Breaking to be for the first time
The fragments of waiting is over
For the first time I see clearly
For the first time I feel sincerely
I’ve come to take my first step and be free
I’m yours world, I’m breaking to be

Happy Eastern Ducks!

It's Resurrection Saturday today! What better occasion then than this to talk about the resurrection trope?

Usually, cancelling out a character's death is not a good thing to do in a story. It undermines the weight of the stakes involved and/or the sacrifice or seriousness of the ...

Two road traveling adults and a dog named Derrick finally make it to Yellowstone after adventures across the United States. Eventually, after years of tracking marmots solo, Uncle Derrick is joined by younger dog, Nova, because team sports are best played with a companion. Who knew canines were skilled in ...

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Welcome to another DD Quackcast! We were going to discuss Ad Hoc rationalisations and also “what happens AFTER you take over the world” but both topics were waaaay too trumpish and we didn't feel ...

Photo: “ - Spring - Ch.7: Page 49”. Imago Nebraska created by InkyMoondrop. (April 2025)

InkyMoondrop writes:

“Hi again!


Imago, Nebraska's Chapter 7 ends on the 15th of April, Tuesday.

We're going to pick up the pace a little it and switch to a 3 pages / day publication for a ...

Lights upon a fading sky.
Whipping the night to encircle the dead
Blocks are talking to your I.
Curve them a wave and encircle them red
Joys comes dancing you goodbye
A smile so wide it will encircle your head

As creators of stories, be they novels or graphic novels or comics, we all have heard the adage “write what you know”. It's been drummed into our minds to the point that its cold fingers have our impostor syndrome in a deathgrip every time we venture our to write ...

Comics and their creators have actually been prominent in the news recently.

There was the comic book creator Rebecca Burke who was was detained in ICE detention facilities in the US for a couple of weeks due to some problems with the type of visa she was trying to enter ...

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When love turns to hate… It's a common trope in fiction: partners split up and their once loving relationship turns to one of bitter acrimony! We see hate turning to love frequently too, that ...

Photo: “011 Happily Ever After?”. Shonen Punx created by Teh Andeh. (April 2025)

Teh Andeh writes:



“This year the first webcomic i ever did Shonen Punk!(2004-2019) turned 21! it’s finally drinking age! lol so of course that means it’s time for a reboot! LOLOL



I’ll be ...