Katya is training to be a Grim Reaper, taken under the wing of the skeletal instructor, Comrade Reaper. Tucked away in the hidden rooms of the Wallachian Library lies an unbreakable glass box containing the once living body of Bolshevik leader, Vladimir Lenin. “This was Stalin’s idea, I’m ...

I've been VERY slowly working on new comics ideas…way too many of them…for several years now. One of the decisions for me is what kind of STYLE the comic should be.

To be clear, I'm not a phenomenal artist, to say the least. So i don ...

My comic partner and I have already started work on our comic projects for next year. The beginning of the year is always crazy for us, so we’re using the small grace period we have now to try and front load our comic work as much as we can ...

The telling of stories, in a big way, is about working emotions. A major reason stories have the power they do is that the great ones wring emotions out of us, and take us through some kind of emotional journey.

In a movie or TV show, things are different than ...

Now that's a little TOO scary!

Horror is perfect for metaphor and allegory. In fact, a horror story is often allegorical by default, what with its bizarre landscapes and freaky beasties.

Here are some categories of horror and some thoughts on what they symbolize:

Reality Bites


psycho killer! Qu ...

Shiori is almost mechanically shy: she just doesn't know how to communicate with other people, not because she's scarred but because she doesn't understand the process. However, the charming Toshiaki has taken her under his wing and he's working at smoothing out the process for her ...

Photo: “SOSRadio Issue 8: A Solitary Waltz”. SOSRadio by sosradio. (September 2024)

SOSRadio, the creator, is offering a half-page advertisement slot to be printed in a physical copy of SOSRadio Issue 8: A Solitary Waltz in exchange for a recreation of the Issue 8 Cover of the comic book. There ...

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Cross cultural influence is a marvellous thing and very enriching to creativity! It's lovely when you can see multiple cultural influences in things, whether comics, movies, art, fashion, music or anything else. It's inspiring and ...

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Following on from last week with our Quackcast on faces, this week we're chatting about expressions, which is a very natural progression! expressions are a great way to enhance communication in comics. they can be fun ...

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Drawing faces is one of the most natural things for us to do, and they're very easy for people to see that they're faces because animals are evolved especially to be able to see faces- ...