Arkhaven Spotlight: Halloween Special #1

Welcome to the Arktoons Spotlight, a regular feature at the Arkhaven Blog. The Spotlight is where I take a look at one title from the amazing world of Arkhaven’s webtoons. If you aren’t familiar with Arktoons, this is meant for you.  I am the Dark Herald; I do the blogging here at Arkhaven.com.  The blog is mostly pop culture news, reviews, and opinion, in short, the usual. And you aren’t here for the blog.  You’re here for the webtoons.   Arkhaven is different from other webtoon publishers.  While...

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Blogs and Ends: The Blake Overkill Edition

FIRST https://twitter.com/monsterhunter45/status/1696963693312188613 Is it really stolen honor if no one believes you for second?Look armchair Medal of Honor winners, the internet is a thing now. Just googling a little isn't going to remotely sell you as a super ninja Green Beret SEAL in 2023."Trained sniper, military style..." Even a cook, regardless of service would never have phrased it like that. Also, the whole disassembling and reassembling blindfolded thing doesn't happen. It's bullshit. Any DI who tried to have his...

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The Crone Princess 

I got into an interesting discussion recently. “What kind of princess is the new Snow White supposed to be anyway?” It was the rehash of just how horrible of a person Rachel Zegler is, and the nasty things she had to say about her new character. Here’s the thing, while I have very little doubt that she’s spoiled, narcissistic, and generally speaking five feet of walking malignancy, she didn’t come up with those lines that she bombed herself with at D-23. Those were...

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Iger Takes the L 

Mickey the Great and Terrible has raised the white flag in the Great Cable War of 2023. Charter is victorious. Ten days past, Disney pulled all of their content on Charter Cable’s fifteen million viewers, to include ESPN at the start of football season.  Pro and college football fans were incensed... at Disney. Cancer Rat was for his part shocked that people would blame him for something he did.  Disney was demanding a price hike from Charter. Spectrum/Charter said, look asshole you’re double...

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Arkhaven Spotlight: Flying Sparks Crowd Funder

BUMPED: Sept 11, 2023.Jon Del Arroz's Flying Sparks is coming to you in comic book format, provided you support it. There is only ONE DAY left in this campaign! Meta-Girl fights a KRAKEN!Meta-Man CRUSHES the COMMIES! Plus an incredible origin!All of this and more in Flying Sparks: The Companion! Back today!Flying Sparks chronicles the story of Meta-Girl who's dating supervillain Johnny Benvinuti under her secret identity, while the world is threatened by a crazy tyrant who unleashes...

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Disney Lost

One last thing before I'm off to BasedCon for the weekend.Disney has lost its federal lawsuit against DeSantis and Florida.Disney amended its federal lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to focus solely on its First Amendment claim that the governor politically retaliated against the company. Disney last week had asked to drop its other claims in the case because they are being actively pursued in a separate state-level lawsuit in Florida.One of Disney's lawyers must have had the "Look asshole, it's...

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Disney’s Hulu Hoop 

Disney, in a move that shocked everyone but honestly shouldn’t have, decided to begin the purchase process for Hulu earlier than was expected. They will begin the process of buying Hulu on September 30th of this year instead of waiting until January 1st of 2024 which was required by Comcast’s call option. The reason this should have been obvious is that Disney’s fiscal year always starts on October 1st of each year. There is nothing really weird about this, a lot...

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Zombies: Slow or Fast? 

Which kind of Zombies are the best kind, slow or fast? Any wordsmith who puts pen to paper on the matter of a tale of the Living Impaired now has to consciously decide which one he’s going to use.*  The rise of the zombies** began just about the time Anne Rice ruined vampires for everyone.  Since the days of Carmilla and Dracula, the vampire was the primary form of unlife you were meant to fear.  The vamps had a good run for...

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RE:View Starship Troopers

I always get the shakes before a drop. I’ve had the injections, of course, and hypnotic preparation, and it stands to reason that I can’t really be afraid. The ship’s psychiatrist has checked my brain waves and asked me silly questions while I was asleep and he tells me that it isn’t fear, it isn’t anything important — it’s just like the trembling of an eager race horse in the starting gate. I couldn’t say about that; I’ve never been...

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Dragon Awards 2023

Here they are. Not as bad a list as some years. At least Timothy Zhan won the best Sci Fi novel. That's nice.1. Best Science Fiction NovelThe Icarus Plot by Timothy Zahn-2. Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)Witch King by Martha Wells-3. Best Young Adult / Middle Grade NovelThe Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik-4. Best Alternate History NovelLost In Time by A.G. Riddle-5. Best Horror NovelA House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher-6. Best Illustrative CoverTower of Silence by Kurt Miller-7. Best Comic Book or Graphic...

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