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 ...

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 ...

Sometime after the events of 9/11, my family signed up for our first printed newspaper subscription to keep up with the world headlines. I was a high school sophomore at the time and in order to take my mind off of the United State's imminent involvement in an ...

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Banes and Ozoneocean revisit some memorable featured comics of 2013 to see what's up with them now and also give them a second shot at the limelight! If you didn't catch these comics the first time around then now's your chance to check them out ...

A dangerous force has been discovered in the universe, a force out to annihilate anything in its path… A confederation of aliens are the only thing that stands in its way. They've come to earth to give the gift of hyperevolution, superpowers, to a random few, in the hope ...

Rob Wolfe is an apathetic young man, he hasn't got many friends and he's just shifting from place to place, never really settling down anywhere, till he meets Link Dibley and they it hit off, or as much as someone like Wolfe can hit it off with anyone ...

from houseofmuses:

Dark Mischief Anthology on Sale Now!
Edited by Jenni Gregory
Cover by Mitch Byrd

Standard Sized Paperback
Full Color
Page Count: 200
POD

Dark Mischief Vol 1 is a full color collection of the spooky and supernatural, featuring stories and art by some of the best creators in ...

Cindy is usually in a bad mood. A shouting, short-tempered, swearing bad mood. Is it her job as a police officer? The bitter cold of a world locked in a new ice age? Or the death of her young son? Probably the last one. Amazingly there are still people who ...

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While I was deliciously munching on your cookies, I was told that the NightGig Sampler will be going to print soon! For a scrumptious price of $5, you can get your paws on a copy! It features a mixture of some awesome talents from both DrunkDuck ...

Okay guys, maybe you haven't noticed but there are some awesome new features all having to do with user profiles! Just click on someone's username and you will see…

Of course this means a couple of bugs have popped up. It might take a few days to fix ...