In a world of adapted comic book characters and stories, reborn old franchises, and endless brand-excavation of old TV shows, toys, and video games, our entertainment culture is something different than we've previously seen.
“I.P.'s” are dug up repurposed endlessly, in order to try and make a ...
Fandom
Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 25, 2018FEATURED COMIC --> Spark Book 1
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 8, 2017
In a world that believed in powerful gods, the qualities of demi-gods have entered the gene pool. Unfortunately, a widespread disease has wiped out a large part of the population. Some of the remaining people left on earth are the descendants of banished demi-gods and have become stronger. They have ...
Yin and Yang – Creation and Deluge: Archetypal Motifs part 3
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 6, 2017
Who hasn’t seen this ubiquitous symbol? It’s one of the most typical motifs signifying the balance between opposing forces in the world- but also the ever alternating phases of destruction and creation, of overwhelming overturning of the status quo so the new can be created.
And that is ...
World Building Is Ubiquitous
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 8, 2017
image from The Art of Veiling, by yours truly
There have been posts before (I think) about how to go about creating a world, especially when it comes to fantasy settings. You’re supposed, if you want to do it right, to build everything that makes up the world in ...
Hippie Van’s last-ever newspost
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 27, 2017
Hey everyone! And farewell, also.
When I started writing this newspost I went looking for the first one I ever did. It turns out it was in November of 2013 - that’s over three years of Friday newsposts! I don’t think I’ve ever kept a paying job that ...
Quackcast 297 - fandoms
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 15, 2016 LISTEN!
Art by Ozoneocean
In this Quackcast we tackle the topic of fandom. Fandoms can be interesting, fun, helpful, fascinating, inspiring, or even bizarre and disturbing. Fandoms are frequently great resources for information about their subject and can really enrich your experience of whatever you're into. Fandoms are also ...
"What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye"
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 15, 2016
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince (2015)
When I was very young, my mom had placed a series of book collections on the headboard of my bed before I learned how to read or developed any interest in books. Among the titles, nestled between C.S. Lewis' Narnia series ...