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Psychopomps and Death Personified

kawaiidaigakusei at Sept. 18, 2017, midnight


Chihiro and No Face from Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away and Studio Ghibli

I was driving home from work this evening and an unusual, rather old fashioned looking car with bright high beams began following me on my route. When I made a turn, I looked in the side mirror and …

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Drawing Attention #6

Ozoneocean at Sept. 15, 2017, midnight
tags: Friday, Nepath, newspost



This week is almost a continuation of #5 where I spoke about Holon and it's creator Abt_Nihil. This week I'm drawing your attention to an issue that you may be able to help with.

One of the comics that Abt_Nihil administrates is the popular community project Heroes Alliance. Beyond the …

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Before the Beginning

Banes at Sept. 14, 2017, midnight
tags: banes, before, beginning, best, of, the, thursdays, writing



One of the great things about the original Star Wars movies was the strong sense of a grand, adventurous, and terrible history before the movie started. So much is hinted at through Obi Wan Kenobi about the Jedi Knights, Anakin Skywalker, great friendships, laser swords, and terrible war and loss. …

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FEATURED COMIC --> Reversion

kawaiidaigakusei at Sept. 13, 2017, midnight
tags: by, COMIC, FEATURED, Kabra, Kare, M, rated, Reversion



Apollodorus Kratos is a dashing, young artist and scholar of archeology stuck in the shadows of his deceased father and floundering relationship with his female colleague. He is generally an observer who captures secret glances of couples at train stations in his sketchbook. After speaking publicly at a conference, he …

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Quackcast 339 - Communicate With Clothes

Ozoneocean at Sept. 12, 2017, midnight
tags: Communicate With Clothes, featured comic, featured theme, Gunwallace, Ozoneocean, Pit face, podcast, Quackcast 339, RUNRUN, Super Impact High school, Tantz Aerine, Webcomics community

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Tantz Aerine did a great newspost the other day about how the clothing of comic characters can be used to communicate information and emotions just as much as any other element in your comic making arsenal. And that's what we discuss in this Quackcast! Clothing can communicate state of …

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Jump Scares and Inappropriate Laughter

kawaiidaigakusei at Sept. 11, 2017, midnight



I think I spent my Saturday night the same way as plenty of other people did–in a movie theater watching a film based on a book by Stephen King (and No, I am not talking about The Dark Tower). It is still September since the last time I checked the …

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Designing your Characters

Tantz_Aerine at Sept. 9, 2017, midnight




So you have your kick ass story ready, you’ve researched your world well and feel comfortable in it, and you have an awesome set of personalities to equip your characters that will propagate your story (or complement it if the plot is story driven).

The only thing left to do, …

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24 Hour comics day 2017!

Ozoneocean at Sept. 8, 2017, midnight
tags: 2017, 24, comics, day, Hour



24 hour comics day is coming up soon!
Will you be participating? The event starts on the first Saturday of October, which falls on the 7th this year: the 7th of October 2017.
What IS 24 hour comics day? Well it's an event that was started by comics guru Scott …

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Quackcast 338 - Shared DNA of ideas

Ozoneocean at Sept. 5, 2017, midnight
tags: featured comic, featured theme, Gunwallace, Kawaiidaigakusei, Motivational Housecat, Ozoneocean, Pit face, podcast, Quackcast 338, Shared DNA of ideas, Super Impact High, Tantz Aerine, Webcomics community

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The saying goes that "Good artists copy, great artists steal", it's attributed to various luminaries such as TS Elliot, Picasso, Tantz Aerine etc, but the important thing is the true meaning: there are very few original ideas, culture is built up out of inherited inspiration that is built on …

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The Soundtrack to Your Comic

kawaiidaigakusei at Sept. 4, 2017, midnight



Remember those large headphones that were perfect for a walkman? Or turning up the volume in a car stereo on a long drive. Listening to music can add a new dimension to an otherwise normal day.

There are some motion picture soundtracks that are so artfully put together that they …

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Wardrobe Is a Tell

Tantz_Aerine at Sept. 2, 2017, midnight




They say that the best and most important elements in visual arts, from movies to comics, are done well when the audience doesn’t quite notice them. And that is definitely true- research and plot development and world building are some of them about which I’ve already talked about.

But I’ve …

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Promoting the duck!

Ozoneocean at Sept. 1, 2017, midnight
tags: duck, hep, promote, the, us



Promotion!
Hi guys, we really need to Get the name of the Duck out there again and bring in the viewers. Can you please help us do that?
One good way would be to help us make Project Wonderful ads that would could put up on other comics to help …

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