Creating believable and engaging dialogue is key when creating a story. It’s not only used to convey important plot information, but also emotions, motivations and rapport amongst the cast.
Dialog can be an effective way to convey information or raise conflict that maintains the momentum of the comic. The ...
Creating good dialogue
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, April 23, 2021QUACKCAST 524 - Empathy
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Empathy is like sympathy but you don't think about it. It's what happens when you ...
Saturday Night Live Finally Spoofed a Rap about Non-Fungible Tokens
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 29, 2021
The moment Pete Davidson dressed in a make-shift Robin costume asking a question about an NFT (one of the more recent buzzwords of the Internet) during a late night comedy show was shocking, but not entirely surprising.
The term Non-Fungible Token (NFT) has been thrown around on many podcasts by ...
The steady march of progress
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, March 26, 2021
It goes without saying that this past year has been a clusterfunk and a half. However despite all the upheaval, societal change, devastation and the final encroachment of light at the end of this exhaustingly long tunnel there has been much time to do the art things. As the months ...
Unlikely Mentors
Banes at 12:00AM, March 25, 2021
the cruel tutor himself, Pai Mei
One of my favorite character types is the gruff/grizzled old mentor. Tough as nails, mean or cranky on the outside but with great knowledge or support to offer when you know them, or when they know - and trust - you.
I've talked about ...
To Keep or Not to Keep?
damehelsing at 12:00AM, March 21, 2021
that is the question, right?
Hey, hi – hello, I’m damehelsing and this is my first article.
I’m new to this but I have a lot of thoughts and instead of talking to myself, I can talk to you.
There’s always a spark of joy and a roller ...
Sarcasm
Banes at 12:00AM, March 18, 2021
When writing and drawing comics, facial expression and body language can sell and reinforce character, tone and story.
A smiling face can say as much as their words about what's going on in the moment, and in the character's emotions.
But what about a sarcastic smile? Or sarcastic ...
Meet Me Halfway
Banes at 12:00AM, March 11, 2021
Last week I talked about what kind of stuff to stick in the middle section of stories.
Here's a tangent I found myself on, about the actual halfway mark:
Well, the middle bit almost always contains the actual halfway point of the story. In many stories this is a ...
Punch to the Midsection
Banes at 12:00AM, March 4, 2021
In the beginning, we set up our character
Iin the middle, we get them into trouble
In the end, we get them out of trouble.
Sounds so simple! It's tougher than that to pull off.
The middle of a story in particular, as people have talked about, is often ...
Handling info dumps
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Feb. 19, 2021
Exposition is information that the author wants the reader to know before they move on in the plot. It is delivered in one chunk, in the form of a conversation, a diary or an explanation from the view of the narrator. Despite its bad reputation, there is a place for ...