A well written protagonist will generally have some flaws, starting out as an underdog of some kind, with lessons to learn and improvements to make over the course of the story.
Granted, some heroes are, well, just heroes, who are pretty much who they need to be from the beginning ...
Damaged Protagonists
Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 18, 2018Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 15, 2018Whether you get a day off or are having a day “on” while participating in a community service project, it is good to stop and think about the ideology that MLK represents.
Raytoons, creator of the once featured Quackup comic series, has a fond farewell to The Duck:
Thank you ...
My Favorite Print Comic: Get Fuzzy
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 8, 2018
There was a time when getting the local paper delivered to my door each day did not seem like a frivolous luxury. In fact, having a newspaper subscription seemed as common as watering the lawn.
I have fond memories of picking up the newspaper and turning to the Business section ...
Quackcast 355 - New Years cliffhanger!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 2, 2018 LISTEN!
Happy 2018 everybody! Another year passes and a new one has just begun. We recorded this Quackcast on the 30th of December so it was the very last Quackcast of 2017. Pitface was drunk and very entertaining, drinking beer from her new drinking horn, you can hear her entertaining ...
It's Cold Outside
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 28, 2017
It's downright freezing out there - colder than the norm for this time of year (in recent years at least). And it's going to stay cold, they tell us.
Eeks!
So, comics artists, how do you DRAW “cold”?
There are a few ways that come to mind:
Mostly, I ...
Merry Christmas, Drunk Duck!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 25, 2017
I love to see a great Christmas miracle. Chalk it up to watching It's a Wonderful Life or A Christmas Carol and having a surprise ending where a community comes through and brings a surprise present for the main character. I believe I have just witnessed a Christmas miracle ...
Mirror, Mirror - Part 2
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Dec. 15, 2017
Last week we talked about the benefits of mirroring webcomics on various platforms. Today, we’re continuing this theme.
The monsters in the market are now Tapas (formly Taptastic) and Webtoons, boasting a large audience that could maximise your reach. Smaller communities such as that on Smackjeeves, Comicfury and here ...
Mirror, Mirror Part 1
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Dec. 8, 2017
Mirror, Mirror,
On the wall,
One webcomic site?
Or do I do them all?
Nowadays there are a plethora of options available to creators and the question is no longer where to post your work, but how many websites should you feature it on? Do you opt in for exclusivity ...
Figuring Out Dating as an Introspective Comic Nerd
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 4, 2017
(I drew this in my comic ten years ago.)
I am going to broach a subject that we do not openly discuss in the forums, or at least is lacking an open channel for discussion: Dating.
The first time I ever saw an effort to blend nerd culture with dating ...