It is finally October which means the smell of maple spice, burning firewood, and pumpkin pie fill the air. After having grown up with the Peanuts' “It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” and Ray Bradbury's book “The October Country”, I understand how much this month is cherished. Fall ...

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Today we talk about villians! Kawaiidaigakusei made a newspost about villains that generated quite a bit of interest so Banes and I had her on to chat about them and read out some of the things our community members had to say.
Kawaii can introduce the topic in ...

I used to take the side of the cheerful, positive, and heroic protagonist in films and comics when I was much younger. As I got older, I wised up to the idea that being a protagonist is relative to biases of the storyteller. Now I rewatch those same films with ...

The 2014 Spring Comic Convention season is here and in full swing. I have read about virtual conventions for webcomics, but nothing beats the thrill of traveling to a con, spending money on an entrance ticket, waiting in long lines next to strangers in cosplay, and taking photos with famous ...

Title: Episode 158 - A very modern Modest Medusa, part 2

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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 ...

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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 ...

It has been a quiet weekend for news. Just a reminder, you can send any news pertaining to webcomics to HippieVan and me.

I spent Sunday evening watching the Oscars as anyone who has lived in the entertainment capital of the world is morally obligated to do. There were no ...

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After a terrible bathroom flooding incident Modest Medusa was born. That's sort of the beginning of the story of Modest Medusa, but also how the comic began too! In this Quackcast I interview Jake Richmond, the creator of the very successful and popular Modest Medusa: a pretty ...

Jake Richmond, creator of the webcomic Modest Medusa, hosted on TheDuck, started a kickstarter for the print collection of the 3rd Season of Modest Medusa. He has listed all sorts of incentives for project backers including stickers, books, pillows, original art, and guest appearances in his comic. The funding period ...

I started drawing webcomics around the same year I diagnosed myself with a case of wanderlust, which is the strong desire to travel or explore the world. Years later, with no cure in sight, I am still traveling and typing this newspost from a hotel suite during my vacation. It ...