METAPHORROR
Hey, they're always tellin' me to recycle!
Last Halloween I did a breakdown of four categories of horror. So I've repurposed it here, images and all, to talk about the metaphorical nature of horror.
Horror is perfect for metaphor and allegory. In fact, a horror story is ...
QUACKCAST 294 - Costume cast: Addams family
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 25, 2016 LISTEN!
Image by Ozoneocean
For Quackcast 294 we all dressed up as members of the Addams Family! Me as Gomez, Banes as Cousin It, Tantz as Morticia, and Pit Joan D'eath. We had a great time and you'll be able to see us all on video!
The theme ...
Jack-O-Lanterns!
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Oct. 21, 2016
Pumpkin carving! It’s one of those funny types of art like Easter egg painting or decorating gingerbread cookies that you only ever get to do once a year. I never seem to get much better at pumpkin carving, but that doesn’t stop me from getting pretty intense about ...
Character and subtext in horror
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 20, 2016
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In the movie “The Innkeepers”, two clerks in an allegedly haunted hotel work on the last night before the place closes down. They deal with some odd final guests, both human and otherwise (maybe ...
QUACKCAST 293 - THE BURBS DVD commentary
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 18, 2016 LISTEN!
The Burbs video cover
In this happy season of October we come to that time of year again when Banes starts to get excited by Halloween! This year his idea was for us all to do a real time DVD commentary for The Burbs, that great comedy horror film ...
QUACKCAST 292 - Separating the art from the artists
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 11, 2016
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Ayn Rand and The Fountainhead movie poster
Separating the art from the artist, the message from the messenger… Can you do this?
You know, when you find out an actor, musician, comic artist or whatever is an arsehole or says things you disagree with or is a criminal, can ...
Incomprehensible Notes to Yourself
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Oct. 7, 2016
I think we all do this – you leave a quick note to yourself with some great idea you’ve had, or something you need to remember to do later on. Days, weeks, or months later you re-discover the note and you have no idea what your past self was thinking ...
QUACKCAST 291 - The philosophy and politics of comics
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 4, 2016 LISTEN!
Raphael's School of Athens.
This week's Quackcast is brought to us by Tantz Ariene! Tantz is a very political creature, seeing as she comes from Athens which is pretty much the birthplace of politics AND philosophy, that's hardly surprising. Clever Tantz in her tantzglasses, dudeman Banes ...
Be on the Jonathin Quackup #1 "Personalized" Comic Book Cover!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 3, 2016This article was written by raytoons of Jonathin Quackup of the Planet Weralt on Drunk Duck.
The Jonathin Quackup of the Planet Weralt series tells the story that takes place in the fantastical planet of Weralt. The world was once protected my a mysterious beings called the Quacki. They protected ...