 46: Run For Your Life

REBEL DEAD REVENGE Episode 38: Damn The Devil

CHUCK DIXON PRESENTS: WAR Episode 61: Iron Mike McGraw Gyrene Raid

SAVAGE MEMES Episode 155: Biology

Arkhaven Comics is very pleased to announce two new types of content on Arktoons, the text episode and the illustrated text episode. Today we’re introducing two new series to show them off: WARDOGS INC. is an example of text-only episodes while the public domain Conan story, JEWELS OF GWAHLUR, demonstrates the illustrated text episode with new art from SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN illustrator Richard Bonk.

We’ll be launching a number of new series of both types this week, including two by The Legend Chuck Dixon, and we look forward to independent authors who are interested in publishing in one of these formats getting in touch with us and joining the platform.

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JEWELS OF GWAHLUR

Thursday Arktoons

STONETOSS Episode 112: Chargeback

WARMAN Episode 14: The Looters Return

VEGFOLK FABLES Episode 122: Wanted

CHUCK DIXON PRESENTS: ADVENTURE Episode 55: Blackout

SPACEKRAKEN Episode 22: Employee Retention

CHATEAU GRIEF Episode 127: Kiss Met

THE SAGA OF EVIL MONKEY MAN Episode 16: The Disturbing Express

STONETOSS

In the meantime, DC – formerly DC Comics – is demonstrating why it appears to be moving out of publishing comics. While there is nothing wrong with addressing politics in a graphic format, there is a way to do it and there is a way to definitely not do it. And this Harley Quinn comic is without question the latter.

It’s so unbelievably bad that it’s hard to believe that it’s real. But it is, and it is why Arkhaven is inevitable.

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The De-Comicization of DC

It looks like Ethan van Sciver was correct all along, as DC Comics officially removes “Comics” from its branding.

DC’s website is now known as simply DC.com instead of the original DCcomics.com, quietly and officially dropping the “comics” designation from their branding.

“DC.com is a celebration of everything across the DC Multiverse and we couldn’t be more excited for today’s launch,” DC GM/SVP Anne DePies stated in the release. “We are doubling down on DC’s digital ecosystem and there has never been a better time to be a DC fan and with this one-stop shop, we’re bringing everything together in one place to easily access and celebrate your fandom.”

In terms of all media and not just comics, the brand is undergoing a restructure and, more than that, its studio operations are under threat of a great reset.

Translation: DC’s owners only need the existing IP and they don’t believe the traditional comics publishing operation is going to produce any new IP of value. So farming out the IP to other publishers and collecting royalties makes more sense than continuing to self-produce new comics content, since the comics publishing revenue is trivial and creates more trouble than it’s worth.

Meanwhile, Arkhaven Comics is about to release a major new Arktoons update that is going to significantly increase its daily traffic. The best Arktoons content already compares favorably with the best that Webtoons and Tapas have to offer, and neither of them have anything to compete with what we believe is going to be a seriously game-changing development.

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