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Overview
The Jonathin Quackup series takes place in a dying ...
Jonathin Quackup Kickstarter: Issue #2 - Cat Warriors Capture Our Hero!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 20, 2017Some More Stuff on Dialogue
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 18, 2017
So last week I talked about the basic principles of dialogue, so the recipe to the cake itself. But now I’d also like to talk about that cake’s icing and trimmings- what will make the dialogue we’re writing be fun and distinct and pop in our comic ...
RULES PART TWO: CONTINUITY AND DISRUPTION
HyenaHell at 12:00AM, March 17, 2017
Aight y'all, go ahead and fasten yer proverbial seat belts, on account of we got a lot of ground to cover with this one! Actually come to think of it there ain't really too many proverbs about seat belts; more like I'm stretching out a turn of ...
The Impracticality of Being Practical
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 13, 2017
The Businessman, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
I have a certain level of disdain for people who believe that comics and art in general are merely hobbies. When I was much younger and on the receiving end of advice from many well-meaning grown-ups, the word “practical” and the phrase ...
Can Comic Heroes and Their Comic Books Co-Exist?
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 6, 2017
Logan Copyright 2017 20th Century Fox
Like any loyal X-Men fan, I made my way to the theater to watch Logan during its opening weekend last night. Before the screening, I had been watching reviews that mentioned the film's “R” rating and how it traded its wide audience in ...
Them's the rules, bub.
HyenaHell at 12:00AM, March 3, 2017
Well last week we had chaos and disruption, so reckon it's high time we reestablished some order around here. And to do that ya need rules, right?
Rules. Yeah… Oh boy.
Well fine, we ain't got to call it “rules”; we can think of it as a set ...
Quackcast 312 - happy little trees
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 28, 2017 LISTEN!
In THIS particular Quackcast it's just Banes and I chatting about tips and tricks for artwork. Hopefully some of the stuff we mention is helpful to someone, I tried to illustrate some of that in the cover pic. Banes drew the image of Penny crashing through a scene ...
When the Hero Fails
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 25, 2017
Failure is the stepping stone to success. That’s what I teach my students and my clients, and it is true, right up there with “whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”: If you learn why you failed, you won’t fail again the same way- and that brings ...