Writing Wise Folk

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 1, 2020



Wise men are like valuable spice for a story. They are also a wonderful plot device, or an extremely cheesy one, depending on how the character is used and written.

Wise men (and women) are often the moral compass to the main characters, or hold some kind of answer to ...



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Overall tips for getting over a slump

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Jan. 17, 2020



It's very easy for us creators to get wrapped up in our own art and stories that sometimes we begin to feel stagnant. It’s important to take a step back and look at what others are doing as it might go on to serve as inspiration for your ...

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Showing Music in Comics

Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 19, 2019



Obviously, comics don't have sound. And that includes most webcomics.

But if you want to show music playing, or being performed, how do you indicate it on a comic page?

The first method that comes to mind is just writing the lyrics in a dialogue balloon, and maybe peppering ...





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Sad day for Smack Jeeves

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 8, 2019
tags: day, for, Jeeves, Sad, Smack



It's a sad day for Smack Jeeves and independent webcomics comics in general.
In case you haven't heard Smack Jeeves was acquired by a Korean mobile content company NHN. They've proceeded to minimise the community there and hijack the platform to promote a selection of sleek, generic ...


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The rise of piracy in webcomics

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Dec. 6, 2019



Generally speaking, most webcomic artists publish their work for free. If they’re lucky they are supported on Patreon or manage to make a living on the side but, for the most part, it is a labour of love. So what can one do when they discover that their work ...

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A time for giving and thanks

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Nov. 29, 2019



With the Thanksgiving holiday coming to a close and Christmas not being far away, now is a good time to take a step back and consider the past year. For my writing partner and I, we had high hopes for the year coupled with a mountain of plans. However, those ...

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Demographics

Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 7, 2019

Who's it for?

In writing instructional books, there used to be this bit about deciding who your story/screenplay/series is FOR. This is a notion used in the industry (so I've read) to figure out who the audience is going to be for a given project. In ...

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Controversial Comic Seized in Malaysia

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 28, 2019



A comic book in Malaysia titled “Road and Belt Initiative for Win-Winism” by Hew Kuan Yau has been banned by the Malaysian government last week under the Printing Presses and Publication Act. It is being seized after being accused of potentially spreading communist and socialist ideals and it could be ...

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Genejoke Created a Proposal to Reboot the Drunk Duck Anthology!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 14, 2019



Back in June, ozoneocean brought our attention back to getting fixes and a redesign for the site.

https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/178185/

Some of these changes included: better page organisation for creators, likes, threaded comments and comment notifications for a better social experience (we have SOME of that ...





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