Leading the New Generation

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 11, 2023


Photo: “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?” Paul Gauguin. Oil on Canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (1897-98)

A somber recollection carries me back twenty-two years ago on this day when I walked into a class where an inconsolable history teacher delivered a line ...


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Strong and Powerful... Together

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 9, 2023



The sheer power of a good team is so defining that it's a trope. Some of the most iconic characters and beloved personalities have emerged from stories featuring teams of main characters.

Each of them are vital to the story, each of them contribute both in terms of the ...



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Writing Strong Characters of Any Gender

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 26, 2023



Last time I'd written about gender toxicity and what a trap it can be for creators seeking to write powerful characters. It is not something that only plagues the “strong female character” attempt, but also the “strong male character” and definitely the “strong LGBTQ+ character”.

Too many of these ...



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They Make You Believe

Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 24, 2023




A long time ago I read something, I think an interview with a respected screenwriter or something, where he brought up the movie “Rain Man”.

If you haven't seen it, it's about a struggling wheeler-dealer type guy, played by Tom Cruise, who goes on a road trip with ...




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Gender Toxicity

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 19, 2023



The debate on what constitutes a “strong female character”, whether having “strong female leads” or “feminism” is tanking “woke” films these past few years, is ongoing. There's accusations of toxicity on both sides. Misogyny, misandry, wokeness and brokeness, all of these terms and hot takes are fired and take ...

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lothar at 12:04AM, Aug. 18, 2023



——-CHECK OUT THESE ONES———-

MAL / 2009 / NessStar3000

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Flower / 2008 / RSteely

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L Etranger / 2007 / Cup Smou
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A Look at Books

Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 17, 2023



I was thinking about the power of books in fiction - like, secret journals, diaries, and such.

In the show Supernatural, the brothers found a lot of information, help, and intrigue in their father's journal of his monster hunting exploits. I will say that it got harder to believe later ...



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A change in seasons

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Aug. 5, 2023



We often talk about breaks in comics when referencing hiatuses. Sometimes they are planned, most often they aren’t. However, as I have been catching up on the backlog of webcomics I had saved up, it occurred to me that many of the long running series I enjoyed reading had ...

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Relearning faces

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 29, 2023



So I've finished Without Moonlight (yes I know I've shouted it from the rooftops already) and I'm starting on a new comic. And prepping WM vol. 2.

This time, as a …seasoned webcomic artist…


STOPPIT

Anyway, with the experience I've gathered, I'm actually building a ...








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Horror - The Morality Play

Banes at 12:00AM, July 27, 2023



The idea of “sin” is a prevalent one in horror stories. In terrifying tales, the monstrous against the human also explores good vs. evil.

There is often a “sin” perpetrated by horror Protagonists. The classic Psycho begins with Marion Crane stealing money from her job. Her intentions are understandable, maybe ...



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