The Duck Webcomics

Episode 260 - D.U.C.K. Radio1

Feb 29, 2016

tags: Banes, Drunk Duck, Drunk Duck 54 cards, D.U.C.K. Radio1, DUCK radio special 1, featured comic, Gunwallace, Gunwallace music special, Ozoneocean, podcast, QUACKCAST 260, Webcomics community

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Welcome to D.U.C.K. Radio! Get ready for your DJs: Smooth Ramone, Hard rock Jimmy Storm (BRINING THE THUNDER!!!), Weatherman Rhet Blanket, Conspiracy theorist Smiley Fraudson, and hilarious* Maple and The Syrup (*they're not funny). This is the first part of Radio DUCK, we're bringing you ALL of the fantastic themes Gunwallace has composed for many great webcomics. You got a small, tiny, insignificant taste little taste of it in Quackcast 258, now be prepared to take the FULL blast! 29 of Gunwallace's classic themes in this cast and two more casts to go to get the rest so stay tuned. Gunwallace radio - All great music all the time!

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Topics and Show Notes

Episode 259 - Drawing Crowd Scenes

Feb 22, 2016

tags: Banes, by Gunwallace, Drawing Crowd Scenes, featured comic, Gunwallace, kawaiidaigakusei, music for Phineus Magician for Hire, Ozoneocean, Pitface, podcast, Quackcast 259, Tantz Aerine, The weird adventures of Armless Amy, Video

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Crowd scenes of any sort can be horrible to draw. There are many, many reasons for this, one of them is that it's quite boring to invent a whole lot of new character models just for the purpose of making a group scene. My own way of combating that problem was to do cameos of other characters that I stole from my fellow Quackcasters, Banes, Pitface and Tantz. There are many other tricks and clever ways of managing crows though which you can hear bout in the Quackcast or see us talk about in the Quackcast video. Gunwallace's theme for Phineus Magician for Hire is VERY Sword and Sorcery! It reminded me a little of the famous music to the first (and best), Conan film, and brought to mind the writing of Fritz Leiber.

Episode 253 - narrative order and the flashback

Jan 11, 2016

tags: Aidana, Banes, Bravo1102, by Gunwallace, Drunk Duck, featured comic, Gunwallace, kawaiidaigakusei, music for Nothing Important Happened Today, narrative order and the flashback, Ozoneocean, Pitface, podcast, Quackcast 253, Video, Webcomics community

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Doing stories that start with the climax, then flash back, tell what happened to get there: the old narrative style of switching the first few chapters around to make a more interesting story. Sometimes it works GREAT because it throws you right into the middle of things and you have to work your way back to that point… It works very nicely in The Hangover for example! Often it's used very badly- in anime particularly, where they use it for foreshadowing and a tease to try and get you interested in the rest of the story- but anime story structure is so formulaic that all it really does is give you a cheap spoiler. Other times it doesn't work well is when the writer isn't very good so the viewer loses their way in the plot… If the writer is GOOD though you end up with Pulp Fiction. You'll love Gunwallace's theme here- a super funky jazz track for the comic Nothing Important Happened Today. Enjoy!

Episode 252 - Wish Fulfilment

Jan 4, 2016

tags: Banes, by Gunwallace, Drunk Duck, featured comic, Gunwallace, music for Professor Herbert and GEO, Ozoneocean, Pitface, podcast, Professor Herbert and GEO, Quackcast 252, Tantz Aerine, Video, Webcomics community, Wish Fulfilment

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Happy new year! In this first Quackcast for 2016 we have Banes, Pitface and Tantz Aerine along to talk to us about Banes' neswpost topic of Wish Fulfilment in writing. It can be a good thing in that it makes the writer more interested and passionate about what they're doing as well as creating a very relatable ideal for readers with similar tastes. The negative side is that they make their world too perfect and too specific to themselves so that the whole thing just looks like an exercise in boring, pointless ego stroking. Gunwallace's theme this time was for Professor Herbert and GEO, which was also the featured comic! It sounds a bit like the theme to an '80s cartoon, which exactly what the comic looks like it should be O_o

Episode 237 - The Songcast

Sep 21, 2015

tags: Banes, by Eleoza, by Gunwallace, Drunk Duck, featured comic, kawaiidaigakusei, music for Taco El Gato, Ozoneocean, podcast, Quackcast 237, Songcast, Throviria, Webcomics community

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For Quackcast 237 we asked people about the songs that inspire them when they do their comics, which songs go with which parts of their comics, what would be the ideal comic movie theme, what songs or music get you in the MOOD to do your comic, and finally; just how great are Gunwallace's fantastic comic theme tunes? And speaking of theme tunes, the masterful Gunwallace has given us a Salsa theme for Taco El Gato!

Episode 226 - The Power of Contrast

Jul 5, 2015

tags: Banes, by Gunwallace, Drunk Duck, featured comic, music for Dead Leon, Ozoneocean, podcast, Preteen demon, Quackcast 226, The Power of Contrast, Webcomics community

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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 an effect. In imagery contrast is used to make darker shapes appear darker and lighter shapes lighter and to create a tension where those areas meet at the penumbra. In writing and comics it's much the same, ”laughter and tears“, ”good and evil", a sad scene contrasting with a joyous one etc. Contrasting makes both contrasted elements appear far greater than they really are, as well as serving as a source of tension, conflict, or humour. Banes and I talk about this in a rambling fashion. Gunwallace has a special treat for us today with a brilliant theme for Dead Leon! You'll want to ask him for a copy of his one ;)

Episode 216 - Characters done right, part 4

Apr 27, 2015

tags: Banes, Bravo1102, by Gunwallace, by Toondoctor, Characters done right, DD community, Featured comic, Johnny Bullet, music for prodigium, Ozoneocean, part 4, Pit Face, Quackcast 216, Tantz Aerine, theme for Prodigium, Webcomics podcast

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This is the FOURTH and very final part of our series on what makes a good character in webcomics, movies, and any sort of writing in general. Our very first four-parter! Ozone and Banes are once again joined by the panel of Pitface, Tantz Aerine, and Bravo1102. Together we get though the last of the contributions from the great and wise people of DD who've had a lot of very intelligent things on the subject of character writing. And of course there's an amazing aural interpretation of a comic for you by Gunwallace who's done a spectacular theme for Prodigium.

Episode 214 - Good character, Bad character? Part 2

Apr 12, 2015

tags: Bad character?, Banes, Bravo1102, by Gunwallace, by Yiu, DD community, Featured comic, Good character, music for Joy to the World, Ozoneocean, part 2, Pit Face, Quackcast 214, Sentiments, Tantz Aerine, Webcomics podcast

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Continuing our theme from last week, Bravo1102 joins us to discuss good and bad character creation, along with two very well written characters; PitFace and Tantz Aerine! We use our best silly voices to read out the words of the smart people who had something to say on the subject in question and then we all get together to pick apart and discuss the points they made. Bravo joins us for the first time as a participant and not an interviewee and showcases his excellent and versatile vocal talents! Also- Gunwallace's tune for Joy To The World is especially funky. Please enjoy Quackcast 214!