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 ...

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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 ...

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Quackcast 182 - Biggest mistakes made in starting a webcomic

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 2, 2014

LISTEN!

- Art by Genejoke

Content:
This Quackcast came about in response to an article that was supposed to be about the biggest mistakes in starting out with a webcomic, I felt it was incredibly superficial and that it was mainly focussed on someone who wanted to go straight for the ...




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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 ...

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FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Comic Book Idols

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Aug. 29, 2014
tags: comic, idols, jack, kirby



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 ...

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Staying Positive in Troubled Times

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 25, 2014



I have been trying to avoid the real world news the last few weeks because it just goes from bad to worse to even more worse. Just last night, there was a large earthquake in Northern California, Iceland is getting ready for another volcanic eruption, and Dr. Hammond from Jurassic ...

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FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Lite Bites Calling for Artists

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Aug. 22, 2014



Lite Bites needs artists! Lite Bites is a long-running community project where artists and writers come together on short comics.

From Genejoke:
“We have various shot scripts awaiting artists, however, in an attempt to try something a little different I'm looking to get Operation moon 2 drawn but a ...




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FRIDAY NEWSPOST - DD Awards Finalists Announced!

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Aug. 15, 2014



Thank you to everyone for voting - finalists for the 2014 Drunk Duck Awards have been announced!

From Niccea:
"The finalists have been announced. Congratulations to them all! http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/176232/

The assignment messages have gone out to all volunteers now. If you signed up to volunteer ...






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FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Comic Book Movies

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Aug. 8, 2014



Apparently the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is coming out right about now. While the explosion-filled trailer I saw for it (before the equally explodey Transformers 4) made up my mind that I won't be seeing this particular movie, comics have been the inspiration for some great films.

Because ...



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