For better or for worse, we are creatures of categorizations. We love to label things, and to sort them into neat little boxes so that we are absolutely certain we know what to expect when dealing with each one. It is that sense of familiarity that we are looking for ...
Choosing Your Genre
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 1, 2020QUACKCAST 489 - Continuity
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 28, 2020 LISTEN on our new player!
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It's just Banes, Tantz and me today, chatting about the important topic of continuity! How do you maintain it, what continuity errors have you made, what ...
How Little and How Much?
Banes at 12:00AM, July 16, 2020
In the early weeks of the pandemic, I started updating my comic more. Shortly after that, I took two weeks off work and went even harder.
I was updating furiously, at least in comparison to what I'd been doing for a year or two previous. In fact, after about ...
Stuff About Stuff
Banes at 12:00AM, July 9, 2020
I've watched Mr. Plinkett's reviews of the Star Wars Prequels 3 times. Saw the movies once.
An obscure horror movie was recommended to me and I hunted it down to watch it - it was a great hidden gem for a horror fan like me. A few really effective ...
On the Purging of the Past in Art
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 4, 2020
First off, Happy 4th of July to all USA Duckers!
Recently I listened to Lindsey Ellis' excellently made video essay on so-called ‘woke Disney’: the company's attempt to remake or edit or outright hide past works because they are now judged to be problematic in some way or other ...
Writing More Than You Know
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 13, 2020
We're all aware of the classic tennet for writers and creators of all stories- write what you know in order for the story to be good.
We've explored before what it means to write what you know, and where this rule should be adhered to: at the core ...
QUACKCAST 482 - 2n Guess
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 9, 2020 LISTEN on our new player!
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Tantz's newspost on Saturday about the problems of second guessing yourself and the issues that can arise from that was the inspiration for this week's ...
QUACKCAST 477 - Darkest before dawn
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 5, 2020 LISTEN on our new player!
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Today on this glorious date we chat about that part in stories where everything turns to crap for the protagonists, just before the run up to the ...