I'm having to write a short speech to give at a friend's memorial service next month, and I'm finding it difficult. It's not the words that I'm struggling with, it's more the entire concept of what I'm doing. So, as a distraction from ...

Writing what you don't want to write
Gunwallace at 12:00AM, Feb. 27, 2025Quackcast 728 - Skinship
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 25, 2025 LISTEN on our player!
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Today we're going into another aspect of creating artwork for webcomics! This time it's painting skin, a topic that Tantz suggested. How do you render skin? It's a super common thing in ...
Art Lab at the Hammer Museum
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 24, 2025
Photo: “More Than A Psychological Test”. Ink on White Paper, found objects, rubber roller, ink blotter. Created by kawaiidaigakusei. Westwood, Los Angeles, California. (February 2025)
Last Saturday afternoon was spent at an Art Lab in a museum in Los Angeles, California, that was open to participants of all ages.
The ...
Poetry Time 110: Veins of the machine
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Feb. 23, 2025
Rush hour veins. Heaven or heathen?
Will the electric pulse ever find peace? Even for a moment
Ongoing trains. Bettered or beaten?
Will the kinetic swing ever be pleased. Where’s the atonement?
Computer chains. Tether or treason?
Will the genetic soul ever have ease? Even for a moment.
Nature As Antagonist
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 22, 2025
There is nothing more humbling against human hubris than Nature herself.
Even at humanity's peak expansion, technology, sophistication, education, or intelligence, all it takes for its eradication is for the earth to sneeze in just the right way.
Nature cannot be beaten or tamed. It can only be appeased ...
Diamonds Are Forever?
Gunwallace at 12:00AM, Feb. 20, 2025
Diamond Comic Distributors has gone bankrupt. As someone who once worked in a comic book shop, back in the 80s and 90s, it was something of a shock. I came over all nostalgic for their blue logo. I still have a number of cardboard boxes crammed with comics that have ...
FEATURED COMIC --> History
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 19, 2025
Geoffrey Thurgood says, “few people recognize or understand the most important moment of their lives while it is happening to them”, while reminiscing about the first encounter with his wife, Tixiannalol. The meeting was love at first sight for the orphaned, bookish apprentice of Professor Scroggins, who admired Tixi’s ...
Quackcast 727 - Painting Series: Sky and Sea
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 18, 2025 LISTEN on our player!
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We haven't done anything about actual art-making for a while so we thought we'd start a series on technical stuff. Starting out we tackle painting sea and sky! These are key general background elements, they ...