As we are well into holiday season and only 9 days before 2019 (the final countdown!), I think it's good to have a look at all the awesome stuff that happened at the DD site, all absolutely done, funded, supported and cultivated by webcomic artists for webcomic artists AND ...
A Most Awesome DD Year!
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 22, 2018Strong Women, Strong Men
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 8, 2018
A ton of things have been written about “strong female characters”- how we need them in narratives, and what it means to have them in a creative work's cast. Tons of discussions and social media wars have been waged on what it is that makes a female character strong ...
Serialized vs Episodic Storytelling
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 1, 2018
There is a general trend in mainstream media and sequential art to generally value serialized works (in shows, series, comics, etc) over episodic ones. They are considered to be more elegant, more dynamic and more interesting than episodic ones. While this might definitely hold true, is it so as a ...
The Double Edged Sword of Stereotyping
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 24, 2018
Stereotypes permeate our every day lives. Whether we like it or not, our brains are wired for making quick estimations and judgments based on patterns and pattern recognition.
This very pattern we're looking for to identify at a glance is what a stereotype is. And it's very useful ...
The Need To Denigrate
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 17, 2018
Lately there has been this pattern that I've noticed in both social media and mainstream comics/cartoons outlets that is very saddening: the use of denigration and belittlement as a promotional tactic, or as an argument.
More and more I seem to notice that new series, reboots, retellings or ...
#Twitter_Feature: Djinni
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 11, 2018
This Sunday's #twitter_feature is Djinni by A_H_Amin!
See the whole feature in a twitter moment here!
The Stories We Choose
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 10, 2018
The other day, my mother told me “you are still angry, which is why your story is also full of intense and violent emotion,” referring to the very grim, heavy tone and mood in Without Moonlight. It impressed me really because it rang true. My heart is still very heavy ...
The Mini-Story Intro
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 3, 2018
In today's fast-paced world, you need to immediately catch an audience's attention with your story, your movie, your webcomic or your graphic novel. You get two lines in a text, a page or two in a comic, 20-30 seconds to a minute for a movie or a series ...
#Twitter_Feature: Crater's Edge
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 28, 2018
Today's #Twitter_Feature is Crater's Edge by Jason Moon!
Take a look at the entire twitter thread here in a twitter moment!
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#Twitter_Feature: Bottomless Waitress
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 21, 2018
This Sunday's #Twitter_Feature is Bottomless waitress by Ozoneocean and Banes!
Check out the entire thread in a twitter moment here!
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