Quackcast 681 - Swords and armour

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 2, 2024

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Today we're talking about swords and armour, the reality of those things and their use in fiction. I've always had a bit of an interest in swords since I was a little kid because I ...


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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 ...



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No One of Consequence

Banes at 12:00AM, July 13, 2023




One of my favorite tropes (at least I think it's a trope. Not sure how common it is) is the “unknown hero”.

It's when a character who's known to us, the audience, maybe very well, and is at least somewhat important to us.

The character dies and ...






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FEATURED COMIC --> Night Lights and Dark Places

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 5, 2023



James has been a cave-dwelling monster with a fascination for humans, much to the chagrin of his sister, Mum, and Victor (no relation). The night is young, the forest dark, and a few humans are lurking in the same area as James mistakenly believe he has a brain injury. In ...

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Quackcast 628 - Cover me!

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 28, 2023

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We're talking about the importance of a good cover in this cast. Another technical comicscast! I love making coves, they're one of my fave things ...



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FEATURED COMIC --> Withdrawn

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 28, 2022



Domenic is a slovenly bachelor from a Sicilian-American household in New Jersey and he still lives under the same roof as his domineering mother and pet pooch, Lily. Down the road, Katherine, reeling from her latest unlucky relationship prospect, rides alongside her “already-in-a-stable-relationship” sister, Ashley. This small-town, unlikely romance story ...

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The Visuals of Fear

Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 20, 2022


A creepy pov shot works very well if the camera is looking through a window, or trees, or some other barrier. So we the audience seem to be hiding from the characters on screen.

THE VISUALS OF FEAR

When the director Rob Reiner was going to direct the movie based ...




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Fantastic Bestiary 14: The Rainbow Serpent

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Oct. 2, 2022



Been a while since we did a mythology themed FanBest article, so here we go. Based on suggestions left by our beloved Ozoneocean on the last Fanbest article, I’m gonna talk about the Rainbow Serpent this Sunday. The Rainbow Serpent is an Aboriginal Australian deity known by numerous names ...

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Embracing "good enough"

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Oct. 1, 2022



For the past month I have been taking a break to catch up on life. Between appointments, exams, social events and trying to catch up on the washing I’ve left about the apartment I have been mulling over something a psyche recently mentioned to me.

He said that I ...



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Timely or Timeless

Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 25, 2022


Rogue from the X-Men encounters President Ronald Reagan!
(…who???)


Timeliness vs Timelessness

Some comics are very much “of the moment”, while others are more timeless.

Connecting to the events of the moment can be a worthy endeavor. Webcomics are well suited to this kind of approach, too, with our ability ...








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