As a compulsive - and rather obsessive – writer I often find myself tinkering around with language. And I’ve always found the creativity and imagination that can go into the language within a fictional world to be similar to that of an illustrator. When done well it can bring color and ...
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Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, May 8, 2022Steph’s Story “Wavelengths” Shows the Untold Beauty of the Nine to Five
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 2, 2022
Photo: Life is Strange 3, bonus episode “Wavelengths”. Square Enix, Deck Nine.
The studios at Square Enix and Deck Nine have delivered a third installment to their Life is Strange series, titled True Colors due to the protagonist’s ability to see auras, that is both sobering and surprisingly critical ...
The Unholy Alliance
Banes at 12:00AM, April 28, 2022
Holy Unholy Alliance, Batman!
Last week we talked about what I called the “villain combo platter” with different types of villains that could make for multifaceted kinds of conflicts for the hero to face.
At the time, PaulEberhart mentioned the alliance between villains that happened at one point during Deep ...
“Renegade Robot” by Master of Vuric Celebrates One-Hundred Page Milestone
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 25, 2022
Photo: “Soup’s On, Boys” from Renegade Robot by Master of Vuric
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Master of Vuric, the creator behind Renegade Robot and Seedy Comics has an announcement:
Bio Link: https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Master%20of%20Vuric/
Hey,
My comic ‘Renegade Robot’ has just surpassed 100 pages.
STORY SYNOPSIS
“Set ...
Fantastic Bestiary 5: Witches
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, April 24, 2022
As Easter has come by to melt away the final vestiges of a long, cold winter (at least up in these parts where I live) it feels like a good time to bring up the mythology of witches. Witches have a central role in the Easter that we celebrate here ...
Fantastic Bestiary 4: The Naga
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, April 17, 2022
Last week’s post of the Fantastic Bestiary dealt with housespirits of ancient Rome. In this post we’re going to the far east, following up on another suggestion left by DD member marcorossi. We are going to study the Naga today. The Nagas are a race of serpentine beings ...
Fantastic Bestiary 3: Roman Household Spirits
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, April 10, 2022
Based off of one of many suggestions left by DD member marcorossi in my last post of the Fantastic Bestiary, this one number 3 is gonna be about an aspect of ancient Roman mythology that you don’t come across all too often in depictions of Ancient Rome. When Roman ...
Fantastic Bestiary 2: The Nixie
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, April 3, 2022
In my first post of the Fantastic Bestiary last week I talked about a mythic specie associated with smokeless fire and wishes. In this second post I’m gonna talk about a mysterious, mythic figure associated with water and music. The Nixie is a shapeshifting water spirit that originated from ...
Scientific Magic
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, March 20, 2022
I talked last Sunday about science engaging with the supernatural in fiction and the worldbuilding stuff that can be generated from that. In this article I’m going to talk about the opposite end of that spectrum. The supernatural engaging with science. This is where I bring up Alchemy. Now ...
Vintage Shirt Prints: Save the Manatee
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 14, 2022
The first time I learned about the gentle sea cows of Florida’ everglades was through a Sierra computer game called EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus. Sierra was actively doing its part to help better the world through creating a series of games that brought to light the dangerous effects of ...