#Site News

[richincolor]

2024 Hiatus

It’s that time of year where Rich in Color goes on hiatus! We’ll be taking a break to recharge, and we look forward to returning on 28 January 2025.

We know this year has been a difficult one for many. As you look for places in your local, national, and international community to support and strengthen, we would encourage you to check out the following causes/resources:

Adalah Justice Project Authors Against Book Bans (@authorsagainstbookbans on IG) Book Riot’s Literary Activism Newsletter @books_palestine on IG (“Book Community for #FreePalestine”) Crips for eSims for Gaza Gaza Evacuation Funds How to Fight Book Bans in 2024 via Kelly Jensen at Book Riot #KidLit4Ceasefire National Bail Fund @storysunbirds on IG (“A Kidlit collective of authors and illustrators who stand up for children with all our hearts.”) Threads for Peace: Aid for Lebanon (@hope_darelsalam on IG) US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

May the rest of 2024 be an opportunity for you all to reflect and recharge. We'll see you in 2025!

[loonavrsl]

Merry Christmas everyone🎄🎁

Hope you all have a great day today, and a safe and happy holiday ❤️

[kaile-hultner]

Help me dig upward

Hey y’all, For the second time in a few years I’m starting a GoFundMe. This time, though, it’s not for the site, at least not explicitly. It is to help me get out from under the weight of debt that I’ve been carrying for more than a decade at this point, but which has finally gotten so bad that it’s affecting everything from my sleep patterns to my overall mental health and ability to do the…

[amysgames]

It's that time of year again! Happy Villain Week!

[bscully]

BerserkAnalysis will move to another provider this summer

Letting all of you people know that this summer I will move this entire website to a different provider. It is possible the site won’t be accessible between 20th and 30th August 2024. Between July and August the site will look differently for a while. I was able to successfully perform a test migration beforehand so I expect the move to go smoothly. It is however possible that some…

[apprenticemages]

Finding the Lounge on Social Media

With the changing social media environment, I thought it would be useful to provide a handy guide to where you can find the Lounge on various social media sites. Active Sites: Sites which I regularly monitor and interact: Bluesky @derekl1963.bsky.social Currently the primary social media account for the Lounge.  Site and anime news and updates as well as occasional random other things. Facebook…

[downthetubes]

We Apologise for Our Hiatus

We apologise for yesterday’s unexpected site outage. We’ve dealt with the gremlins, hopefully…

Our apologies for yesterday’s site outage, which is now, hopefully, resolved; the unexpected hiatus hopefully remedied, for now, although more under the bonnet tinkering may be required. Running a long-running website like downthetubes – we’ve been publishing this site in different forms since 1998! – still sometimes forces you on unexpected learning curves involving acronyms, dealing with…

[podycust]

Hello Bluesky

#tech #bluesky #sitenews #siteupdates

so also on Bluesky just jumping on that bandwagon! let’s see how this goes still on X just adding Bluesky as that seems to be where people want to go lol find me at @podycustblog.bsky.social

[countzeroor]

Vlog: Nintendo Power Retrospectives Hiatus

Nintendo’s getting antsy about who talks about their games and how, so Nintendo Power retrospectives is going to take some time off until Nintendo settles down. Continue reading Vlog: Nintendo Power Retrospectives Hiatus

[darthtimon]

The Meerkat Muse: 23rd of October 24

Here we are. This is the first Muse of the new Meerkat Musings, so it’s all exciting and fresh and new! At least, I hope it is! Let’s dive right in. Closing a Chapter No, I am not about to upend Meerkat Musings again, so soon after doing it! I am referring to the final end of a big chunk of my working life. You see, I once worked for my local Staples store. I was there for seven and a half…

[richincolor]

Farewell to 2023

Thank you all for your support in 2023! It’s time for our bloggers to enjoy a well-deserved rest, so we’re going on our annual hiatus. You may see us pop up on social media from time to time, but this is our last official post for the year.

Rich in Color will be back to its regular posting schedule on 22 January 2024. We wish you all the best for the close of this year. May you have plenty of time to catch up on your TBR lists while we're gone!

–The Rich in Color blogging team

[loonavrsl]

Happy New Year! 🎉

Enjoy the celebrations, and may 2025 bring happiness and success to you all ❤️

[konnetwork]

September Recap: Highlights and October Plans for Our Community

Hello everyone! As we wrap up September, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the changes made this month and share some exciting plans for October. Your support and feedback have been incredible, and I’m looking forward to continuing this journey together. Here’s what’s new and what’s coming next! September Highlights This past month has been quite productive! Here are some of the key…

[amysgames]

Niji Chikara is here! It’s real! You can read it right now!!

I have a LOT to say about it, so more under the cut:

Why a webcomic?

