So I'm exhausted today, at the end of a very eventful week and a lot of work piled on work.
Which means I can't discipline my brain to write something more artsy or tropey. Though censorship is a trope, right?
When do we have censorship appear in stories ...
On Censorship
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 12, 2022When Everybody's Kung Fu Fighting... Or Anything Else
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Feb. 20, 2022
Have you readers ever heard of Xin? It was a flash animation series that ran on Newgrounds from 2003 to 2006, created by NG users Lifepoint1 and Maxmao 2002.
Link to youtube playlist XIN: The Series HERE
It’s a high school drama/martial arts anime where you follow students ...
The Exploitation of Art(ists)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 29, 2022
Many things in this world are overrated, and even more are underrated. The problem is that often the things that are underrated are the ones that are vital for survival or quality of living while the ones that are overrated are superficial or even problematic for the same things (i ...
Ode to Bob Saget, SUCCUBUS Begins Today
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 17, 2022
Photo: Bob Saget (1956-2022)
Bob Saget revolutionized home videos years before they could be instantly uploaded, streamed online, and go viral. Yes, that is right, Sunday nights in the nineties meant a new episode of “America’s Funniest Home Videos”, a show where home movie enthusiasts would send recorded copies ...
The Message in Stories
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 15, 2022
There is no story without a theme. Even when written without anything prepared in terms of a message, a story will always give people things to think about and messages drawn from how the story was set up and how it was resolved (if at all).
So I don't ...
The Lull
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 27, 2021
So you've just written a kick-ass, exciting sequence, and you are already looking forward to the next awesome, kick-ass exciting sequence that is coming right up…
…after the dreaded lull: the scenes in a story that have to take place between the exciting sequences. The scenes where technically plot-wise ...
QUACKCAST 558 - The surreal adventures of Edgar Allen Poo aka Dwight L Macpherson!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 23, 2021 LISTEN on our new player!
Listen on Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunkduck-quackcast
Or TuneinRadio - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Books–Literature/Drunkduck-Quackcast-p1150194/
*Cover by Tantz Aerine
Interview with Dwight L Macpherson, creator of The surreal adventures of Edgar Allen Poo, now known as The imaginary voyages of Edgar Allen ...
QUACKCAST 556 - That's What She Said!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 9, 2021 LISTEN on our new player!
Listen on Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunkduck-quackcast
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The other day Tantz Aerine wrote a newspost about an article critical of Squid Game. The crux of things was that the Squid Game creator had said ...
Not even Dora is exploring this.
damehelsing at 12:00AM, Oct. 10, 2021
So, I found a horror movie recently and even though it’s not serial killer horror or Halloween type of horror, it’s definitely scary.
The movie I will be talking about today: “The Ruins” (2008) – there will be spoilers, so please be warned. The following movie is for mature ...
Advertisements and Comic Submissions Available for Raytoons Comics
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 30, 2021
The folks at Raytoons Comics have an announcement:
Would you be interested in having a preview advertising your comic for in my Cartoon Avenue magazine?
The fifth issue will be sent out to print in a week, so I would need to know asap if you are interested in doing ...