As You Like It
Character likability part 2
The great actor Jack Lemmon said about his character in Glengarry Glen Ross that he didn't want the guy to be likable. He thought Shelley Levine “isn't a nice man” and was not someone people should feel sorry for. Lemmon ...
Likability Part 2
Banes at 12:00AM, June 22, 2023Quackcast 637 - Rumours
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 30, 2023 LISTEN on our new player!
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Rumours can be damaging stories deliberately spread to harm people, they can grow organically of their own accord. Salacious rumours replace truth and stick around in history ...
Quackcast 636 - The Cusscast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 23, 2023 LISTEN on our new player!
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We're talking about swearing! Swearing in comics, types of swearing, the use of swearing, causing offense, taking offense, swearing used as a term of endearment, and ...
Writing Overpowered Characters
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 22, 2023
One of the most frequent ways to make characters stand out in fiction or myth is to give them a staggering, amazingly powerful ability. Something that mere talent doesn't give you. Something miraculous, larger than the largest life, unique and insurmountable:
Like a dude that can part an entire ...
On Cruelty
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 15, 2023
So for us Orthodox Christians it's Good Friday today and it'll be Resurrection Day (Good Saturday) by the time you're reading this. In the neighborhood where I live, a new (boisterous and with many members) family has moved in, who brought a live rooster a few days ...
Quackcast 628 - Cover me!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 28, 2023 LISTEN on our new player!
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We're talking about the importance of a good cover in this cast. Another technical comicscast! I love making coves, they're one of my fave things ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Danse Macabre Danse Amour
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 22, 2023
There is an abandoned palace, Le Theatre Charogne, in the heart of Lapinville, a town no stranger to rabbits. The midnight bell strikes when a weary traveler searching for a place to crash decides that squatting in an abandoned theatre is preferable to sleeping on the streets. Now, preferable is ...
Frank Frazetta, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 4, 2023How it all began
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 25, 2023
I was supposed to write the last post on my ‘toxic’ character design series, but I've been deep cleaning the house all day and I'm exhausted. My brain refuses to think so that post will need to wait till next time. Instead, I'd like to talk about ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Sell Outs
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 22, 2023
A crew of bandmates called “The Sellouts”: Leo the lead vocals and ukulele; Ariel the bass; Gulliver the horn; Gene the drummer; and Kei Zheng on keyboards. Favorite fan of the band Skuncle, also known as Barry Jackson, loves attending shows and is an older than dirt multi-instrumentalist great at ...