Rather than write about something I'm good at I thought I write about something I'm struggling with, and my attempts to resolve it. Writing characters with distinct voices.
Comics are usually conversations between characters. Speech bubbles are the preferred way to tell comic stories, as opposed to large ...
Why do my characters all speak the same way? (Guest Post by Gunwallace)
HippieVan at 12:00AM, April 15, 2016Quackcast 257 - Accents in Comics
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 9, 2016 LISTEN!
Using accents and different languages in comics can be a challenge, or at least a challenge to represent. Some people will actually have their text IN a different language or even a made up language in the case of aliens, and they'll have translations in a footnote. Some ...
Accents, dialects, and different languages in comics
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 15, 2016
Accents, patterns of speech and the like can be a useful tool in introducing characters. In a film or tv show, a character's accent can immediately reveal the character's nationality or social background. And of course, we've all been conditioned by Hollywood movies to identify the bad ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Two Hearts
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 9, 2015
One evening, during a town gathering centered around a glowing tree of light, a mysterious cloaked stranger shows up and removes all the light from the tree before fleeing. The switch to darkness unleashes grim shadow monsters to chase after the townspeople and sends the blue-skin toned community into distress ...
Double Quackcast!
skoolmunkee at 2:28PM, April 5, 2011Hey all! Many of you won't see this until the sidebars start working again (unless you subscribed to the newsfeed rss like I told you to months ago!), but we've got two new Quackcasts posted today!
Quackcast Episode 21.5: Interview with Lawrence Leach, CTO of WOWIO!
This ...
QUACKCAST Episode 18 - Featuring... Featuring!
Ozoneocean at 9:50AM, March 15, 2011
Listen to Quackcast Episode 18: Featuring… Featuring!
Some site news promoting various activities, Oz and Skool get some practice with their silly accents and get on with a whole show about features, featuring, and wish-features.
Topics and Show Notes:
Site news!
- QuackCast Tutorials
- DD member interviews
- Call for announcements
- DD ...
Done with downtime, up with milestones and the Voice contest!
skoolmunkee at 11:48AM, Nov. 17, 2010First up, a quick apology for the bit of downtime we had earlier this week. They had to move the old DD to the new server, which would let them develop a new DD which uses the old DD's databases and stuff and works at the same time , which ...
Milestones, Name That Voice, and Mafia Madness!
skoolmunkee at 11:55AM, Nov. 14, 2010
Accolade Graphics tells me that Fantastic Tales has reached 25 pages! Give him a hand, folks!
And at 50 pages is Cubicle by elektro and genejoke! “The story is winding up pretty soon, so if anyone hasn't read it yet, now's a good time to get caught up ...