This newspost was inspired by this week's Quackcast on testing your writing and knowing your characters. In the comments, KimLuster posted a Mary Sue test and discussed her annoyance in finding that one of her characters scored highly.
So what is a Mary Sue? Everyone sort of knows one ...

Avoiding the Mary Sue (+ a contest!)
HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 6, 2015Introducing The Drunk Duck Fashion Show!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 2, 2015
-Comic artist is Travis Michael Moore, but The Duck knows him as that vampy VinoMas.
Drumroll, please.
Over the next few weeks, we will be rolling out a brand new project that combines the vogue fashion world with webcomics. It will be a chance to get your characters dressed in ...
Say It Straight, Simple and With a Smile
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 23, 2015
-Art by Gunwallace
Hello Ducks! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. Last week was filled with big holidays like Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday/Carnival, Ash Wednesday, the Lunar New Year (Gung Hay Fat Choy!) it is now the year of the Ram! I think I spent Sunday watching the Oscars ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Strike Pup
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 14, 2015
Summary:
Rose is a very determined and highly skilled martial arts champ, she balances this with a modelling career, a love life, and highschool. She's an empowered, successful girl, getting into fights and winning! The art style here is quite interestingly stylised, characters are quite stocky and Rose has ...
Día de los Muertos
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 27, 2014
Living in Southern California makes me no stranger to to the Mexican holiday of Día de Muertos, otherwise known as Day of the Dead. However, I had never experienced one before and lucky for me, when the opportunity arose this weekend I jumped at the chance.
I decided to dress ...
Support 2D Animation in the Hullabaloo's Indiegogo Campaign!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 15, 2014
“The greatest animated film you get to help make.”
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hullabaloo-steampunk-animated-film
You may or may not have heard of the Hullabaloo Steampunk 2D (hand-drawn) animated film by a team of former Disney and Dreamworks animators. The indiegogo crowdfunded project was spearheaded by James Lopez, an alumni ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Representation in comics
HippieVan at 12:00AM, July 11, 2014
I've written about Archie comics before - it seems every time I go searching for comic news they've got some new gimmick. (See my “jumping the shark” newspost, about Archie being killed off)
This time, they've added yet another character to the Archie comics line up in an ...
Remember Your Poppy
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 26, 2014
Today is Memorial Day in the United States.
Before you spend the day shopping for the latest sales, catching up on sleep, dreaming about prom, or using today as an extra day to study for an exam, please take a moment to step back and think about what this day ...