After a long comic-making hiatus, I’ve had several ideas for comics in the last little while. Working on the first one, though, I’ve realized that unless I get a heck of a lot faster at drawing it's unlikely that all of my ideas will ever come to ...
Comic-making shortcuts
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Sept. 4, 2015Quackcast 234 - Climactic Climaxes!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 1, 2015 LISTEN!
What's best? One big climax, multiple small ones, early, or delayed? How much should you work UP to a climax? What about anticlmactic events, how important are they?
Climaxes are really important in stories. Often you work up to them over the course of a whole series, but ...
Late Night Drive
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 24, 2015
Like any typical night that I get exhausted from staying cooped up inside the house, I grabbed my car keys, started up the engine, and went out on a drive by myself. Tonight was a bit special because I had a mixed CD soundtrack of the arcade driving game, Wangan ...
Wield ultimate power - become a judge for the DD Awards!
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Aug. 21, 2015
It's time to determine this year's winners, but there are still plenty of categories that need more judges!
Do you enjoy webcomics? Do you have opinions? You will be an ideal judge! It's really easy. All you have to do is:
1. Volunteer and then make an ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Cogs and Claws
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 19, 2015
Cogs and Claws is a surreal odyssey for your imagination.
In the opening sequence, a giant flounder emerges from an underwater pod and boards a space shuttle submerged in water. Soon thereafter, the shuttle is blasted into space where it joins several other spacecrafts driven by various anthropomorphic creatures.
This ...
Quackcast 232 - Creating a Rounded World
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 18, 2015 LISTEN!
Hello, hello, hello! This is the second part of our hugely long expose on the tricky art of WORLD BUILDING! And it really IS extra loooooooooooog… that's because we take so much time crafting the Quackcast world for you. To recap: world-building is a big part of ALL ...
Sunny days and comic books
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Aug. 14, 2015
Summer here is hot and dry, but it's so short that sometimes it feels more like a coffee break in an endless winter than a real season. People who live in the prairies know that each summer day has to be savoured - tucked away as a little memory for ...