Over the last twenty-four hours, the latest story about UK street artist, Banksy, has shown up on my social media newsfeed, in passing conversations, and in text messages. My friends immersed in the art world are talking about as well as my best friend since childhood and my own sister ...
A Few Banksy's Short of a Sotheby's
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 8, 2018Quackast 394 - Nostalgia, creative fuel?
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 2, 2018 LISTEN!
Nostalgia! - Where does it fit in the creative process? People are the product of their influences. For a lot of us the strongest influences happen when we're growing up and learning about the world and all the things IN it for the first time. As you get older ...
99 Dollars and 99 Cents Reaches Milestone and Introduces Scroll-A-Book
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 1, 2018Before the Beginning
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 27, 2018
One of the great things about the original Star Wars movies was the strong sense of a grand, adventurous, and terrible history before the movie started. So much is hinted at through Obi Wan Kenobi about the Jedi Knights, Anakin Skywalker, great friendships, laser swords, and terrible war and loss ...
White Hats
Banes at 5:04AM, Sept. 20, 2018
When Superman returned to the big screen ten years ago or so in “Superman Returns”, the movie was intended to be a direct sequel to the two original movies with Christopher Reeve. I was surprised at how mopey and depressing the movie felt.
Which is to say, the movie felt ...
Quackast 392 - Outside hobbies
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 18, 2018 LISTEN!
In this Quackcast we chat about what interests we have outside of webcomics and we want to know what YOU do as well. What are your hobbies and interests? Our interests and hobbies really inform what we do as comic creators in all sorts of ways, it can be ...
Drawn to Brighter Colors
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 17, 2018
The other day while I was crocheting, I noticed that a lot of the yarn colors I had picked out over the years had a lot of grays, warm neutrals, and toned-down, muted shades of color. They were all lovely colors, but my eyes needed something more vibrant and stimulating ...
80 Years of Superman
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 13, 2018
2018 marks the 80th birthday of the big guy himself - the OG superhero.
Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938.
Actually, there were precursors to Superman. But he popularized and defined the ‘Superhero’ character-type and genre. He was the template for countless characters who came later, with his ...
The Importance of Reading Other Comics
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Sept. 7, 2018
At times, you might find yourself struggling to come up with creating new pages and plot lines for your comics. It might but that the structure of page is not as impactful anymore or it could be that a pose that is proving difficult to land. This was the problem ...