There is a very important relationship between humor and horror.
Bill Hader credits sixteen-year-old, Finn Wolfhard, for his meeting with the casting director in the latest installment of the Killer Clown franchise featuring Pennywise, It: Chapter Two. If that was not enough, he has joked in several interviews how he ...
The Importance of Comedy in Horror
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 9, 2019The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is Here to Enlighten the Next Generation of Children
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 2, 2019
The original story of the Dark Crystal was released in 1982 by the Jim Henson company. It was a viewing staple for many children who are now adults with a dark, yet hopeful storyline. It was a story about balance with the mystic Urus contrasted against the devious Skesis. There ...
When Anyone Can Die
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 31, 2019
In a story when any character is plausibly eligible to die, the stakes are high. We worry for everyone, even main characters than in other stories wouldn't be on the chopping board at all. It's a great premise to have for your story setup, because it makes the ...
QUACKCAST 441 - Cooperation = cool
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 27, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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Cooperation Vs Competition. For decades the mantra was competition is good: it produces progress and makes things better… Well that's actually false. Competition is what you ...
Demons in the Darkness Kickstarter Help
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 26, 2019
Hello,
Starting in September, I am running a Kickstarter to fund a print run of my comic Demons in the Darkness.
Demons in the Darkness is a horror story inspired by my time in High School being bullied.
I am looking for anyone willing to donate any art or digital ...
Cooperation vs. Competition in Comics
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 24, 2019
Ozoneocean suggested this topic, and I am intrigued to explore it.
I've made a good few posts about assorted drama in the comic world, especially between different factions and concerning different approaches to the art. Often that is addressed from a strictly ideological point of view. But today I ...
QUACKCAST 440 - Character tropes VS characterisation
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 20, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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Today we compare and contrast two ways of making characters: starting with a pure archetype and building it with tropes, or creating a character organically through circumstance ...
The Unsettling Message of Green Eggs and Ham
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 19, 2019
Years ago while living abroad, I heard an expat mom explain to her kids that it was good to try new foods just like in Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss!
For anyone unfamiliar with the red covered book filled with rhymes, Green Eggs and Ham is a story ...
What you love and what you hate about comics
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Aug. 16, 2019
Creating a webcomic is a multi-faceted endeavour. There are many moving parts from writing to drawing to managing social media accounts and everything in between. For me, there are some parts of the process I like and some which I really struggle to find motivation to do, particularly when life ...