A friend of mine, many years ago, showed me a cartoon that was fascinating, funny, and horrifying. In my memory, it was the first anime I'd ever seen. I'd forgotten most of it over the years, and would try to find it once every so often, without knowing ...

Nothing Under the Sun
Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 22, 2018Before the Beginning
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 14, 2017
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 ...
COMEDY - part two - Creating Comedic Characters
Banes at 12:00AM, April 20, 2017
Last week I looked at a theory of the “comedy premise” that has to do with crossing the mundane with the unusual.
Here's that post:
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2017/apr/12/comedy-part-one-the-premise/
This week: Creating Comedic Characters!
Using the same principle as the “premise” creation, we can ...
Before the Beginning
Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 3, 2016
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 ...
An Ode to Sidekicks
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 17, 2014
I have been slowly lamenting over the end of The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson ever since he announced that he was stepping down from hosting late night television in April. Needless to say, the jokes from his show have been a welcome distraction from the daily grind and ...
Halloween 2014 Masquerade Mash: An Original Comic Character and Costume Challenge (Answers Revealed)
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 3, 2014
The October season has come and gone. Candy is on sale, pumpkins are discounted, it is daylight savings time (Fall back) across most of North America, and I hear it already started to snow in some places. To say the last few days have been exhausting would be a gross ...