Surprise and Suspense courtesy of the Master

Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 29, 2016


Sorry for the lack of picture! Computer is not cooperating. I'll add one today if I can!



You may already know of Alfred Hitchcock's take on surprise and suspense. Here it is:

“There is a distinct difference between “suspense” and “surprise,” and yet many pictures continually confuse the ...







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Mood

Banes at 12:00AM, July 21, 2016



I just started reading a book called “Framed Ink” by Marcos Mateu-Mestre. I'm not that far in, but it's already incredible. It's a book about visual composition…comics! Or storyboards, or even animation.

What I like about it is the whole approach to art makes so much ...



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Terror, Horror, and Revulsion, courtesy of the King

Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 15, 2015



Apparently the difference between “terror” and “horror” was first expressed by writer Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823), who said that Terror is the dread and apprehension about something happening, while Horror is the actual encountering the frightening thing.
Maybe this is what they mean when they talk about “suspense” vs. “horror”. Have ...


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FEATURED COMIC --> Greg

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 14, 2015



Meet Greg, an Asian-American protagonist, and his childhood best friend/roommate Ted. The two experience moving into a new apartment together in a big City and go on a bunch of wacky adventures.
Watch Greg attempt to give a presentation to a group of Chinese businessmen without knowing how to ...


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FEATURED COMIC --> PIPER'S SONG

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 11, 2015



Summary:
In the cold whiteness of Northern Alberta in the great winter nation of Canada there's a little girl who has a bad dream about a big blue man pierced with harpoons… in her town there's skulduggery, murder, blood on the snow. This is a fascinating cinematic comic ...


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FEATURED COMIC --> Dinnersaurus Rex

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 6, 2014



This fantastically cute comic is about natural survival, making friends with food, and the importance of having to feed a family.

Not enough food in the pantry? That is the dilemma that Mother Dinnersaurus is faced with when breakfast for dinner is no longer satisfactory for her growing children. She ...



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THURSDAY FEATURE --> Brave New World

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 10, 2013



A dangerous force has been discovered in the universe, a force out to annihilate anything in its path… A confederation of aliens are the only thing that stands in its way. They've come to earth to give the gift of hyperevolution, superpowers, to a random few, in the hope ...

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Monday's featured comic is Alone!

skoolmunkee at 12:50AM, Sept. 1, 2008

Monday's featured comic is Alone!

A young girl is traveling with her parents on a dark and lonely road when they have a car accident. After Akiko wakes she finds herself hurt, alone, and scared in a world possibly not her own, possibly at the mercy of a powerful ...

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