I've talked about villains before and how they can be very nuanced in their motivations (without those motivations being redeeming) but today, thanks to Emma Clare's Friday post, I became inspired to talk about abject, absolute, abominable villainy! The twirling mustache type, the one that is so pure ...
Pure Evil
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 20, 2019Villains you love to hate
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, April 19, 2019
One of the best types of villains are those that you love to hate. Despite how much you would love for them to shuffle off the mortal coil, they continue to captivate you with their malice and determination and you know that when they do leave the plot, whether deserved ...
The Action - Non-Action Ratio
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 23, 2019
No matter what your webcomic is about, from slice-of-life to epic fantasy to dystopian sci fi, it will have a ratio of action scenes to non-action scenes. This ratio is very important as it affects the pacing of your story as well as how interesting and engaging it will be ...
QUACKCAST 414 - Bad Hollywood
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 19, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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Hollywood has a tendency to simplify or completely alter stories to make them more mainstream and appealing to their idea of a popular audience.
In this Quackcast ...
Writing Mental Illness (Part 2)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 19, 2019
How to Pick, Research and Implement Mental Disorder in a Character
So last time I talked in general about some basic concepts and principles about what constitutes mental illness, or, more accurately, mental disorder. The important thing to remember and keep from all of that is this set of truths ...
New Years' Resolutions
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 29, 2018
It's almost 2019!
Yes yes, I've already made an article about the year ending, but what about the one starting?
Among the singing and the partying, we also tend to make resolutions about how we'll do better in the coming year: we'll diet, we'll make ...
A Most Awesome DD Year!
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 22, 2018
As we are well into holiday season and only 9 days before 2019 (the final countdown!), I think it's good to have a look at all the awesome stuff that happened at the DD site, all absolutely done, funded, supported and cultivated by webcomic artists for webcomic artists AND ...
QUACKCAST 405 - Escape from Tumblr!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 18, 2018 LISTEN on our new player!
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On the 18th of December people who post things with nudity on Tumblr will be kicked off the site. That means all the adult bloggers, comicers and ...
Convergent Creation Part 2
Amelius at 12:21PM, Dec. 16, 2018
Last weekend we discussed that strange phenomenon of independent creation, where there's more than a passing resemblance to another work but it's not a case of plagiarism. Interestingly, not long after I posted that I saw not one but two instances of independent creation being brought up (though ...