Wish Fulfillment
HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 18, 2016
I've recently been watching Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries on Netflix. Phryne Fisher is undoubtedly a wish-fulfillment character – almost unapologetically so. She is sexy, bold, and intelligent. Whenever a new challenge is put before her, she reveals a previously-unmentioned skill that saves the day (see the above image where ...
Black History Month spotlight: The first black superheroine
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 26, 2016
In 1971, five years after in creation of Black Panther and four years before Marvel introduced Storm, the first black female superhero appeared in Hell-Rider #1.
A trained fighter, Butterfly’s super cool costume included a jetpack, suction cups for climbing, and lights that were capable of permanently blinding her ...
FEATURED COMIC --> The weird adventures of Armless Amy
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 17, 2016
Little Amy is the cutest and sweetest little girl in the post-apocalypse. Of course, her adorable personality seems to attract the strangest of characters from a top hat wearing stranger, happy dolls, white rabbits, Sherry the living doll, Eloise, and Eustace.
This is a mature comic because it deviates from ...
FEATURED CREATOR SPOTLIGHT -> ashtree house
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 15, 2016
Ashtree house hails from the Great White North as one of Drunk Duck's Canadian ducks. She is best known on the site for creating the webcomic Steel and Manitou, which was featured nearly one year ago on February 18, 2015. Steel and Manitou tells the tale of a young ...
C O M I C S
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 8, 2016
There are days that challenge me. There are days that mould me. There are days that have a significant impact on my day-to-day grind. Last Wednesday was one of those days.
In addition to my duties as a webcomic blogger, I have been juggling several other “offline” jobs that are ...
Celebrating Black History Month: Chuck Clayton joins the Archie Gang
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 5, 2016
Last year for Black History Month I profiled Black Panther, the first black superhero (see that newspost here). This year I’m sticking with the black comic character theme with a mini-history of Chuck Clayton, one of the first non-white characters in Archie comics.
These days Chuck is an established ...