We’ve heard it and experienced it many times: For a creator to make an impact, to truly etch his/her message in the brains of his/her audience when it comes to art, from novels to films to comics, imagery with a high shock value is employed or simulations ...
Grit --> Gore --> Gorn : When is it true to subject matter and when is it porn?
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 5, 2017World Building Is Ubiquitous
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 8, 2017
image from The Art of Veiling, by yours truly
There have been posts before (I think) about how to go about creating a world, especially when it comes to fantasy settings. You’re supposed, if you want to do it right, to build everything that makes up the world in ...
Kopy Kats
HyenaHell at 12:00AM, March 31, 2017
Aight! It's that time again, ain't it? Now we been talking a lot about rules and limitations and discipline and approaches to making your comics and making them better. This week we're gonna step away from all that for a spell and talk about how not making ...
FEATURED COMIC --> COCHLEA and EUSTACHIA
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 22, 2016
Step into a forgotten realm of quandary and whimsy where two twin girls, Cochlea and Eustachia, find themselves as test subjects in a lab experiment put on by a mole in Victorian clothing and a wheelchair. Every corner of this magnificent building maze contains hybrid creatures that come from the ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Cogs and Claws
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 19, 2015
Cogs and Claws is a surreal odyssey for your imagination.
In the opening sequence, a giant flounder emerges from an underwater pod and boards a space shuttle submerged in water. Soon thereafter, the shuttle is blasted into space where it joins several other spacecrafts driven by various anthropomorphic creatures.
This ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Psycho Babble
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 18, 2015
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Psycho_Babble/
Please pull up a chair and lean in close because this week's Feature is incredibly enticing.
Set in a surreal world that is very different (or similar) to the planet we live on, this story examines the adventures of an unpredictable pair of a ...
The Art of Rick Menard
drunkducknews at 12:00AM, Oct. 19, 2014
Rick Menard’s a cool guy. He was a rebellious young whippersnapper who flipped his mom the bird when she told him to wash his hands once, this self-proclaimed smartass now spends his time making surrealist art that serves as a form of social commentary. Here are some of his ...