Here we are - Thursday again! I tells ya, the weeks and months just FLY by.
It was April Fool's Day the other day, and I was thinking about stories, and how sometimes books, TV shows, movies, or whatever will try and FOOL us. Like, the entire story is a ...
Fooled Ya!
Banes at 12:00AM, April 4, 2024Defying Death
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 30, 2024
For a huge chuck of Christians around the world, today is Resurrection Day (or Good Saturday), which is easily one of the most important days in the Christian calendar, no matter when you observe it. For those that do, therefore, I hope you have the happiest one yet, and since ...
Extremely Medium
Banes at 12:00AM, March 21, 2024
There is a lot to understand about “camera shots” in comics - it's an endless journey for people who make comics, or movies, or any kind of visual art.
MEDIUM shots (see above) might be the most common shot in webcomics - or at least, they have been the most common ...
Quackcast 674 - Fashion
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 13, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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Do you change your style to go with current fashions or do you stick with your own thing and stay independent of changing trends?
This is complicated by the fact that most people's styles are often ...
Creator Interview: Inky Moondrop
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 27, 2024
Welcome to the first interview of the Creator Interviews! Today, we're asking the awesome Inky Moondrop questions about her, her DD award winning comics, her art, and her creative process.
I'm not using the royal ‘we’ by the way. While some questions come from me, most are from ...
The magic of webcomic habits
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Jan. 6, 2024
Hello there my fellow Quackateers!
The new year is here! And it’s around this time that resolutions and goals are set in stone for the year. However, have you ever found yourself setting ambitious goals for your webcomic, only to feel overwhelmed and demotivated when life inevitably gets in ...
A Different Kind of Story Structure
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 28, 2023
I have a lot of interest in story structure. Understanding what it is, how it works, and using it to write better stories. Stories that will keep people more interested, and deliver a satisfying experience…that's what we try to do when we're making comics and writing stories ...
Everyone Was Innocent Once
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 23, 2023
There's generally a tennet about character building for a villain in a story or webcomic that urges the creator to humanize them by giving them a backstory that “fleshes them out”. Often, “humanization” of a villain is taken to mean that they come across as more sympathetic or appealing ...
Twenty Six Hours in Philadelphia
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 18, 2023
Photo: “La Mariée Mise à Nu Par Ses Célibataires, Même (The Green Box)”. Marcel Duchamp. 1911-1915. Photograph taken by kawaiidaigakusei. The Philadelphia Museum of Art. (December 2023)
Tomorrow will mark one month of continuous cross country travel in the most real Kerouac sense of the word. The trip across the ...
Cheers for the 20th Anniversary of Nocturne 21!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 4, 2023
Photo: “Part 11”. Original characters and story created by GrapeApe. Nocturne 21. (November 2023)
Anniversary Milestone
Here is a message from GrapeApe, creator of Nocturne 21:
Hi!
November 22nd marked the 20th anniversary of my comic Nocturne 21! Twenty years ago my angsty teenage self picked up a crappy composition ...