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 255 - Drunk Duck Improvement Drive

Jan 25, 2016

tags: Banes, by Gunwallace, Drunk Duck, Drunk Duck Improvement Drive, featured comic, Gunwallace, Indiegogo, Mindfold, music for Xup, Ozoneocean, Pitface, podcast, Quackcast 255, Video, Webcomics community

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We're trying to fix up Drunk Duck, adding the the comic statistics back in, fixing forums, adding notifications to PQs and MORE, but we need money to do it. In this Quackcast, Ozoneocean, Banes, and Pitface talk about the improvements we want to have on DD, and what YOU can do to help us out. Please consider donating to our Indiegogo fund-raising drive to help us pay our programmer: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/drunk-duck-webcomics-improvement-drive/x/4410947#/ There are a LOT of cool perks you can have including your own Quackcast interview all about YOU, original art from The creator of Modest Medusa, Charby the Vampirate and others, a 126 page Modest Medusa comic for only $10 and much more! If you can't spare any change, please consider spreading the word to your readers. Remember, these fixes are for everyone, by donating to DD you're helping yourself. :D

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 251 - Year end Christmas wrap up

Dec 28, 2015

tags: Banes, by Gunwallace, Drunk Duck, featured comic, Gunwallace, kawaiidaigakusei, music for Willgun's Dragonet, Ozoneocean, Pitface, podcast, Quackcast 251, SWALLOW Vamps in the Big City, Tantz Aerine, Video, Webcomics community, Year end Christmas wrap up

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Merry Christmas and a Happy new year!!! For Quackcast 251 we have a year end wrap-up episode. Tantz Aerine and Pitface join Banes and I to talk about the year as it was, what happened with DD, comicing, and what movies we're looking forward too!- Star Wa… ZOOLANDER! Yes, Zoolander 2, it better not be a disappointment. Gunwallace's theme this week was for Dragonet! A very sober and majestic sounding piece, like a royal funeral march.

Episode 247 - FONTS and LETTERING

Nov 30, 2015

tags: Banes, by Gunwallace, Drunk Duck, featured comic Berrybelle, FONTS and LETTERING, Gunwallace, kawaiidaigakusei, music for Fred Peterson The Mighty Warlord, Ozoneocean, Pitface, podcast, Quackcast 247, Webcomics community

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This week we have VIDEO of the Quackcast again - a nice condensed 10 minute version. Quackcast 247 is all about what fonts to use for your webcomic, hand lettering, aligning fonts, likes and dislikes, where to find good fonts, what sorts of things to look out for and what to avoid. You can find a lot MORE in the font discussion thread linked bellow. The lovely Pitface and hilarious Banes were with me lending their clever insights. Gunwallace gave us a rocking FUNK theme to the comic Fred Peterson The Mighty Warlord!!!

Episode 240 - The Vampcast - Costumecast

Oct 12, 2015

tags: quackcast-240-the-vampcast-costumecast

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Happy October, the month of Halloween! For this quackcast we had Tantz Aerine and Pitface along and we did the entire thing full dressed in costume WHILE vidcasting, which was very distracting. We got a few minutes and iffy quality video of the event too. Unfortunately I'm not very skilled with the process yet. We chat about vampires, using the great contributions of the community! Vampires are fun, but what's MORE fun is costumes. Tantz was a librarian vamp, Pit was a deathknight fairy princess, Banes was a werewolf, and Ozone (me) was a costumed idiot. Gunwallace provided us the lovely theme to the vampy comic Danielle Dark!

Episode 230 - Getting the formula RIGHT

Aug 3, 2015

tags: Banes, by Gunwallace, by Kurapika, Drunk Duck, featured comic, Getting the formula RIGHT, Gunwallace, music for Rismo, No Future Vanish in Time, Ozoneocean, podcast, Quackcast 230, Webcomics community

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We've talked about formulas before, but mostly in the context of escaping formulas and reinventing them. NOW however we're talking about using existing formulas to create a story, or creating new formulas and sticking to them to come up with your stories. Formulas can be a good tool to write with, along with their close sibling “the trope” they take elements that are proven to work and stick them on a solid framework for you to more easily create your story around. All you need to do is plug in your characters and situation and see how it all fits. Formulas are comfortable for people and make it easier for a writer to structure their story faster AND in a way they know should appeal to people. Enjoy Gunwallace's lovely theme for Rismo!

Episode 228 - Conflicting conflicts conflict

Jul 19, 2015

tags: Banes, by Gunwallace, Conflicting conflicts conflict, Drunk Duck, featured comic, music for Tales from Two Tiny Tittybars, Ozoneocean, podcast, Quackcast 228, Regarding Dandelions, Webcomics community

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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 it up really carefully or just put a bunch of volatile characters together and see what happens? I think for a lot of us we don't think too much about the science of our conflicts, rather we approach it artistically and develop things by feel and instinct because conflict is such an intrinsic trait. But understanding how you use it can be very useful when you're writing satisfying resolutions and climaxes. A good understanding of the types of conflict in your story is also pretty essential when you're writing a good comedy (it's a great source of humour!), and also when you're explaining or selling your work to the public: It's all very well to chat about your clever setting and your funky characters, but conflict is the reason they're IN a story to begin with and that's really what will get people wanting to read out it. I hope you enjoy Gunwallace's great porn style music type theme for Tales of Two Tiny Titty bars!