No, this not “The Big One” earthquake that is supposed to wreak havoc on Los Angeles one day. Today's newspost is to shine a spotlight on the winners of the three coveted DD Awards spots that Niccea likes to call “The Big Ones”. The last day for awards announcements ...
Get Ready for the Big Ones!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 29, 2014FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Presenting the Drunk Duck Awards Part II
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Sept. 26, 2014
The 2014 Drunk Duck Awards continue! This week has been all about our favourite people, with the character awards and user awards being given out along with even more genre and art awards. Discover some of the winners below!
Big adventures starring tiny heroes: Best All Ages Comic presented by ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Presenting the 2014 Drunk Duck Awards
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Sept. 19, 2014
The 2014 Drunk Duck Awards are officially upon us!
The winners are always a great collection of DD classics and newer comics, so be sure to check them out and find some new favourites! And don't forget that the awards can always use more extras, which can be submitted ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Hello, Albertosaurus
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 17, 2014
Canada. Coca-Cola. Dinosaurs. Family road trip. Poutine.
Hello, Albertosaurus is a combination of all things great and awesome. It is based in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada, in a world very similar, yet very different from our own. Our green-haired narrator and narrator's sister, Jepi, are prepared to set forth ...
FRIDAY NEWPOST - "FanService" and Sexy Ladies in Comics
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Sept. 12, 2014
There's been a bit of a kerfuffle recently over an almost ridiculously sexy Spider-Woman cover drawn by Milo Manara. I was quite surprised by the uproar, actually - voluptuous ladies in skin-tight outfits is definitely not new to comics. For whatever reason, this particular drawing seems to have crossed a ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Documenting Travel Through Comics
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Sept. 5, 2014
Often when I'm trying to introduce a friend or family members to graphic novels (or I'm trying to convince them that comics can have more substance than Archie or Superman), I will gift them a copy of something by Guy Delisle. For those of you not familiar with ...
Drawing One-Point Perspective for Comic Backgrounds
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 1, 2014
I may not be the authority on drawing backgrounds in comics. However, I did spend about two years taking several classes centered around perspective drawing so I do know a little bit more than the average bear. The idea that I have is this, as comic makers, we enjoy telling ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Comic Book Idols
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Aug. 29, 2014
Yesterday, August 28th, was the anniversary of Jack Kirby's birthday. This has prompted some people to talk about how his work affected them, and made me think a bit about comic book influences and artists we look up to. Although I wasn't actively a huge fan of Kirby ...