Since it’s the holiday season, I thought I would take the opportunity to suggest a way that we can all express some generosity in a way that matters to us. I imagine most of us understand how valuable art can be as a way of escaping a bad situation ...
'Tis the Season! Art-based charities
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Dec. 19, 2014Searching for Printed Comics
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 24, 2014
Sometime after the events of 9/11, my family signed up for our first printed newspaper subscription to keep up with the world headlines. I was a high school sophomore at the time and in order to take my mind off of the United State's imminent involvement in an ...
Quackcast 193 - Representing inner turmoil in comics
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 18, 2014 LISTEN!
- Art by Ozoneocean
Content:
The idea for this Quackcast came from a newspost by HippieVan. She had just read a comic version of Frankenstein and was disappointed at the simplistic way that the character's inner turmoil was rendered. She wondered about the different ways that “inner turmoil” is ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Classic Comics
HippieVan at 12:00AM, June 20, 2014
Since ozoneocean and Banes are going to be talking about the future of webcomics in an upcoming quackcast (contribute here), I thought I would go the other way and talk about a bit about classic comics.
I first got into comics when I was a kid because of the stacks ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - 2014 Design the Awards Trophy Contest
HippieVan at 12:00AM, June 6, 2014
The Drunk Duck Awards are coming up fast, and we're now looking for submissions for the trophy design!
Last year's designs are featured above, just for inspiration/example.
From Niccea:
"1st place gets to be the award. 2nd place will be the runner up award for the finalist ...
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 ...