I may have told this story in this spot before, but years ago I worked with this book called “The Artist's Way”, which included fun exercises meant to unlock the creativity most of us adults don't access regularly.
The main ongoing exercise done throughout the whole process of ...

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Banes at 12:00AM, May 17, 2018Quackcast 374 - Selling yourself
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 15, 2018 LISTEN!
In this Quackcast we have a chat about some ways to promote your comics and sell yourself. Emma Clare and Tantz have been doing cool stuff with the DD Twitter account. Hash tags are an important part of that, help them come up with a hash tag for DD ...
Reaching a Cinematic Compromise for a FYC Theme
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 14, 2018This is all related to the Drunk Duck Awards. One week ago, Niccea proposed a popular idea a For Your Consideration theme on the forums. Since the Drunk Duck Awards are similar to the Oscars of Drunk Duck, a familiar theme for a lot of people is: Movies.
Having the ...
Designing a Cover
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 12, 2018
Why is it so haaaard?
For me at least. I really am stumped when it comes to drawing covers for my webcomics. So much so that I would always find clever (?) ways for other people to do them for me.
I can't get out of making one now though ...
#QuackAboutIt - We have a poll!
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, May 11, 2018
Hi there everyone!
Last week we announced that we will be hosting a Twitter chat later this May and needed some help choosing our all important hashtag. Well we rounded up some of our favourite suggestions from the forum and are now running the poll on our Twitter account.
If ...
The Sizzle and the Steak
Banes at 12:00AM, May 10, 2018
For of all sad words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are these: “It might have been!”
Whether it's a webcomic, graphic novel, book, TV Show or movie, there is generally a “promise” made to the audience on some level. Maybe it starts with a thumbnail image and a ...
Quackcast 373 - Stupid millennials, greedy baby-boomers and lazy Gen Xers!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 8, 2018 LISTEN!
Millennials are so dumb, Gen Xers are SO lazy, and those Baby-boomers are just greedy as hell aren't they? But seriously, in THIS Quackcast we chat about the different generations of webcomicers and what's changed and what we have to learn from each other. The first generation ...
Help us Help you!
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 5, 2018
Getting comments, getting likes, getting eyes on our webcomics is something we all want- it's part of why we share them with the world, and immortalize them by hitting the upload button (since nothing on the Internet ever, ever dies).
A very good way to do this these days ...
DD Twitter Hour - Come in for a chat
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, May 4, 2018
If you’re looking for a way to connect with a wider comic audience as well as fellow creators a great way to do so is fly over to Twitter and join in one the weekly chats held throughout the week.
These chats run for about an hour and it ...
This Way to the Egress
Banes at 12:00AM, May 3, 2018
PT Barnum was a fascinating character, running “freak shows”, museums, and concert tours, and operating as an author and legislator/politician.
Apparently the phrase attached to him, “There's a sucker born every minute” is not necessarily something he
ever said.
As shocking as it is to modern sensibilities, Barnum ...