The Old, the New, History and Nostalgia

Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 28, 2016



Pop culture is being visited by its own past. There's no denying the excitement surrounding the reappearance of the original Star Wars and X-Files characters after an absence of years.

We all know our mainstream entertainment is stuffed with more and more sequels, remakes, reboots, soft reboots, reimaginings, reintegrated ...



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Drunk Duck Improvement Drive update!

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 23, 2016



As you may or may not know we're currently trying to upgrade features on DD and fix some bugs like adding stats tracking for every comic and PQ notifications. But to do that we need money to pay the programmer so we're running an Indiegogo campaign! . Our goal ...

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ENDINGS part two

Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 21, 2016




I read that a great ending should be “surprising but inevitable”. That's a tall order! To have the whole story leading to that inevitable conclusion, but not be predictable. Wow!

However, I've seen (and read…ah, let's be honest; mostly it's “seen”) several great endings that ...




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HELP US FIX DD!

Ozoneocean at 4:02AM, Jan. 19, 2016



Our Indiegogo funding drive is NOW live:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/drunk-duck-webcomics-improvement-drive/x/4410947#/
Help fund us there, offer your services for a perk (commissions etc), or just help us spread the word!

FINALLY Drunk Duck is on the way to improving! But we really need your help, the ...





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Quackcast 254 - Sexism in your OWN work?

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 19, 2016

LISTEN!

OMFG you sexist PIG! Heh… today we talk about trying to recognise sexism in your OWN work, what to do about it, and WHY. It turns out it can be very hard to do, and if you DO acknowledged it the instinct is to rationalise it away, justify it ...

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Quackcast 253 - narrative order and the flashback

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 12, 2016

LISTEN!

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 ...


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Advice for creating and using weapons in fiction

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 7, 2016



If you want to decent job of it, creating and using weapons in fiction can be quite tricky. There are a lot of pitfalls that newbies and even long time veterans of creating fiction fall into.

1. Number one is simply copying what others have done without understanding it yourself ...



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Images down

Ozoneocean at 5:06PM, Dec. 18, 2015
tags: problems, Site

UPDATE: Friday 11:59pm PST
I was able to speak to Amazon customer service directly and the issue should be fixed now!

UPDATE: Friday 11pm PST
All payments have been processed but our account is still suspended. I've contacted Amazon AWS support about it and I'm waiting to ...



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FEATURED COMIC --> The Grazing Mongrel

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 16, 2015



The Grazing Mongrel is a non-sequitur strip comic featuring social commentary based on the absurdity of modern life. It may be a little hit and miss for some: I laughed out loud at a few of the strips, others didn't quite hit the mark and some need you to ...

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Quackcast 249 - Bad Drawing advice!

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 15, 2015

LISTEN!

All too often we try to give out GOOD drawing advice and USEFUL tips on how to do art. Well that all changes here: this time professors Ozoneocean, Tantz Aerine, Banes, and Pitface (our throbbing Head of department), come together to tell you the very worst ways to produce ...

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