Books in the News

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, April 24, 2025



Now, the good Professor always follows up his “Good News, Everyone” with decidedly bad news. But for this week, that can wait. And I was going to spend the first part of this newspost looking at some of the more depressing stories about books from around the world, but end ...

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Skills vs. Tools

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 21, 2024



Prowling around the forum today just in case I come across any spam to defenestrate (never stop PQing me if you find anyone), I came across this thread by Sosradio who makes SOS Radio which you should check out right now! Some good art to look at there, and an ...

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Preachy Comics

Tantz_Aerine at 12:58AM, July 6, 2024



Last night I had an interesting conversation with one of my favorite creators (you know who you are) about what makes a webcomic (or comic, or movie, or book, anything applies) preachy. Preachy as in trying to force an agenda, or ideology, or outlook down the audience's throat whether ...

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Early Words

Banes at 12:00AM, March 28, 2024


It's just, like, my opinion, man



I've been rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generation lately, and so much of what I loved about it on first viewing holds up beautifully.

Watching a series which is almost all standalone episodes is interesting, too. There's a basic premise of ...






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Top Five Sci Fi Romantic Couples

Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 15, 2024



It's Valentine's Day as I write this, and the day after (or many days after) when you're reading this.

Anyway, I thought I'd run down (or run up) my top five science fiction romantic couples. I don't think I've done this topic before, but ...



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Narrative Art: Nujuka & the Solar Fate

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Jan. 28, 2024



Hey everyone.

How is 2024 doing for you guys so far? The beginning of 2024 has been quite a venture for me healthwise. Starting with flu sickness and then having several run-ins with the hospital regarding my increased kidney values resulting in a kidney biopsy this week followed by a ...



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Creator Interview: Inky Moondrop

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 27, 2024



Welcome to the first interview of the Creator Interviews! Today, we're asking the awesome Inky Moondrop questions about her, her DD award winning comics, her art, and her creative process.

I'm not using the royal ‘we’ by the way. While some questions come from me, most are from ...



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Quackcast 653 - Star Treken

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 19, 2023

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Today we're talking about STAR TREK! Star Trek is a pretty influential piece of pop-culture. Most interesting to me is that it's a future that is NOT a dystopia. It's a large scale vision ...


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Reimagining Stories

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 22, 2023




So lately there has been a repetitive sequence of events that seems to carry on until some kind of death- of the story, of the company, or of the genre for a few years or so:

1. Disney remakes a classic fairytale or animated feature (live action/3D/etc)
2 ...





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On plot armor

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 8, 2023



Ok yes. Plot armor in general is considered a mistake. With good reason. Enough plot armor and there are no stakes left in your plot, and the audience isn't worried your plot-armored characters may not make it. And if there's no suspense, there's no engagement or the ...

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