Halloween is just around the corner, so what better thing to do than talk about monsters?
Specifically, what has motivated humanity to create them, talk about them, fear them and love them across time and across culture.
Monsters are generally linked with our sense of fear. Fear is an adaptive ...
The Psychology of Monsters
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 26, 2024More and More
Banes at 12:00AM, July 18, 2024
I have a friend who's told me, on and off, about the movie/book/comic series he's working on. I noticed at one point that he had a tendency to add in more and more characters, plots, and details that were going to show up in the project ...
Creator Interview: Marcorossi
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 27, 2024
It's time for another interview, with Marcorossi, one of DD's most active and proliferate webcomic artists, who also has FINISHED WEBCOMICS.
But enough intro on my part! Let's let Marco talk, here we go!
1. Let’s start! Tell us a bit about yourself.
Hi! I’m ...
Creator Interview: Spooky Kitsune
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 17, 2024
Today's Creator Interview is all about the fantastic Spooky Kitsune! They are a recent addition to the DD family and a prolific one, with two webcomics hosted here already!
But you don't want me to tell you about it all! Let's hear it from Spooky Kitsune themselves ...
Social Issues in Fantasy (Part 2)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 10, 2024
Last time I'd talked about rather superficial and/or inappropriate attempts to weave commentary on real world social issues into a fantasy or scifi world. The discussion in the comments was FANTASTIC! I urge everyone to have a look if you haven't already.
The general consensus was that ...
Social Issues in Fantasy (Part 1)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 3, 2024
During times of censorship, or times where exploring issues in the real world might be tricky, using fantasy or science fiction to do it is a real and viable solution. Dressing up the thing you want to explore into something cute and fuzzy might be just the way to go ...
Character Deep Dive: Khthonis from Tusk
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 13, 2024
Today’s Character Deep Dive is about the amazing Khthonis from Tusk by the awesome Fallopian Crusader!
What can anyone say about Tusk that hasn’t already been said?? It’s a simply gorgeous fantasy action comic centering around the adventures of an orc warrior lady named Khthonis. The art ...
Jealousy
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Oct. 15, 2023
This is gonna be sort of a follow up on the last article newspost I made. I’ve been trying to follow the advice that was given to me last time and I feel like it has already yielded some promising results. Problem is I’m still frustrated. Still conflicted ...
Religion (part 2)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 30, 2023
Last time I started talking about religion as a great umbrella term for a lot of facets of worldbuilding you can take into consideration when constructing the world of your story, be it webcomic, novel, series, or anything else.
This type of worldbuilding is especially prevalent in fantasy worlds, but ...
Religion
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 23, 2023
No, no. I promise this is not a post that will go like this:
Nor like this:
Also nothing I say here, is to be religiously followed. (I got that out of my chest, cringing is allowed)
This post is entirely on the issue of worldbuilding religion into your webcomic ...