What is a character? A miserable little pile of traits! Except no, there is more to a character than a collection of likes and dislikes. There are varying opinions on the importance of character versus plot, with some authors viewing all characters as a mere tool to drive plot forward ...

Don't Sweat The Details
Amelius at 9:27AM, Feb. 3, 2019Running the Marathon
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 2, 2019
So it turns out I'm quite ill this week and I don't feel I have enough focus to finish up my “Writing Mental Illness” set of articles. I promise to do that next week.
For today I'd like to talk about planning, writing and drawing a webcomic ...
Salvaging the Antihero and the Art House Hero
Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 31, 2019
Over the holidays I watched a couple of programs that made me think of “non-traditional heroes”
We've talked about antiheroes multiple times around theduckwebcomics.com of course.
One of the programs was a series called ‘Happy!’ and the other was the movie “Inside Llewyn Davis” by the Coen Brothers ...
QUACKCAST 411 - The Right to Copy!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 29, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
Listen on Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunkduck-quackcast
Or TuneinRadio - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Books–Literature/Drunkduck-Quackcast-p1150194/
Copyright is a huge thing! It allows us to make money from our creations and stops other people from stealing them. But culture isn't about a ...
Too Smart and Sensitive
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 28, 2019
The buzz on the street is that mTV studios will be releasing a Daria reboot called Daria and Jodie along with other shows geared to an older audience like the animated Aeon Flux series. Daria was such a staple to watch in the late nineties and it helped teens in ...
The Dread Hiatus
Amelius at 9:57AM, Jan. 27, 2019
Have you ever noticed that among the dead webcomics, a preponderance of them have “Hiatus” on their tombstone? That tombstone being, of course, the final page posted years and years ago with a promise they will be “right back” after a “short break”. There are of course a number of ...
The first webcomic page
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Jan. 25, 2019
I’m in the process of moving house and I took the opportunity to go through some childhood belongings. During my excavation I stumbled across the very first comic page I ever drew. This was quite the find as I had long believed that my first ever webcomic, with its ...
QUACKCAST 410 - Say My Name
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 22, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
Listen on Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunkduck-quackcast
Or TuneinRadio - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Books–Literature/Drunkduck-Quackcast-p1150194/
Coming up with character names can be a real challenge because once you settle on one they can define the character just as much as their personality ...
Used Books and Righteous Comic Have Milestones!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 21, 2019
MILESTONES
Used Books by usedbooks
usedbooks would like to announce a milestone!
Used Books will be posting its 1400th page today. :)
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/used_books/
RIGHTEOUS by righteouscomic
Righteous Comic has reached its 250th page today!
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/RIGHTEOUS/
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What's Quacking?
Do you have any original ...