-Art by Gunwallace
There was once an intervention for work-appropriate humour at one of my former jobs where we were asked the question: "A joke told in the workplace can be off-colour or sexually offensive as long as I know that I am only kidding.“ The moderator had the room ...
The Dark Side of Comedy
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 13, 2015FEATURED COMIC --> Mechanaflux
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 1, 2015
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Mechanaflux/
The story behind Mechanaflux starts out simple enough. We have three urban city kids: Arad, Cory, and Jackson who are all members of the same soccer team even though they come from very different households and upbringings. It appears to be a regular day after ...
Mary Sue Contest Submissions
HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 20, 2015
Hilarious image courtesy of Banes! Might have Fonzie introduce all my newsposts from now on.
I only got two submissions for my contest (thanks a bunch, guys :P) so I figured I would just declare both of these awesome participants my winners!**
Submission 1: from KimLuster (click to see larger ...
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 ...
It's Not Easy Being Green
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 16, 2015
Pi Day was on Saturday. The Ides of March fell on Sunday. This leaves the mega-GREEN Day to celebrate on Tuesday. That's right, St. Patrick's Day is tomorrow and to honor the holiday this year, I have combed through many fine comics on Drunk Duck that feature ...
Avoiding the Mary Sue (+ a contest!)
HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 6, 2015
This newspost was inspired by this week's Quackcast on testing your writing and knowing your characters. In the comments, KimLuster posted a Mary Sue test and discussed her annoyance in finding that one of her characters scored highly.
So what is a Mary Sue? Everyone sort of knows one ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Steel and Manitou
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 18, 2015
Steel and Manitou tells a tale of the legendary Gtchi Manitou, a Great Spirit, embodied by a white horse with a feather in its mane. The stories are inspired by the Nêhiyawak (Plains Cree) Aboriginal legends from Saskatchewan, Canada. This tale begins when a young orphaned girl, Kassidy Kerr, finds ...