Therapists are the type of character whose occupation can easily seep into their ‘off the clock’ life. It's not something that can often be helped. Psychologists don't ‘turn off’ their perception of behavioral patterns and personality analyses, the same way you can't ‘unsee’ the rabbits after you ...

On Writing Therapists 2
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 18, 2020Mentors
Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 9, 2020
I like mentor characters.
This is not just me of course; the mentor and protagonist relationship is powerful. Some of the best moments in many stories are the first encounter with the mentor, the training and sense of discovery for the protagonist, and the eventual loss of the mentor character ...
The Joker Sets Comic Book Movie Record at the Golden Globes
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 6, 2020
After playing the polarizing role of Joker in the film, Joker, Joaquin Phoenix has just won the Golden Globe for best actor in a drama. This awards season has been awarding Phoenix for his role making this awards season rather off-kilter. Phoenix played Arthur Fleck, the troubled stand up comic ...
Celebrate Another Completed Year!
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 28, 2019
In just three days, 2019 will be in the past!
Often this is the time to make our obligatory “resolutions list” for the year to come, usually from looking back and seeing just what we didn't achieve in the year that is ending.
Making tallies of things we need ...
Time Passages
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 26, 2019As another year draws to a close, I'm once again thinking about how much time is flying by, more and more quickly the older I get.
Weeks whiz by like mad these days, and how quickly we've reached the end of the year reminds me that YEARS are ...
Showing Music in Comics
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 19, 2019
Obviously, comics don't have sound. And that includes most webcomics.
But if you want to show music playing, or being performed, how do you indicate it on a comic page?
The first method that comes to mind is just writing the lyrics in a dialogue balloon, and maybe peppering ...
Reimagining Ethnic Stereotypes
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 16, 2019
Following the release of Disney’s latest streaming device, I have had the opportunity to watch the newest live action movie of Lady and the Tramp based on the 1955 animated version of the same name. I would be remiss not to to say that I started my subscription mainly ...
The Slow Burn
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 14, 2019
Generally nowadays, perhaps because of the nature of today's media and ways of consuming stories, a fast-paced, rapid-fire approach is favored for telling stories. It's with good reason. With so many options available to a finite audience, there is a high competition for grabbing the audience's attention ...
Strangers and Strange Lands
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 12, 2019
Peter Quill is an earthling living and working in space
In an interview about SNL creatives, it was said that actors who write prefer Strange characters in a normal world. While writers will write pieces about Regular people in a bizarre world. I have no idea how true that is ...