-Art by Gunwallace
There was once an intervention for work-appropriate humour at one of my former jobs where we were asked the question: "A joke told in the workplace can be off-colour or sexually offensive as long as I know that I am only kidding.“ The moderator had the room ...

The Dark Side of Comedy
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 13, 2015Guest Post by Kroatz - How I'll Spend my Weekend
HippieVan at 12:00AM, April 3, 2015
I’m going to wake up, I’m quite sure of that. I’ve woken up many times before, and I currently have no real interest in changing that habit. So, first I am going to sleep, have some dangerous and weird adventures that I will either forget or repress ...
When There Are Not Enough Hours in a Day...
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 23, 2015
-Art by Gunwallace
I discovered a sketchbook sitting to the left of the counter during my last visit to my favourite tea lounge. The words “Before I Die…” were scrawled across the black cover, so curiosity got the best of me and I thumbed through the pages. Each page had ...
Mary Sue Contest Submissions
HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 20, 2015
Hilarious image courtesy of Banes! Might have Fonzie introduce all my newsposts from now on.
I only got two submissions for my contest (thanks a bunch, guys :P) so I figured I would just declare both of these awesome participants my winners!**
Submission 1: from KimLuster (click to see larger ...
It's Not Easy Being Green
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 16, 2015
Pi Day was on Saturday. The Ides of March fell on Sunday. This leaves the mega-GREEN Day to celebrate on Tuesday. That's right, St. Patrick's Day is tomorrow and to honor the holiday this year, I have combed through many fine comics on Drunk Duck that feature ...
Avoiding the Mary Sue (+ a contest!)
HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 6, 2015
This newspost was inspired by this week's Quackcast on testing your writing and knowing your characters. In the comments, KimLuster posted a Mary Sue test and discussed her annoyance in finding that one of her characters scored highly.
So what is a Mary Sue? Everyone sort of knows one ...
Say It Straight, Simple and With a Smile
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 23, 2015
-Art by Gunwallace
Hello Ducks! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. Last week was filled with big holidays like Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday/Carnival, Ash Wednesday, the Lunar New Year (Gung Hay Fat Choy!) it is now the year of the Ram! I think I spent Sunday watching the Oscars ...
Love Triangles
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 13, 2015
I hope that all you lovely DDers are celebrating this Valentine's Day in happy, stable relationships - or happy, stable singledom! As for me, I love a good (fictional) love triangle. What's the point of a love story if it's not unnecessarily complicated, right? Here are some of ...
Conveying sarcasm
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 30, 2015
I spotted a forum thread yesterday on this topic, and I thought some of you might have some interesting input - how do you convey sarcasm in a comic?
From irrevenant:
“In normal life sarcasm is conveyed by tone of voice which obviously isn't available in a comic.
There are ...