In which I sit behind a desk in a shadowy room, objectify my secretary and seek out missing webcomics and their creators.
This time I went searching for the comic Hellfire, suggested by shastab24 and Abt_Nihil
This comic was apparently deleted by its creator MafiaMonkey, aka Tom Rainford, although his ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Lost Webcomics Detective II
HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 28, 2014FEATURED COMIC --> Ad Humanae
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 26, 2014
Summary:
Beginning as a type of 24 hour comic project by creator Ryjia, Ad Humanae is gradually growing into a more developed, interesting story, especially as we learn more about the main character Casey. Casey works for an organisation that keeps the peace between different monster races and humans. He ...
QUACKCAST 158 - A very modern Modest Medusa, part 2
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 18, 2014Title: Episode 158 - A very modern Modest Medusa, part 2
LISTEN!
Content:
In the second part of our interview with Jake Richmond of Modest Medusa Banes and I discuss with him topics like the use of gradients in comic art, background details, simplifying your artwork, cell shading, and the perils ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Newspost Guidelines 2.0!
HippieVan at 6:00AM, March 14, 2014
kawaiidaigakusei and I have been doing newsposts for a while now, so we have put together a set of guidelines that should make it easier to DDers to know how to get their news on the front page!
Please leave feedback either here in the comments or in this forum ...
QUACKCAST 157 - A very modern Modest Medusa
Ozoneocean at 7:00AM, March 11, 2014 LISTEN!
Content:
Banes returns to the Quackcast to join me on another interview with Jake Richmond of the very popular Modest Medusa! This time we get to find out more about Jake's comic making technique, his writing style, character creation, colour technique, drawing materials, programs and his whole work ...
Creator Interview with Flinto of Restaurante Macoatl!
kawaiidaigakusei at 6:00AM, March 10, 2014Today I have a very special newspost featuring the muy interesante webcomic creator of Macoatl. Updating from Mexico, this interview highlights his influences, drawing techniques, historical inspirations, and translating his story from Spanish into English. So sit back, relax, and learn a little about Flinto!
Who are your greatest art ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Hippie Van: Lost Webcomics Detective
HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 7, 2014
In which I put on my Nancy Drew outfit and search out deleted webcomics and their creators!
Locoma (of Anti Featured) recently suggested that I do a newspost about those mysterious webcomics whose archives are deleted and which disappear forever. I couldn't think of very many on my own ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Split Screen Kickstarter
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 28, 2014
Jaymzeecat is running a kickstarter to have her comic Split Screen printed!
Split Screen is a touching romance and was nominated this year for a Drunk Duck Award in the “Best Completed Comic” category. The Split Screen graphic novel will include the entire comic with retouched graphics, a brand new ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Completed Webcomics
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 21, 2014
A couple weeks back I did an “abandoned webcomics” newspost talking about some of my favourite comics on DD that have been orphaned over the years. As an antidote to that (and thanks to bravo1102’s suggestion), this week is a “mission accomplished” post highlighting completed webcomics
This newspost was ...
A lovey dovey FRIDAY NEWSPOST
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 14, 2014Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!
Comics are the perfect medium for telling love stories because we have access to every part of a character’s life: their innermost thoughts, their conversations, their sly glances at a love interest…
After Oz and Banes did their great 2-part quackcast discussing love in ...