I was thinking about the power of books in fiction - like, secret journals, diaries, and such.
In the show Supernatural, the brothers found a lot of information, help, and intrigue in their father's journal of his monster hunting exploits. I will say that it got harder to believe later ...
A Look at Books
Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 17, 2023Don't You Know Who You Are?
Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 10, 2023
The movie “Hook” is not one of Spielberg's best-regarded movies - I've always liked it quite a bit, though. One element of it that speaks to me is the main character who's forgotten his true identity and true nature. I love the story about the writing of the ...
Quackcast 647 - characters screwed over by adapters
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 8, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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We're having a chat about characters that differ from the source material and turn out crap because of it. Characters where the people adapting them didn't care, understand, or even take time to read the ...
Interstellar Battle Girls League of Super Warriors will Reach 200 Pages this Week!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 7, 2023
Photo: “Second Round Fire Raven v. Nariko page 187”. Story and art by bravo1102. (18 July 2023)
We have intercepted an interstellar transmission from Bravo1102 with this exciting message:
”Hey,
If you could see fit to put into the announcements that next Friday Interstellar_Battle_Girls will reach 200 pages. Took awhile ...
A change in seasons
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Aug. 5, 2023
We often talk about breaks in comics when referencing hiatuses. Sometimes they are planned, most often they aren’t. However, as I have been catching up on the backlog of webcomics I had saved up, it occurred to me that many of the long running series I enjoyed reading had ...
Hawk and Flo Part One: Ice Cream Truck of Doom Headlines 700 Pages; Thirley Peak AND Psychoborg Debut August 1st
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 31, 2023
Photo: “Hawk and Flo, Part 1: Ice Cream Truck of Doom, ‘Rebirth Page 19’”. Created by HawkandFloAdventures. (30 July 2023)
MILESTONES
Hawk and Flo Part One: Ice Cream Truck of Doom by HawkandFloAdventures
HawkandFloAdventures writes:
“Hi I'm on track for 700 pages I was wondering if I could get ...
Panel By Panel: Reader Request - "Blessed Days" - How Do You Read It?
hpkomic at 6:40PM, July 28, 2023
Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week I am tackling yet another reader request! This time I received a request for some feedback by InkyMoondrop regarding a particular page of their comic, Blessed Days. That proved interesting, leading ...
Horror - The Morality Play
Banes at 12:00AM, July 27, 2023
The idea of “sin” is a prevalent one in horror stories. In terrifying tales, the monstrous against the human also explores good vs. evil.
There is often a “sin” perpetrated by horror Protagonists. The classic Psycho begins with Marion Crane stealing money from her job. Her intentions are understandable, maybe ...
Pammertime Introduction+LaBalleur vs. Polar Ecksprez
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, July 23, 2023
LaBalleur (to the left), Polar Ecksprez (To the right), drew this fighting gamey pic myself:)
Hello everyone
This here will be a pilot post for a potential new blogposting series of mine that is going to be tabletop gaming related. Well… sort of. Let me explain
In the script writing ...
No One of Consequence
Banes at 12:00AM, July 13, 2023
One of my favorite tropes (at least I think it's a trope. Not sure how common it is) is the “unknown hero”.
It's when a character who's known to us, the audience, maybe very well, and is at least somewhat important to us.
The character dies and ...