It was great to read about the various influences on people's comics last week. I don't know if this topic called for a second part, er, so here it is!
Once again, these are the major influences I've identified for my current comic, Typical Strange. They stretch ...
A Story to Read Before Bedtime
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 12, 2015
-art by Gunwallace
THE PASSENGER
by kawaiidaigakusei
On a very untypical evening, I found myself driving around the rainy streets of Los Angeles late at night by myself. Somehow I ended up south of Pico Blvd and as I turned the corner onto Venice Blvd around Loyola High School, I ...
Things That Go DUCK in the Night
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 8, 2015
Horror…and the baddies and creepies and long-legged beasties of horror…come in many flavours.
These divisions might be incomplete or somewhat meaningless in a way, but hey, I have to approach it somehow…
Reality Bites: Human Creeps, Scary Animals and Nature
-Serial Killers, Jason, Michael Myers, The Strangers, And ...
Quackcast 238 - Draw your world
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 29, 2015 LISTEN!
-Cover art by Tantz Aerine
We had a Quackcast about creating your world a while ago, but that was mainly in terms of writing. Some people touched on the visual aspects, Falopian Crusader among them, and Usedbooks showed us her city map.
For this Quackcast we discussed creating the ...
Take On Three Unordinary Experiences Every Day
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 21, 2015
Change is difficult. Decisions are made out of comfort and convenience because staying the same is safer. Anything that strays off the beaten path has a tendency to seem foreign. It feels like a strange sensation that makes the squishy parts of the brain uncomfortable.
In a way, I am ...
Quackcast 236 - The Songcast/Drunkcast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 15, 2015 LISTEN!
Pitface, Banes, Tantz Aerine and Ozoneocean reunited for a repeat of the legendary Drunkcast of Quackcast 137! Almost exactly 100 Quackcasts later we hit the booze again, but this time we had a goal to pursue with our drunken ramblings: music. We decided to talk about what themes inspire ...