As the Orthodox Easter approaches, I set out to make the traditional sweet bread. It's a tricky affair, because the recipes are often unreliable, or something might happen which you realise too late, and the dough won't rise, or won't pull apart as it should. I ended ...
Nothing Wasted, Something Gained
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 18, 2020Maintaining an update schedule
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, April 17, 2020
There are generally two kinds of webcomic artists. Those that update irregularly and those that operate like clockwork. Maintaining an update schedule has many benefits both for you and your readers. Here are some of the positive reasons for putting in place a realistic update schedule.
Readers like reliability
Having ...
We Three
Banes at 12:00AM, April 16, 2020
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We Three: Love Triangles
On the ‘terrible writing advice’ youtube channel, one of the running jokes is the over-reliance and overemphasis on love triangles in bad fiction.
Are they automatically bad, though?
They can be. If a character's main problem, regardless of genre, is having to ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Cragwater
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 15, 2020
A caravan convoy of misfits journey across the vast water-less wasteland at the centre of the country, tackling the treacherous Stiretzki Ridge together and the dangerous town of Cragwater hidden within it. It's the only source of water for thousands of miles in any direction and an irresistible lure ...
Religion As Mythology
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 11, 2020
It's all fine and exciting when using lore and myth to create new stories. Especially when it comes to modern genres like urban fantasy, it can yield pretty alluring and impressive results! From ancient Greek mythology to all kinds of Asian myths and legends, to Norse mythology and Egyptian ...
Buffering
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, April 10, 2020
With all this extra time on my hands, I now have the time to build up a buffer of pages. Many comic creators will tell you that building a buffer is an important and oftentimes coveted position to be in. However, life, uh, finds a way, and more often than ...
Chris Claremont
Banes at 12:00AM, April 9, 2020
Classic X-men reprinted the Chris Claremont stories and included new Claremont stories A+
Chris Claremont is one of the all-time greats in comic book writing, and probably my favorite comics writer.
He's most famous for working on the Uncanny X-Men series from the 1970's to the early 1990 ...
When Being Confined
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 4, 2020
Nearly a billion people, perhaps more, are being confined in their homes as you read these lines, due to the Covid-19 quarantine to stem the pandemic. A good percentage are going stir-crazy right now, or are juggling with the limitations and necessary work-arounds of having to stay in a single ...
Stay connected
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, April 3, 2020
I got a call today from my workers union, checking in to see how I was doing and if I was getting proper support. As we got talking, the representative admitted that the extended periods of isolation had left her feeling in desperate need to talk to people, hence why ...
QUACKCAST 472 - CoVid-19-cast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 31, 2020 LISTEN on our new player!
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In this strange time of global pandemic it'd be crazy NOT to acknowledge what we're all experiencing together, so that's what we're talking ...