So it's fun to rant about tropes I hate but I actually prefer to gush about tropes I love.
And one of them is what I call “the bargain”: it's really a game of wits between a (usually lawful) villain and a hero (or protagonist/antagonist, take your ...

Tropes I love: The Bargain
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 19, 2022WARCRIES!!!
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, March 6, 2022
Like the pic I found for this post? I personally LOVE what I see on this pic. Credits go to brazilian illustrator Marcelo Braga. He has a website where you can see this pic up-close in all of its glory, as well as more of his work HERE.
I mean ...
Francis Picabia and the Art of the Signature
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 21, 2022
Photo: “Untitled Signature” by Francis Picabia
The year was 1915, when a thirty-six-year-old Francis Picabia showed up to the New York Dada scene. His alibi to leave Europe was a story about his travels to Cuba in order to purchase molasses, a story he cleverly forgot once he arrived in ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Wrota Metro
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 26, 2022
Ayanna navigates while Alek takes the wheel of their father’s Amberjack HK-36L-247 during a salvage claim expedition. This is the Planet Madriu, where scavengers, hi-jackers, and claim jumpers are the only threat in addition to being wiped out from riding too fast—not to mention the growing population of ...
Growing Up with Louie (1953-2022)
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 24, 2022
Photo: Young Louie Anderson in “Life with Louie” TV Series. (1994-1998)
In another round of shocking events, the comedy world lost another great last Friday, with comic Louie Anderson.
As part of the target demographic for Saturday morning cartoons in the mid-nineties, my introduction to Louie’s humor was through ...
QUACKCAST 563 - Merry Christmas!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 28, 2021 LISTEN on our new player!
Listen on Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunkduck-quackcast
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huh hu hu hohohohohohohohohohohoh Merry Christmas!
Merry Xmas from everyone here at DD, but most especially Tantz, Banes and me, Ozoneocean! Pitzy is away for a while ...
Early Secret Santa Presents!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 13, 2021
Photo: (clockwise from upper left) UndertheBlackHat’s gift for cdmalcolm1; usedbook’s gift for UndertheBlackHat; Hushicho’s gift for nightmarelunatic; cdmalcolm1’s gift for theRedDeath; Andreas_Helixfinger’s gift for lothar; and theRedDeath’s gift for sleeping_gorilla.
The holidays are in full-swing this month for the 2021 SecretSanta gift exchange in ...
To Magic and Not To Magic
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 9, 2021
One common story formula involves a character receiving a magical gift…or magical ‘curse’…and being forced to deal with the chaos that the magic causes.
In Liar Liar, the slick, dishonest attorney is compelled to only speak the truth.
In Groundhog Day, the main character repeats the same day ...
Android Blues Reaches its 300th Page Milestone!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 1, 2021
Three hundred cheers for Stahlberg for reaching the three-hundredth Page Milestone for the comic, Android Blues.
Stahlberg writes:
Hi,
I have a comic page milestone,
I just finished the 300th page of my comic Android Blues. :)
anyway have a great day, best regards
Android Blues takes place in Hong Kong ...