I couldn't have been older than 11 when I read The Flaming Heart of Danko by Maxim Gorky. And boy, did it cut me with the finest of fine glass. Even now thinking about the short story hurts somewhere deep in my soul.
And yet, I love it so ...
Danko's Flaming Heart
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 5, 2020QUACKCAST 506 - The fightcast
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Today we chat about fight scenes! This was spurred by a post in our forums about how bad fight choreography can spoil a film. Our Patron vid ...
The Work of the Mentor
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 17, 2020
Might as well get it out of the way: if you're a mentor in a story, chances are you're going on a boatride over the river Styx at some point.
When a mentor dies it's often the signal that the main character, the one being mentored, is ...
The Non-Arc Arc
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 10, 2020
I have been a fan of the writer Peter David for many years. After being away from comics for some years, I discovered his run on the Hulk, and also found his work on the Star Trek novels. He was the best writer for those, for my taste anyway. There ...
Is making fan comics a bad idea?
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 3, 2020
Guest post by Genejoke
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In the time I've been making comics, until recently that is, I'd never made a fan comic. It's something I've considered but always felt more comfortable doing my own thing, much like Banes talked about in his newspost a couple of weeks ...
No Antagonist, No Arc
Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 27, 2020
I grabbed the Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey 2-pack and rewatched then after many years. I knew those movies well when I was a youngster, especially the first one. Many, many repeat viewings. Both movies held up REALLY well, and feature “Fool ...
The Abyss
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 15, 2020
I am not a fan of Nietzsche (shocker, I know) but this is a quote of his that ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Filaments a KerBop Story
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 12, 2020
Filaments a KerBop Story is a beautiful technicolor landscape awash with painted imagery that depicts the Universe. KerBop is a student currently enrolled in a school for Angels, but on this particular day of sitting in class lectures, KerBop warps into a cosmic portal to study Galaxy filaments up close ...
On the Purging of the Past in Art
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 4, 2020
First off, Happy 4th of July to all USA Duckers!
Recently I listened to Lindsey Ellis' excellently made video essay on so-called ‘woke Disney’: the company's attempt to remake or edit or outright hide past works because they are now judged to be problematic in some way or other ...