While a number of people have waxed eloquent about the new webcomics project at Arkhaven.com [https://arkhaven.com], I've held off. I know that Razor and Jon Mollison [https://jonmollison.com/2021/05/05/yes-they-really-are-that-good/] have had good things to say, and a good word from Razor, given his depth of knowledge of comics is certainly worth something. I want to be more tempered. So, first, how is it? It's good. No, not amazing, superlative, spectacular, or anything else like that.…
All posts in comics
I'd posted before about Ethan Nicolle's Bearmageddon [https://thelastredoubt.com/bearmageddon/], and how he'd stepped away from a lot of his attitudes towards country people, and that he got in the city in general. If you continue thruogh the series, it shows. In one page, he neatly wraps up several moral questions, including one that Spider Man spent far too much time and angst over [http://bearmageddon.com/bearmo/page-103-richards-worth/]. In one page he covers valuing life and living it w…
I've been mostly "miss" on a lot of webcomics recently. Even ones I'd regularly read, like Sluggy Freelance [sluggy.com] and more recently, Schlock Mercenary [schlockmercenary.com] have fallen by the wayside. Mostly because something about the stories just petered out - though in Howard Tayler's case his stand regarding diversity and handling sexual harassment allegations at conventions [https://thelastredoubt.com/the-torcott-just-became-less-painful-but-losing-schlock-will-suck/] had a lot to…
Before I tackle part 2 of my thoughts on why this social justice signaling matters - likely after the weekend - I note our scribe is congratulating himself [https://scifiscribe.com/2018/09/06/if-both-sides-are-mad-youre-doing-something-right/] by declaring that "If Both Sides Are Mad, You’re Doing Something Right." Yeah. Cringey use of memes aside - read the post and he's trying to act as if he's staking out a position of "truth" and that neither other side has it. OK. If I open fire on anot…
A comment on my battletech review over at discord a while back asked why I made a fuss at all about the SJW stuff in it? If it made someone happier to see odd genders included, or a "diverse" command staff (that was hispanic, oriental, etc., no white men, or even whites), what does it hurt? Similarly, over the latest Comicsgate kerfluffle, a regular blogger over at Superversive wrote On Nike and Vox Day And Why You Shouldn’t Care About Either [https://scifiscribe.com/2018/09/04/on-nike-and-vox-…