Black Lives Matter. Sure, all lives matter but dark-skinned minorities feel they are proportionally far more likely to suffer violence(from many sources) than whites, and statistics from many sources back that fear. Fear, despair and individual wort
I've come across a huge problem: I can't come up with an idea for my first case. In fact: I've only been able to come up with three good case ideas in all, two of which I don't know if they'll work. Any advice?
As many of you know, I've been trying to work Brianna's powers into the story, which got me thinking about what kind of cases I should include: "normal" cases with Brianna using her powers to solve typical crimes like murder or arson, "sci-fi" cases
Hey everyone. I'm new here (of course), and I'm a fan of manga. Ever since I was a kid, I grew up with Hong Kong action cinema, Dragonball, and reading manga; it gave me the desire to write manga professionally, and I never took being a writer seriou
My name is Anthony Marchetta. I am the chief editor and co-author of the anthology "God, Robot" a book of Christian science fiction about robots who follow Christ's two greatest commandments. I am also a writer for the website superversivesf.com,
It has my three books already posted for reading as well as a few new cartoons. (That's over a hundred cartoons.) Lord willing, I'll be posting a new cartoon each Friday.
Easter Sunday is in about three weeks (3/27/16), celebrating the ultimate pivotal event of our faith: Resurrection of Jesus. Real event; stake your life on it! I read 1 Corinthians 15 this morning and I feel like this a worthy event for an art chall
Megan Kerney's webcomic, Beauty and the Beast, has particularly excellent visual story telling. In today's episode, http://www.batb.thecomicseries.com/comics/ she uses reflections to show visually the way that characters see each other with and with
The New Year’s Re-Think:If, like me, you’re agonizing over getting more readership for your creative efforts, let’s agonize together. Ifby making some stylistic changes in my art/writing , I could reach more people, and inspire them toward Jesus,
I just wanted to mention that my church, Bethany Evangelical Free in La Crosse, WI, produces a monthly Christian superhero comic book as part of their Childrens Ministry/Kid Stuf program. The comic is currently titled "Young Paladins: Champions Of Tr
A key difference between graphic storytelling and written, is that the graphic author has-to/wants-to consider the key visual moments that are going to make for fantastic visuals. One of those is the "Oh Poop!" moment when the protagonist(s) reali
I am an addictions specialist and creating graphic novels to tell the story of how addictive behaviors, particularly with "digital drugs" (i.e. gaming, social media, porn) are turning generations of kids into "zombies" preparing for the uprising of t
Update on San Bernardino shooting; praying intelligently, acting locally.
The investigation of the shooting of 30+ people(14 dead) on the 2nd of December in San Bernardino can be followed on line in texts or tweets. Would love to have an update from
I've Ben stuck on the first case for months now and think it's time to figure it out. Here's a summary:"Newbie private investigator Brianna Golde's life has gotten into an unbelievable rut. Due to a rare genetic disorder that causes her involuntarily
Many of you may have heard about the controversy with Tumblr fan artist Zamii070. Essentially, she was being cruelly harassed for her artwork and attempted suicide because of it. She is still alive, but she needs our prayers. Please pray that the bul
I've been working on a mystery manga for about a year now, and I've encountered several a huge problem. I've been reading a book about how to write crime fiction, and I was reading about the vast amount of research involved. Some of what is required
I was wondering about what software to get for creating my manga series. I was thinking the deluxe version of manga studio, but is there any software that's better (I'm also playing around with ideas for some YouTube animations, so I don't know how t
I'm trying to decide how many cases to write in my mystery manga. I have several ideas for cases, but how many is a good amount? Any help is greatly appreciated. :)