Set in a time of Feudal Japan, there are two competing clans: the Oni Clan (represented as an ogre or troll in Japanese folklore) and the Fox Clan (a woodland creature). Kisago is assigned to Midori, both members of the Fox Clan, to be her personal escort because he shows ...

So there are two sides to the art community. At least, as far as I've seen and as far as I've experienced- mostly online unfortunately.

One side is the AWESOME side. The side that's here on DD, and in many other niches like discord servers (like our ...

A fantasy SciFi world of interconnected planets and overlapping civilisations and the relationships of people who inhabit them. Lady Esin must make her way from the fabled elven lands of planet Seelhoe and journey to the human worlds in hope of recovering a magical book sacred to her people and ...

Somethings that are part of the landscape can disappear overnight. Spring still arrives on time and the grass and bugs don't care. The fountains turned off to save water. The lights in the vending machine turned off to save power. And the memories of the dreams of the future ...

Hi everybody,
Since I can't get anything done until right before the deadline I've decided to just keep hitting refresh on the front page and click on stuff til I find something to comment on. I'll pick 3 comics again.



1. Afterworld Part I (2007) by Dan ...

In a post-apocalyptic future town a young girl is murdered by bloodthirsty monsters. Rangers Nightshade and Moonsong are hot on the trail of the viscous murderers, but can they find them before the cold and deadly vigilante Pagan reaps their dammed souls and consigns them all to hell? Civil peace ...

Villains are tremendously important for a story. They set the framework and standard for a lot of things in an unsaid but definite manner: how far your villain is willing to go sets up audience expectations for how big and how dire the stakes will be in the story.

If ...

In rewatching some 1990's movies, I saw quite a few of these Protagonists show up - they're these disaffected types, usually quite intelligent or at least verbose, who are wrapped up in their emotions and sort of spinning their wheels in life as they analyze their problems and face ...

Photo: “Windmills through the Passenger Side Window”. Photo taken by me. (June 2022).

“When June came
The grasses headed out
And turned brown,
And the hills turned brown
Which was not a brown
But a gold and saffron
And red—
An indescribable color.
And from then on until the next ...

Generational differences can be quite pronounced and they certainly are in this family, featuring a dog, daughter, mother and grandmother, all interacting and reacting or one another. One has everything, one is getting by and would like to have everything, one has nothing and doesn't know why it's ...