Issue 01 demonstrates how the lives of intergalactic Squid People are not so different from the lives of humans on planet Earth. “The Quirk” opens with an unnamed squid office employee and the unforeseen challenges of getting to work on time. The lack of a nose and hair made entirely ...

Lonely Planets is a chronological, monthly slice-of-life comic centered around a mother, a father, and their son. Mini vignettes of each month’s most memorable adventure is told in the span of a series of 2x2 comic strips. It is a snapshot of married life overlapping with middle-life and deals ...

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Today we're talking about the depiction of “intelligence” in fiction! There are a lot of ways this shows up: the genius detective who can understand any clue and uncover any lie, the amazing doctor who can ...

Alea is known by the alias, Feather, a heroic fighter protecting the town of Havpork from monsters. Enter Steel, the effervescent arch-nemesis of Feather, whose namesake is the opposite of soft and light. The town of Havpork has been left without a hero following an unsuccessful battle against Steel, where ...

Sena dreams of the legends of old, the fantastic tales of the past with the four mighty kingdoms and heroes with the power of bending fire, earth, water, and air. And of course the stories of the fabled avatars. His current world is a very different place from the one ...

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Oh baby it's cold outside… That's a tricky song, well it's not really but a few years ago the silly pop-culture warriors on Twitter started acting as if the song was all “rapey” with ...

Cometman - The Pilot: Deux Coeurs, Un Hèros (Two Souls, One Hero)

Christine La Blanc has just been taken prisoner on board pirate trader Osareeus’ spaceship. Upon contact, small and strangely dressed Christine was mistaken for a terragin, but is actually from planet Earth. Osareeus wishes to converse with Christine, who ...

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Art Vs the Artist part 2
Here we're fulfilling the promise of Quackcast 671 and examining what the art can tell us about the artist! Can certain themes, an art style, choice of imagery, jokes, humour ...

Sophia Shaw is a background character in her own life. An NPC. Whatever she does, wherever she goes, people ignore her. There is no role for her, no place for her, she's a nobody, even to her own mum. But she has ONE single shining ray of light and ...

Things are looking great for young Maria, she's just been made the captain of her volleyball team and they're off to compete in a tournament tomorrow in another city. Even better, when she gets home her parents are out so she can do whatever she wants! That's ...