Photo: “Thank You”. Submitted by Xade. (August 2024)
Xade, creator of Growlution and Insanity of Xade, has an announcement:
“Monday is here*, and I’m thrilled to say we finally have the rent money. It’s now in the apartment manager’s hands, and I can’t help but reflect ...
We Did It: A Journey of Hope and Gratitude
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 19, 2024Praying on the weak
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 10, 2024
Yesterday a scammer on the phone tried to scam us out of around 3k euro by some silly pretense and a bait of around 250 euro supposedly they wanted to deposit on behalf of the government. Now, of course this didn't fly with me or my mom, but it ...
Xade is a Duck in Need!
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 9, 2024
One of our own, Xade, is in dire straights financially. Xade needs our help to be able to overcome a crisis, so if you have any capacity to help out, just click this link to donate.
What is the crisis? I'll let Xade speak, copying her words from her ...
Good Enough
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Aug. 3, 2024
The past few weeks, as life has begun to settle down again, I have been trying to get back into the swing of things with our comic projects. However, despite having the best of intentions, it has been a struggle. In large part because we’re embarking on some reworking ...
Character Deep Dive: Raidon from Used Books
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 20, 2024
Today’s Character Deep Dive is on an antagonist!
We’re looking at Raidon Yamamura from Used Books by the amazingly proliferate Vickie Boutwell!
Used Books is a crime-noir thriller involving the story of Kaida, an ex-assassin from a highly dangerous network of organized crime and the different people surrounding ...
Art, Communication, and Comics
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 12, 2024
Comics are one of the most effective forms of art.
The most important part of all art is communication. It's often overlooked in favour of “meaning” but without the ability to effectively communicate that meaning, the meaning becomes meaningless. Concepts and manifestos are utterly inadequate because they usually become ...
Preachy Comics
Tantz_Aerine at 12:58AM, July 6, 2024
Last night I had an interesting conversation with one of my favorite creators (you know who you are) about what makes a webcomic (or comic, or movie, or book, anything applies) preachy. Preachy as in trying to force an agenda, or ideology, or outlook down the audience's throat whether ...
Creator Interview: Paul Eberhardt
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 29, 2024
Finally! It's time for yet another Creator Interview, and as usual, I have the pleasure of interviewing one more fantastic DDer! This time it's Paul Eberhadt, a wonderful artist and comic creator with a unique style I could discern among many!
Paul already has a bio on his ...
The use of descriptive names. Playing with words.
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 23, 2024
Hello everyone!
It’s Sunday again and I once again feel like talking about writing, particularly the art of naming things and the wordplay that may be used to do so. Me, I’m an obsessive player of words. When I name a certain element or group or a single ...