[float=right][/float]Summer is here once again, and all the signs are out in VOID City. The sun is shining, the beach is bumping, and the morgue is open and ready for business! That’s right folks, you wanted more death, and now it’s coming at you full speed. We’ve had Royale tournaments, we’ve had Death tournaments, and thanks to our crazy mad scientists we bring you the very first Death Royale Tournament! Our ten different artists will compete over six weeks to bring you the very best in comic battles, all for your entertainment. And the best part is that only one survivor will remain standing in the end. This is the very definition of winner take all!

And what a roster we have here, veterans and rising stars coming out of the woodwork to go for the gold. Former champions like Duredhel’s OSBot and Perca’s Espiral have checked out of the retirement home, but don’t think they’ve got this thing all locked up. SDT runner-up Sixtem is dropping in with his own Miss Matilda, who you might remember from successfully defending the city in the Armageddon event last year. Wily vet Endjoi returns with a new character, the space girl hunter Valpuri Taina, and the always entertaining Qyzex has chosen to go with the Sickening Soviet, the Red Star Plague! The prolific Mister Kent joins us with Special Friend, the life-coaching sentai warrior, and heavyweight finalist RoflQu is bringing the noise with the small town psychic known as Elvis Bean. Up-and-comer Dimension is back from the last tournament with the sneaky thief Li, born on Earth and raised in space. Newcomers Omadhaun and Frazzler round out our tournament line-up with Omadhaun’s body-snatching Aliz Varga and Frazzler’s moralizing mercenary Frank Macrae.

Alright, the stage is set and the cast is ready, you can bet that fireworks are in store for this summer season. All of your contestants are already hard at work; I can guarantee that this will be a tournament to remember.

So what else is shaking? What can keep you going until the Death Royale deadline? Well, this week you can check out the finale of our 22-Page Challenge! As you may recall, the first half of the challenge went down last month, and now the artists are back to finish the job. Go check out the conclusions on the Comics page, there are some fantastic stories to read. This is also the last week to submit art for the Monthly Artist Showcase, with Noir0083’s Feather Knight. Give the forum thread a look and be sure to email your art to Wei by June 23. After that, go browse the entries on the forum and leave some feedback for the artists!

This is turning out to be one hell of a summer, kids, and we’re just getting started. Grab your sunscreen and surfboard, there’s a wave of awesome coming at VOID City and you don’t wanna miss it!