Photo: Splinter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (1990)
The year was nineteen ninety when a very life changing film was released into theaters—Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie. Assembled with the help of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop and MC Hammer in the soundtrack, this film brought ...

Splinter the Rat’s Words of Wisdom
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 10, 2021The Problem With Urban Fantasy
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 8, 2021
Sooo… I love some good urban fantasy. I think I've always had, even before I knew what I liked was called that. The idea that a world full of magic exists behind a thin veil of concealment, the idea that wizards or elves or fairies could walk among us ...
Bookending your start - The prologue
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, May 7, 2021
If you’re looking to open your comic by establishing the scene, theme and/or tone of the rest of the narrative then you might consider using “the prologue”. Derived from the Greek term, prologos, meaning, “before word”, the prologue serves as a mini story that is set before the ...
QUACKCAST 529 - Time loops!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 4, 2021 LISTEN on our new player!
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Time loops in stories are a lot of fun, they can be really complicated and interesting. Groundhog day is the most famous version of this trope. Banes ...
Favourite tools of the trade
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, April 30, 2021
When it comes to making comics, I have gone through many phases with regards to my tools. These days I stick mainly to creating comics using digital tools and programs but that’s not to say that it is the only method of producing art.
I first started drawing webcomics ...
When I Come Around
Banes at 12:00AM, April 29, 2021
The other week i finally watched the movie Palm Springs - I think I'd heard some good reviews, and had a vague notion that it was sort of a romantic comedy with a time loop twist. I absolutely flipped out over it and watched it again the next day, and ...
QUACKCAST 528 - How tall are your characters?
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 27, 2021 LISTEN on our new player!
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Character height is not something we think about too much but it's actually a fairly big deal: in terms of what the height means, what it ...
Archetypes Through a Psych Lens: Bringing it all together
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 24, 2021
It's finally done! We've gone through the basics of each psychology school of thought when it comes to personality theories. Each theory brings its own aspects of what makes human beings be the way they are. It could be described like each theory describes one facet of a ...
Creating good dialogue
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, April 23, 2021
Creating believable and engaging dialogue is key when creating a story. It’s not only used to convey important plot information, but also emotions, motivations and rapport amongst the cast.
Dialog can be an effective way to convey information or raise conflict that maintains the momentum of the comic. The ...
QUACKCAST 527 - Evil superheroes unneeded
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 20, 2021 LISTEN on our new player!
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Evil superheroes are a stupid fad, that's my contention. My opinion. They've been around for a long time but now they're so popular it ...