So yeah, I did previously advertise Niji Chikara as an animated series. But my younger self greatly underestimated the amount of time it takes to finish a single episode, let alone an entire series, so eventually I had to concede that this wasn't going to happen any time soon. Maybe someday in the future, there can be an "anime" version, but for now, I think it's better to stick to the manga, so to speak.

That said, there's some stuff that I made for the animated version, including several songs and some storyboards, that I'll probably end up releasing at some point, so stay tuned for that!

What's the update schedule?

I've opted to draw the entirety of chapter 1 ahead of time, which I'm hoping is enough of a buffer that I can work on the next chapters and release them without significant interruptions. Life's a lot more hectic these days, so it might not work out that way, but I can at least guarantee a consistent update schedule of one page every Saturday until the end of chapter 1. (Aside from today, where I thought it would be better to post the whole intro at once!)

Which brings me to my next point...

What about Aiiro No Kunoichi?

Truth be told, I'm not sure what to do with Aiiro No Kunoichi. Unlike Niji Chikara, where I already know the majority of what will happen from start to finish, I started Aiiro No Kunoichi with the idea that I would be able to come up with storylines as I went... which obviously didn't end up happening. That, combined with my general unfamiliarity with the subject material, left me really unhappy with the comic.

But the characters still mean a lot to me, with Cap'n Merritt in particular being a beloved cornerstone of this website, so I don't want to give up on them completely. Maybe Sanori is better suited for being a video game protagonist—I definitely still want to finish Aiiro No Kunoichi: The Game! someday—but I dunno, I'll figure something out.

Enjoy!

All that being said, I'm quite excited for Niji Chikara. I've been working on this story for a LONG time, and there's already a few reveals that have been a long time coming (another look at Rising Darkness may prove interesting for you long-time fans). I hope you guys enjoy it, too!

[is-not-a-bell]

Sleepy King

The Justice League Dark caught wind of a cult trying to summon the Ghost King. A being with power so terrible and great, that all of the chaotic Infinite Realms feared him. A true tyrant. Long ago it took the effort of ghosts equal to gods to seal him away into a permeant slumber.

And now this cult wishes to wake him and bring him to the living realm. It was a race against the clock to find the ritual site and all members were called on board, magic or not. Even Constantine looked stressed.

They did find the site.

But it was too late, the ritual was completed. The entire inner circle of runes glowed before being swallowed in a column of green light. The air filled with static and a ringing that made Supergirl crumble to the ground.

The light dissipated, but there was no great figure or being of pure evil. Instead there was a boy, a teenager. He laid on the ground curled up in his sleep. He was a ghost no doubt, dressed in regal clothing.

Despite this when he stirred, everyone froze. It seemed the cold hard ground woke him up. He got up slowly and yawned, revealing his sharp fangs. Once sat up he opened his bleary eyes to look around. He looked confused and tired, really tired.

"Where am I?" He mumbled. "I was trying to get some sleep." Constantine internally screaming, latches onto that last sentence. He glances over to Batman. He caught that last part too. Batman approaches calmly and crouches down in front of the boy king. Hardening his resolve, Batman takes on a gentle tone.

"Hey kiddo, sorry we woke you. Lets get you back to bed yeah?" The boy nodded in agreement. He pulled himself to his feet before looking around in a circle. "Where did my blanket go?" He asked rather sadly. Batman is quick to shed his own cape and drape it over him. "You can borrow my cape until we get you a new one." He nodded again, pulling the black fabric around himself.

John quickly summoned a portal door, while Batman led the King through it. John threw looks around at everyone. Everyone could tell he was mouthing the words. 'Find me a fucking blanket now'

Running on the logic of getting the king away from Earth, away from graves and the undead, that could give him power. The portal led to the Watch Tower.

Batman took advantage of the King's bleary state to send a base wide alert for all noncritical members to evacuate immediately. With a priority that death adjacent members leave first. "The stars are pretty." Bruce looked at the boy staring out the window in wonder. He almost looked like a normal kid, almost.

"Yeah they are, it's pretty late so we should get you back to bed." He nodded, going along with Batman's gentle coaxing.

He takes the boy to an unused bedroom. Making sure the room isn't dusty and that lights are dimmed. He glances back to see about a dozen different leaguers all holding blankets, one thought to bring extra pillows. The bed was pretty barren with only a single pillow and a thin bedsheet. So Bruce took a thick duvet, one of the fluffier blankets and a second pillow from his team before shooing them away.

The boy ended up keeping his cape, mumbling how it was warm. He tucked the boy in, before quietly exiting the room and turning off the light. He was pretty sure the King fell back to sleep before he even reached the light switch.

After the door shut, he made direct eye contact with John. "Constantine." They needed to figure out what the hell was going on.