Mari has a pretty sad routine life in Toronto. Things are slowly getting worse for her, not least of which is that her old video rental business is slowly failing. But beginning with an earthquake that utterly destroys her flat things are about to change drastically! Dreams come to life ...

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Character height is not something we think about too much but it's actually a fairly big deal: in terms of what the height means, what it ...

Imagine converting entire old-school, table-top role playing game sessions into comic form including all the dialogue and visuals conjured up between a group of friends, a pile of papers, pencils and a handful of rolling dice. Starlights does just that in a fictional realm setting where each player jumps scene ...

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Evil superheroes are a stupid fad, that's my contention. My opinion. They've been around for a long time but now they're so popular it ...

Journey Through the Star Sea is quite an evocative name isn't it? This is the story of a dying man and his search for survival in an unforgiving galaxy. He doesn't know how to cure his sickness, all he has is an amulet that gives him temporary healing ...

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Mary Sues are always a fun topic!
There are some misconceptions about them though… Mary Sues aren't all female, they can be any gender. Being super ...

Deep in the middle section of Platina is Los Endoxus. Here resides Ashley, a pink-haired fighting femme fatal who is unwilling to let others walk all over her, and she is unafraid to knock the wind out of anyone who comes too close. She is joined by her main partner-in-crime ...

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Image from Genghis Khan by Miike Snow.

Sexual tension between characters is a great way to augment the conflict that drives a story. The audience really wants ...

The murderous psychopath Elishabeth VonJohnson Henderson has to get out of prison before she's executed and she's found the perfect partner to help her… in her words: “Edward Moreau. He smells like a garbage can, got the I.Q. of a handball and is probably the ugliest man ...

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Image credit: There's Something About Mary, 20th Century Fox.

Empathy is like sympathy but you don't think about it. It's what happens when you ...