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14DecDecember 14, 2020

Marvel: Everyone’s Gay Now!

Last year Marvel changed another character, claiming Kitty Pryde is "bisexual." None of this stuff gets into the movies yet, as the comics can get away with altering characters into a hack writer's perverted sexual fantasy, but the film-going audience still mostly relies on families. But now Marvel writer Al Ewing, infamous for making his Bruce Banner rant against capitalism in a bizarre communist tirade, has determined fan-favorite Guardians of the Galaxy character, Star Lord, is now "bi and poly"....

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14DecDecember 14, 2020

Tears of the Cyberclown: UPDATE

In my first post on this game, I said: "Not only did CD Projekt Red produce a game where you couldn’t play as a lesbian trans-poli-sexual bipoc if you felt like it." I was wrong, that's totally doable. AND IT STILL WASN'T ENOUGH TO KEEP SJWS HAPPY. This is why you never give them anything. Even if you give them everything they wanted, it will NEVER be enough!

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13DecDecember 13, 2020

Clobberin’ Crowdfund Comics – 12/13/20

Happy Sunday, true believers! It's near-Christmas time, which means there's not a lot of crowdfunds being launched. There's still a lot of good content that's been catching the eye of the Arkhaven blog which is worth highlighting, so let's dive into the books below: Lonestar: Mind Of The Monster Former DC Injustice artist Mike S. Miller returns with his third installment of the Lonestar saga. A mysterious band of powered heroes faces off against vampires and more....

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11DecDecember 11, 2020

SO MUCH S-T-A-R W-A-A-A-A-A-A-R-RS!!!!

At the Investor's meeting yesterday Disney announced that they were turning Disney+ into the Star War/Marvel Channel. Lucasfilm and Marvel looks like they are going to be providing damn near 100% of the original content starting next year. Lets get this out of the way. I will not be watching all of these damn things. I may watch the first episode of few of them just to make make fun of them. But that's it. Here is a list...

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11DecDecember 11, 2020

Disney Backs the Hollywood Swamp!

The Hollywood Swamp creatures are dancing in the street tonight. Disney has come through for them. Mostly because Bob Chapek is an accountant with the soul of an accountant. There isn’t the slightest gram of creativity in the man. Disney made some major announcements at the investor’s meeting today. They are going to be making ten Star Wars series and ten Marvel series for Disney+. Kathleen Kennedy is firmly in the saddle at Lucasfilm. Star Wars is going to be very, very feminist from now...

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10DecDecember 10, 2020

Tears of the Cyberclowns

The last game I paid full price for on release day was Duke Nukem Forever. I’ve been gun shy ever since. At my age there is no real drive to be on the absolute bleeding edge of popculture. If it’s convenient that’s one thing but there is no longer any feeling of “I just can’t wait for it.” So, it is with considerable resentment that I am waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 to finish inserting itself into my hard drive. I was really hoping that...

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10DecDecember 10, 2020

Truth, Justice, And The American Way

Last night I came across this pin up of Superman by Steve Ditko, which was done as a bonus for Superman #400 back in the 1980s. The image stirred me in a way much comic art fails. It presents the hero as exactly how he is -- a hero. Starting with the angle of the piece, we are looking up at Superman as someone larger than life. He's walking tall, confident, into the shadow of the valley of death,...

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10DecDecember 10, 2020

Crunchy Roll Is Sold

I said it was coming and it has arrived. From Businesswire: “We are proud to bring Crunchyroll into the Sony family,” said Tony Vinciquerra, Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment. “Through Funimation and our terrific partners at Aniplex and Sony Music Entertainment Japan, we have a deep understanding of this global artform and are well-positioned to deliver outstanding content to audiences around the world. Together with Crunchyroll, we will create the best possible experience for fans and greater opportunity...

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08DecDecember 8, 2020

The Smell of Desperation

NOTE: My colleague Jon Del Arroz wrote about this already but there was a development today. Yeah, we would never have guessed. They say that the prospect of being hanged focuses the mind. They never said it would be focused on anything good. American comic books are doomed. This is actually nothing new. They’ve been failing for a while but COVID put a brick on the accelerator of a car that was already out of control and hurtling off a cliff. Consequently, those few survivors of...

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08DecDecember 8, 2020

Blogs and Ends: Hollywood is Burning

FIRST There were emergency meetings all over Hollywood this weekend and there is no doubt as to why. Warner Media’s decision to put their entire slate of films for 2020 and 2021 on HBOmax. While HBOmax has, to put it mildly, underperformed compared to Disney+, Their parent company AT&T can change that instantly. Just by rolling HBONOW into HBOmax and then giving three months free for anyone on one of Ma Bell’s platforms. The numbers will match Disney’s overnight. So why haven’t’ they? Two reasons. First, HBOmax...

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