As a long-time reader of comics, I've known that some pages can be less clear when it comes to the reading order. In the West, we start at the top left, of course, and the expected move is to read the way we read text - left to right, and ...
How Do I Read This Comic? Panels, Flow and Blockage
Banes at 12:00AM, March 7, 2024Concepts into Characters...into Canada?
Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 22, 2024
I'm not sure if we've talked about this before, but character creation has so many possible roads.
An interesting one is turning a ‘concept’ into a character. It's been done many times - of course, there are the ancient Gods and Goddesses, that personify different aspects of reality ...
The Rules of Writing, from the Sandman Man
Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 11, 2024
The next Anthology of Duck comics is in development - Remember to vote for the title! The thread is here:
https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/179106/
Here's some writing advice from Neil Gaiman, writer of comic books and other media. They're outstanding of course.
The Rules of Writing ...
Creator Feuds and Hidden Messages
Banes at 12:00AM, April 20, 2023
Jon Favreau played Maz Kanada. Or Pablo Hidalgo. Or something like that
There are Easter Eggs hidden in media that might be spottable by viewers/readers, and others that the audience would never know unless they got the inside scoop from somewhere.
It's one reason I like commentaries and ...
LITE BITES MILESTONE
Banes at 12:00AM, June 2, 2022
LITE BITES by Genejoke reaches 1000 Pages!
Genejoke sez:
Lite Bites has hit 1000 pages, that's a huge number.
That's 1000 pages of work by many people in various
styles and genres.
Prior to the revival of Lite Bites last year there was 700 or so pages,
The ...
The motive ruined it for me...
damehelsing at 12:00AM, Oct. 17, 2021
I want to play a game…
Here we go lads, lasses, dummy thicc axes, I meant to do a movie review for Scream last week but I saw The Ruins and just felt the need to get into it.
Anyway for Scream! So, be warned, there are spoilers, probably bad ...
Retelling Stories by Converting Graphic Novels into Audiobooks
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 14, 2020
It is hard to predict when new content for television shows and the big screen will start rolling out. I jokingly once thought that we might all turn back the clocks and bring back old fashion radio shows where candy wrappers were used to imitate crackling fires and beans in ...
Finding Creative Inspiration in Quiet Places
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 5, 2019
I am half way complete with my journey across the United States and I have spent the last week in the small town of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. This is an area of the world that many great creative artists, musicians, and writers that I greatly admire have lived and found ...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN, 2017!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 30, 2017
Six weeks ago, at the end of my article titled “Psychopomps and Death Personified”, I asked the question: Can you think of any examples of the personification of Death in a comic? How about on Drunk Duck (Yes, you can plug your own comic)?
Much to my delight, fellow community ...