Malcolm Gladwell was in an interview, and expressed a theory, or mini-theory. He talked about the show Law and Order and how it works, with almost every episode a comforting victory of the system.
From there, he theorized four types of fictional approaches, calling them the Western, the Eastern, the ...

Crime, Law and Fiction based on the Four Directions
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 23, 2021Jubilee and Wolverine Team Up Again in X-Men Legends
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 20, 2021
Photo: Cover art for X-Men Legends #7 by Billy Tan
Marvel Comics is hitting comic book store bookshelves this Wednesday with its most recent issue of X-Men Legends (#7). The issue brings back fan favorites, Jubilation “Jubilee” Lee and James “Logan” Howlett (aka Wolverine), in an adventure that travels all ...
A Cat Comic Jam and Goodbye to Norm Macdonald
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 16, 2021
Lite Bites Cat Jam
Hey folks, Genejoke here. Hopefully many of you have noticed that the community project Lite Bites is up and running and updating regularly. If anyone isn't aware Lite Bites is a project a run with a mixture of short stories, reviews and other oddities.
https ...
Mega Milestone: Used Books Has Reached 1,500 Comic Pages
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 13, 2021Felix the Cat: A Lesson in Comedy
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 6, 2021
Photo: Felix the Cat in “Woos Whoopee” (1930)
Today, the United States celebrates Labor Day, a day traditionally used as a break from a day of work. It also signifies that Summer is coming to a close, schools are back in session, and the time has come to tuck away ...
The Privilege of Art
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 4, 2021
Yesterday Greece's most iconic and proliferate composer, Mikis Theodorakis, passed away at the age of 96. He was a symbol for social activism and human rights. He was in the Greek resistance in 1943 as a teen, then in the anti-junta fight, he was tortured, exiled, prosecuted, and still ...
Gatekeeping print comics and the Webcomic community
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Sept. 3, 2021Yesterday I logged onto Twitter and saw this tweet trending.
And ohohoho I knew there was spicy drama afoot.
This origin story of this tweet was an column by Rob Salkowitz titled Who's a creative professional in the comics world? The answer is getting more complicated. He makes a ...
Advertisements and Comic Submissions Available for Raytoons Comics
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 30, 2021
The folks at Raytoons Comics have an announcement:
Would you be interested in having a preview advertising your comic for in my Cartoon Avenue magazine?
The fifth issue will be sent out to print in a week, so I would need to know asap if you are interested in doing ...
Making mistakes in your writing
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Aug. 27, 2021
Last week I wrote about what you can do when you make mistakes in the artwork of your webcomic. A mistake in the writing is oftentimes harder to fix than the artwork. Foreshadowing and building of the world’s foundations is baked into what you write, so when you finally ...
What Color Are You Feeling Today?
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 23, 2021
Colors have the ability to impact our moods, so being highly conscientious of the colors in nearby surroundings is important.
Although not always evident, color moods can be reflected in fashion selections because the human eye is drawn to specific colors subliminally when selecting outfits.
The color scheme of my ...