It’s something so often encountered and/or mentioned in stories (be they comics or novels or film) that it’s becoming in itself a cliché: Heroes aren’t interesting because they’re straight arrows. Villains are fun because they’re the ‘bad boys’, the ones that can do all ...

Boring Heroes, Fun Villains
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 4, 2017Elsewhere Reaching 350 Pages and Started Pages for Book of Obscure Holidays, Lady Unlucky Ten Year Anniversary
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 30, 2017
Elsewhere, the comic series, is hitting 350 pages on The Duck this week.
At the start of this year it also started working on pages for “Elsewhere's Calendar Girls- A Book of Obscure Holidays”. It is full of strange holiday, weird facts and humor. This will be going on ...
Boring Action
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 28, 2017
Yesterday I was looking at reviews on youtube of the last Resident Evil movie that just came out. And while different reviewers had different degrees of leniency on the movie’s below average quality, everyone was unanimous in that the action in it was a ton, and boring.
So let ...
The Hated - Part Two
Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 26, 2017
The Hated, part two: Heroes we hate
Last week I blathered on a bit about villain Protagonists. These are evil, or “bad” characters who get to be Protagonists!
But what about more traditional heroes, or supporting characters are written to be the “moral compass” or “voice of reason”, or just ...
Language Learning through Comics
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 20, 2017
A little comic by Vasya Lozhkin: “I will take revenge”
Earlier today I was reading this article about an immigrant to Canada who learned English with the help of comics, and who now creates comics himself. It got me to thinking about what a great resource comics are for learning ...
The Wonders of Being a Woman-Child
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 16, 2017
Each time I return from shopping with a bag full of a pile of board games, vinyl action figures, or video games, I feel like I fit into a demographic of adults that still collect toys. I have a small amount of bills, so the money I earn gets to ...
Cultural background and comicking
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 13, 2017
My city had a massive snowfall on Boxing Day this year – the day after Christmas, for you non-Canadians. Nothing too unusual for a Canadian winter, but even so the city always seems to grind to a halt when it happens. After having a neighbour help him get his car unstuck ...
My webcomic goals this year!
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 6, 2017
Sorry about last week’s missed newspost, everyone! Last week’s post happened to fall on “friend Christmas.” I’m the world’s worst adult, and spent the day eating so much holiday junk food that I got sick and had to go to bed rather than finish writing. I ...