I generally avoid using current events in my articles about webcomics, but this time I can't help it. Signalgate has been living rent free in my mind ever since the editor in chief of the Atlantic broke the story.

There are many reasons for that, most of them not ...

There is a poem by one of the most interationally famous Greek poets, Konstantinos Kavafis, called Waiting for the Barbarians. I invite you to give it a read (I've linked its translation) but here's the gist in a nutshell: It's about the Romans waiting for the Barbarians ...

There's nothing more frustrating when a character dies from a situation that had no reason occuring except perhaps that the writers wanted to be edgy and make the story have more gravitas with a random death that's forced into the plot.

I've talked often over the years ...

Photo: “-Spring- Ch.3: Page 80”. Imago, Nebraska, created by InkyMoondrop. (November 2024)

InkyMoondrop writes:

“He-hey! It's that time again. Chapter 3 of Imago, Nebraska ends on the 27th (Wednesday). I hope it was to your liking, Ch.4 will focus more on Theo once again, with a few ...

So I'm exhausted.

A ton of things I'm juggling in real life plus emotional baggage plus stuff I'm doing online plus art = exhausted Tantz.

And because my brain refuses to focus on anything else, I thought I'd talk about how using exhaustion can be a cool ...

Photo: “Operation Werewolf Part 3”. Hawk and Flo Adventures by HawkandFloAdventures. (October 2024)

Hawk and Flo Adventures Milestone

HawkandFloAdventures writes:

“I'm going to hit 900 pages soon on Hawk and Flo Adventures! am I alright to have a milestone announcement next week I'll definitely be at 900 by ...

Photo: “The Ocean - 33”. Mirage by InkyMoondrop. (July 2024)

InkyMoondrop writes:

“Hi!

Another short story of Mirage ends on the 9th of August. Not sure when I'll get to write a new one, but will try to deliver until spring next year.

Would appreciate an announcement. Thank you!”

Mirage ...

Cynicism. That is the inclination to believe that people are motivated in large by their self-interest and therefore cannot be trusted – at least not initially. I’ve found myself – as I’ve gotten older and encountered many different acquaintances and personal relations in my younger years – that I’ve become ...

Humans can be scary, fascinating, mysterious creatures. Humanity is capable of the most amazing feats of compassion and the most debased acts of cruelty. And not necessarily at opposing ends of the spectrum. The same person can be compassionate in one context and appallingly cruel in another. They may not ...

What do you do when you feel hate against you for no reason at all? When someone just feels wrathful, red evil anger, vicious intentions towards you and you can't gauge why that would be or any way around it, or any solution to it aside from a full ...