I've spent a lot of this year dealing with the fallout of the death of a close friend. For whatever reason he picked as his executor a woman that none of the rest of his friends and family get along with. Actually, that's downplaying it. Most of them ...

Writing unsavoury people
Gunwallace at 12:00AM, June 5, 2025How we remember (the clothing of) a time.
Gunwallace at 12:00AM, May 29, 2025
I recently rewatched the The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, which is a 1996 released concert actually performed in December 1968. Various performers, including Jethro Tull, The Who, Taj Mahal, and Marianne Faithfull each perform a song. There were a few circus acts as well, including a fire eater ...
Quackcast 741 - Hooks
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 27, 2025 LISTEN on our player!
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Sometimes you get hooked into things, you become a fan and you wonder how you got there. A while ago you were laughing at those dorky, obsessed fans over there and now suddenly you're ...
Quackcast 732 - Meet the Parodians
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 25, 2025 LISTEN on our player!
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Parody and satire are a certain kind of humour. They're VERY easy to do because you just base them off real, already existing things, then you twist it a bit to add humour and ...
Quackcast 723 - Changing tech and design
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 21, 2025 LISTEN on our player!
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We're talking about how technology and design changes so much over the years and how that can change things with plot in story and it can also help pinpoint the date of something sometimes better than ...
Poetry Time 105: Intervals
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Jan. 19, 2025
Frozen ripples cracking in the glade
Blades so fine in between
Solemn metals clashing in the field
Yields of time in between
Broken rattles gatling in the cold
Molds to mind in between
Quackcast 722 - Main characters with main character syndrome
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 14, 2025 LISTEN on our player!
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Main characters with main character syndrome? What is main character syndrome? Well the way we're dealing with it here it's normally a snide criticism you level and someone who seems to think the world revolves ...
JohnCelestri of Bloodwing Fire Fist Angel will be a Featured Guest at Lexington Comic Con this Year; All Ripping Off King Arthur Strips Are Now in One Place; TheDeeMan’s Novella “The Wee Ones” has been Reviewed by Horror Reads!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 6, 2025Notice of JohnCelestri Being Invited as a Featured Guest at Lexington Comic Con This Year
Photo: “JohnCelestri to be Featured Guest at Lexington Comic and Toy Con This Year”. (January 2025)
John Celestri writes:
“Hi, and Happy New Year to you!
I’ve been invited to the Lexington Comic -
Here ...
Baby Steps
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Dec. 7, 2024
The end of the year is fast approaching. Per tradition these past few years, I have done an article focusing on setting comic goals or habits for the upcoming year. Last year, for instance, I had a whole bunch of goals to achieve, habits to establish and projects I wanted ...
Quackcast 714 - Future Weapons
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 19, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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Last week we had an overview of weapons throughout history and how it's a constant game of balance and oneupmanship. Now we're looking at future weapons and Scifi stuff! There's a lot of potential ...