I challenge my followers to complete my top 5 summer reading challenge for the Year of the Snake:
1. Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
2. Marked (P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast)
3. The Daevabad Trilogy (S. A. Chakraborty)
4. The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
5. The Complete Robot (Isaac Asimov)
Take a look at my tribute to the Lunar New Year of the Wood Snake in my official YouTube channel:
Love to see a live action movie about the dark Gargoyles fighting for justice and surviving in the human world. It would be awesome if it was based on the style from Underworld or Resident Evil.
Here's one of my favorite fanarts by Diamonddead:
Follow my Reading Challenge in Goodreads. For 2025 I want to achieve reading 6 books!
Enjoy and prepare for summer with my science fiction eBook novels in Amazon Kindle. At the same time, as you can see, my style is similar to other cartoonists like Sophie Hei. I found out her work thanks to my interest in the 100 years Disney movie Wish. The protagonist Asha seems to be a mixture from classic Disney princesses like Esmeralda, Jasmine and Pocahontas. I share her page in ArtStation which I recommend everyone to visit.
-Disney Princesses by Sophie Hei
To begin with, Paul Dini and Carlos D’anda did a wonderful adaptation of the original video game in Batman Arkham City. Since 2011, many movies and adaptations had been made of the classic Batman. Still, this comic achieves to present the “Batman” we all remember: Bruce is devoted to his mission to achieve justice and equality for everyone living in Gotham City.
In a way, it is similar to the series Batman Beyond (1999) and Batman The Long Halloween Part 1 & 2 (2021). The graphic novel shows the classic villains and at same time the eternal contrast between Good & Evil. Batman Arkham City achieves to portray this duality with villains like Two-Face and Cat-woman who are in the neutral side: They are not completely evil but rather survivors who might help Batman against a common enemy like the mad scientist Hugo Strange.
At the end of the comic, fan service is given through complete panels for each one of the main villains in the story like the Joker, Poison Ivy or Harley Quinn. Moreover, Robin also makes an appearance being the version portrayed in movies like Batman Forever (1995) and Batman and Robin (1997). It shows Robin’s struggle to be independent and not just a shadow by trying to catch Harley Quinn and the mad scientist.
Lastly, Batman Arkham City is also a story that reflects present United States with problems like freedom, politics, poverty and immigration. Furthermore, it describes a society in decadence where individuals are forced to give in to the dark side like in the case of Jenna; she is an ex-con who used to pertain to Virtual Wonderland. Other problems can be related to global issues such as mortality and modern medicine (Two-Face and the Joker’s deterioration and illness) along with gender inequality (Cat-woman and Poison Ivy finding their own power to be equal to men).
In my personal opinion, Arkham City and, its “mirror” Gotham City, can be compared to real life big cities like Bangkok, Thailand, where local communities have practically disappeared: It is a large metropolis that offers individuality and a personal journey but also everyone is an almost complete alienation from the traditional friendly society.
The lesser vehicles of the ancient religions will be transformed and embraced by the Great Vehicle of Mahayana Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism. The powers of the Buddha and the Law enter our existence, purifying our minds, extinguishing our evil karma (past and present) and planting seeds of wisdom, compassion and virtue. By believing in the great power of the Dai-Gohonzon no matter what kind of karma we possess we can achieve the great benefit of changing poison into medicine (hendoku iyaku).
2025 Lunar New Year of the Wood Snake
To continue with the Year of the Snake, one of the goals is to encourage everyone to save planet Earth. So, here's my own artwork thanks to Free AI art.
Begin this new year of the Serpent 2025 with the vintage game Sonic The Hedgehog 2 free for smartphones. Play anywhere, anytime.
I challenge my followers to complete my top 5 summer reading challenge for the Year of the Snake: 1. Ready Player One (Ernest Cline) 2. M...
