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HippieVan at 12:00AM, July 31, 2015Quackcast 229 - Enter the Dragon's den: comic book shops
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 28, 2015 LISTEN!
Tantz and Pitface join Banes and Ozone to talk about comic book stores and the experience of going into them… Yes, that's right: webcomicers actually going into REAL bricks and mortar places that sell comics printed on PAPER! o_O It turns out that none of us really do ...
Tools of the Webcomic Trade
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 27, 2015
I began creating webcomics because it was an affordable hobby. All I needed to create a page was some bristol paper, some black ink pens, a scanner and a computer. Having a digitally-formatted final product cut out the additional printing costs of traditional comics.
Eventually, I started learning new drawing ...
Quackcast 228 - Conflicting conflicts conflict
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 21, 2015 LISTEN!
Pic by Ozoneocean
This time we're talking about conflict in webcomic writing, and any writing in general really. Conflict is one of the main drivers of a story, so you pretty much have to have it in there somewhere! But how do you approach it? Do you set ...
"What are you, 5 years old?"
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 20, 2015
The act of sharing artwork online was still a new concept around 2004. Before I joined Drunk Duck, I thought it would be a cool idea to share some of my daily sketches from my first high school art class with the Internet. My initial reasoning was that I could ...
Exploring new comic book stores
HippieVan at 12:00AM, July 17, 2015
Recently I had the pleasure of spending a few day's in my country's capital city, Ottawa. Among museum trips, walks along the canal, and an awesome sound and light show at our parliament building, I managed to coerce my best friend into visiting a couple of comic book ...
Quackcast 227 - Biggest webcomicing mistakes
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 14, 2015 LISTEN!
Pic by Ozoneocean
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Webcomicing is a learning process, you build on your knowledge and skills as you go, comics can take years to complete and your audience is usually pretty forgiving… Well learning is all about making mistakes and if you're like the people who contributed to ...
Homebound
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 13, 2015
-LA Union Station taken by kawaiidaigakusei
“The next and final stop on this line is Los Angeles. Please collect all personal belongings and use the handrail when using the stairs. Please keep all hands and arms away from the automatic train doors.”
It had been a while. I needed a ...
Quackcast 226 - The Power of Contrast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 7, 2015 LISTEN!
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In this Quackcast I interrogated Mr Banes on the subject of his first newspost: Contrasts. It's a subject near and dear to him, even his comic "Typical Strange“ has its name based on the concept, i.e. two words with the opposite meanings put together to create ...