Well hell, long time no see huh? I'd like to say I'm back from my, er, break all rejuvenated and refreshed and what have ya but honestly it's damn near midnight and I'm running on three hours of sleep that I managed to eek out on ...
READ MY COMIC DAMN IT! (A "how to" guide)
HyenaHell at 12:00AM, June 16, 2017The Comedy Plot, Toolbox Edition (part three)
Banes at 12:00AM, May 25, 2017PART THREE!
“I wouldn't give this guy's problems to a monkey on a rock!”
-David Letterman
Part One:
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2017/may/10/the-comedy-plot-toolbox-edition-part-one/
Part Two:
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2017/may/17/the-comedy-plot-toolbox-edition-part-two/
The Story so far…
Who is the Hero
What Does ...
Archetypal Events – Staples in Devising Plot (part 4)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 20, 2017
So here we are after the brief intermission, back to talking about archetypes from our friend Jung.
As of course is natural, all stories have to have a plot in order to be engaging and be in a position to make their points and get them across because the alternative ...
Movie Inspirations for Comics
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 13, 2017
So I’m worrying I might be boring the hell out of all of you with Jung and archetypes and odd archaic symbols and mystical imagery cryptography of late…
So here’s something a bit more fun that’s been rolling around in my head as I was gathering up ...
CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON!
HyenaHell at 12:00AM, May 12, 2017
Hey there, gang! Here we are again, another Friday, another ramshackle collection of anecdotes and tangents in the guise of comix-related blogging from yours truly! This week we're gonna jump right into another exciting episode of “aw, crap, well lemme think… what have I been up to recently? I ...
Comedy Plots
Banes at 12:00AM, May 4, 2017Howdy!
I was going to go over the structure of a comedy story, based on the fine book “The Comic Toolbox” by Jason Voorhees.
If you have the interest, I can go into the structure outlined by Jason; he lays out a few different options that you may find useful ...
DEADLINES!
HyenaHell at 12:36AM, April 28, 2017
Welcome back, friends! Today we're gonna talk about deadlines!
When I took over this here Friday blog from my (much more capable) predecessor, I asked Oz, I says, “Oz- I can write whatever I want to, huh?” And he may or may not have actually greenlighted that but if ...
UHG I CAN'T EVEN
HyenaHell at 12:00AM, April 7, 2017
We've all been there: all of the sudden, the trajectory of your own life seems to thwart you from your ambitions! Maybe it's obligations to schoolwork or your day job; maybe your partner or family; maybe you wind up homeless or awkwardly crashing on a series of couches ...
The Use of Shadows
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 1, 2017
There are some comics where shadows don’t really exist- like Tintin where nothing casts a shadow at all. In other comics, shadows play a huge part, like Sin City. And yet in others they are just part of the natural environment of the comic and nothing more.
All are ...
RULES PART TWO: CONTINUITY AND DISRUPTION
HyenaHell at 12:00AM, March 17, 2017
Aight y'all, go ahead and fasten yer proverbial seat belts, on account of we got a lot of ground to cover with this one! Actually come to think of it there ain't really too many proverbs about seat belts; more like I'm stretching out a turn of ...