Back from the Dead

Tantz_Aerine at 2:02AM, April 19, 2025



It's Resurrection Saturday today! What better occasion then than this to talk about the resurrection trope?

Usually, cancelling out a character's death is not a good thing to do in a story. It undermines the weight of the stakes involved and/or the sacrifice or seriousness of the ...



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Nature As Antagonist

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 22, 2025



There is nothing more humbling against human hubris than Nature herself.

Even at humanity's peak expansion, technology, sophistication, education, or intelligence, all it takes for its eradication is for the earth to sneeze in just the right way.

Nature cannot be beaten or tamed. It can only be appeased ...





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Character Deep Dive: Vladimir Chekhov

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 28, 2024




It’s time for another Character Deep Dive, this within the amazing political war thriller The Second Crimean War by the awesome and proliferate The Doodler!

The Second Crimean War is an alternate history webcomic, of a different 1995 where, after the collapse of the USSR, the emerging, independent Ukraine ...




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Justice vs Revenge and What it Says About the World

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 16, 2024



Sometimes it may feel that the justice system protects the perpetrator a lot more than it does the victim:

There are many things an accused can use to mitigate their position, there are many reasons to shorted a sentence, they can get out on good behavior, they can generally serve ...



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The Many Faces of Fear

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Oct. 5, 2024



Hello there my fellow Quackernauts! As it’s the spooky season, what better time is there to explore one of my favourite genres, horror. Horror is many things, but at its core it’s intention is to challenge the human mind; to remind us that, despite all our attempts to ...

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Revenge

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 14, 2024



We love a good revenge story.

The entire journey of a character from victimhood to avenger is one that almost guarantees audience engagement and their rooting for the character on the path of revenge.

The reasoning for that is easy: the character suffered a great grievance that is unlikely to ...





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Cynicism

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, July 14, 2024



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 ...

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Drawing details or drawing faster?

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, June 8, 2024



Hello there fellow Quackateers! I’ve been trying to get back into the swing of comic making but life has been hectic! As I was sitting down to work on some panels I found myself becoming frustrated at how long it was taking which got me thinking. So I thought ...

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Furry Tale - The Heart of Fate by Jesse_Koehler has Achieved 150 Page Milestone

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 1, 2024


Photo: “Furry Tale - The Heart of Fate”. By Jesse Koehler. (December 2022–)

150 Pages Milestone

(Here is a message written by Jesse Koehler of Furry Tale - The Heart of Fate)

So yeah, since The Last milestone The Comic has pretty much developed in Things Like: Story telling, fight scenes, variety ...






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Defying Death

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 30, 2024



For a huge chuck of Christians around the world, today is Resurrection Day (or Good Saturday), which is easily one of the most important days in the Christian calendar, no matter when you observe it. For those that do, therefore, I hope you have the happiest one yet, and since ...

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