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Hello hello hello! This week Ozoneocean and Banes pirate another of HippieVan's much discussed newsposts. When the test for Mary Sue was brought up in our recent writing tests Quackcast it generated some heated talk so HippieVan went a little deeper into it and ...
QUACKCAST 211 - How Mary Sure Are You?
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 24, 2015Avoiding the Mary Sue (+ a contest!)
HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 6, 2015
This newspost was inspired by this week's Quackcast on testing your writing and knowing your characters. In the comments, KimLuster posted a Mary Sue test and discussed her annoyance in finding that one of her characters scored highly.
So what is a Mary Sue? Everyone sort of knows one ...
Celebrating Black History Month - The First Black Superhero
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 27, 2015
In 1966, in the midst of the American Civil Rights Movement, Marvel Comics introduced the first black superhero - Black Panther.
Black Panther, real name T'Challa, was the King of vibranium-rich Wakanda, a fictional African country (the first African-American superhero would be Marvel's Falcon). A special herb and his ...
Staying Positive in Troubled Times
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 25, 2014
I have been trying to avoid the real world news the last few weeks because it just goes from bad to worse to even more worse. Just last night, there was a large earthquake in Northern California, Iceland is getting ready for another volcanic eruption, and Dr. Hammond from Jurassic ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Comic Book Movies
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Aug. 8, 2014
Apparently the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is coming out right about now. While the explosion-filled trailer I saw for it (before the equally explodey Transformers 4) made up my mind that I won't be seeing this particular movie, comics have been the inspiration for some great films.
Because ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Contribute to the sci fi Quackcast!
HippieVan at 12:00AM, April 4, 2014
For Quackcast 161, Banes and Ozoneocean are looking for your input!
What are you favourite science fiction books, movies, or shows?
What concepts appeal to you? Which ones don't?
What “type” of sci fi do you like, and why?
Do you write a sci fi comic or work on ...
QUACKCAST 160 - SciFi spectacular
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 1, 2014
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While out on a routine survey mission in the Asimov Nebula, space-Captain Ozone and security officer second class Stanley Banes find themselves face to face with a drunken rampaging mutated alien duckmonster! Join our spacefaring heroes as they ramble about some of their favourite SciFi and discuss some ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Hippie Van: Lost Webcomics Detective
HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 7, 2014
In which I put on my Nancy Drew outfit and search out deleted webcomics and their creators!
Locoma (of Anti Featured) recently suggested that I do a newspost about those mysterious webcomics whose archives are deleted and which disappear forever. I couldn't think of very many on my own ...
¡Viva la Carnival! Happy Mardi Gras.
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 3, 2014
It has been a quiet weekend for news. Just a reminder, you can send any news pertaining to webcomics to HippieVan and me.
I spent Sunday evening watching the Oscars as anyone who has lived in the entertainment capital of the world is morally obligated to do. There were no ...
Time for a super huge news post with lots of news!
skoolmunkee at 12:01AM, July 15, 2013
First up is stuff about the 2013 Drunk Duck Awards! Hit that link to send in your votes! Those votes will nominate the comics which go to the final round for judging… so if you want a comic to win an award, it's important to VOTE!!! Second and thirdly ...