Bailing

Banes at 12:00AM, June 6, 2019



When do you bail on a series, movie or story?

We had a pretty fine conversation on the Quackcast last week that wandered into the category of “endings” and when they're set up well vs badly and such. I had a similar convo today with someone about various series ...



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Sword of Kings Returns with New Format

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 3, 2019



Bravo is known around here for his photo comics featuring detailed set designs and customized character figures, he is about bring back his comic while trying a hand at hand-sketching!! We are living in exciting times.

bravo1102 writes:

Hi, I'm ending the “indefinite hiatus ” of the comic Sword of ...





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The Oversimplification of a Child Hero's World

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 1, 2019



Happy June 1st everyone!

I have been youtube-crawling today around the cinema pop-culture side. And as I was watching assorted comments and commentary on a whole lot of YA (i.e. Young Adult) and children's books and TV/film/animation series, from Harry Potter to The Last Airbender to ...



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Character voice

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, May 31, 2019




If you want to design a memorable character it doesn’t just stop at their looks. How they speak, write and use body language is integral to who they are as a person as well as how other character’s may react to them. When you read a comic or ...


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Passive Characters

Banes at 12:00AM, May 30, 2019



Didn't Do Nothin'

During the making of the movie Cast Away, Tom Hanks and the screenwriter were developing the story, and
it was going well - other than the ending. In the end, the character was rescued.

Robert Zemeckis, the eventual director of the movie told them that the character ...






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How Long?

Banes at 12:00AM, May 23, 2019



I think John Byrne once said he did about two or three pages a day (I believe it was an eight hour workday).

Of course, the length of time a page will require depends a lot on what KIND of comic you're doing! A stick figure comic or sprite ...



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Subverting expectations ≠ good storytelling

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, May 17, 2019



When creating a story you begin leading the reader down a path. You know where you’re going, or at least can pretend to know, but the reader does not. But, with some well laid out clues and foreshadowing, they can begin to piece the map together. Now here comes ...

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The Drunk Duck Pageant is in Full Swing and the KAMics Has a Milestone!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 13, 2019




Hello Contestant and/or Drunk Duck Member:

In January 2018 we began the promotion for #Pageant 2, and on this day in May 2019, we are ready to start the voting for our three categories.

Please go to this page for rules for Voting:

https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Pageant/5598693 ...








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Digital Ink Stories Will Review Your Comics!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 6, 2019



Have you ever wanted to receive feedback for your comment but were too shy to ask your friends or wanted an unbiased duo to give you a general review? Well then you are in luck because the Digital Ink Stories team, consisting of two helpful individuals, The Pinecone and Minus0 ...

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Coward of Valor Reaches 1000 Page Milestone and Celebrates Three Years of Making Comics

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 29, 2019



MILESTONE

Matt@Deadpen writes:

Coward of Valor surpassed 1000 pages today, and will be three years old in a couple of days…

So, I really don't like to revel in my own achievements, as I'm fearful of inflating my head full of hot air and such… But as ...







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