Metal Hurlant: The Craziest Comic Book Series You Probably Never Heard About.
Comic books and graphic novels are considered by many an inherently American form of publication. They became popular in the English-speaking parts of the world (the US and the UK) in the 1930s and conquered the world in ...

Heavy Metal
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 7, 2019Worldbuilding with Playsets
Banes at 12:00AM, July 4, 2019
While rambling through youtube I saw some reviews of these playsets that caught my eye. They were for the old classic The Muppet Show.
I'm not sure how well known this show is these days; it's been a LONG time since it was popular (of course, I know ...
QUACKCAST 433 - everyone is a beginner
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 2, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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Today we chat about a furore on Twitter focussing on a artist who made a tutorial about the differences between the line work of beginners and advanced ...
Beginner offense
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 29, 2019
I've mentioned before in other articles how Twitter, and often comics/art Twitter especially, can be a total dumpster fire with flame wars erupting every two hours or so.
There have been many analyses on why this is happening, from efforts of established comic creators to gatekeep the field ...
What would you do in a year? (pt 2)
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, June 28, 2019
Last week, I posted an article about what you would do in a year if all your financial obligations were looked after and you could dedicate your time to making comics. We also opened this question up to the #quackchat on Twitter. So here are some of the responses we ...
QUACKCAST 432 - How to get more readers
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 25, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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Just Banes and I for this one! Today we have 3 topics:
1. Being positive and how that really helps us in online communication and social networking ...
QUACKCAST 431 - Political messages in your work
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 18, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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*Cover-art from the movie poster for METROPOLIS, not Atlas shrugged :)
This Quackcast is about having political agendas in your work and expressing them well!
We're talking ...
Dandelion Wine Days of Summer
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 17, 2019
“Hold summer in your hand, pour summer in a glass, a tiny glass of course, the smallest tingling sip for children; change the season in your veins by raising glass to lip and tilting summer in”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
The school year ended last Thursday and I have already ...
Time management for webcomics
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, June 14, 2019
When producing a webcomic, it is good practice to stick to an uploading schedule. Not only does this mean that readers know when to expect the next installment of your story, but it also helps you plan around the general activities of life. So here are some tips to help ...
QUACKCAST 430 - Good beginnings!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 11, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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At the beginning of a story how do you grab and KEEP your readers? This comes from the Friday newspost by Emma Clare. Her advice was pretty ...