Javert is such a stellar and powerful character in Les Miserables that he has his very own trope.
He's the skilled, dogged, unwavering locomotive of a chaser that in the name of the law, the church, the state, the cause pursues and persecutes the hero of a story, and ...

The Javert Effect
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 26, 2018The 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 372 - Marvel heroes and an infinity war against greyness
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 1, 2018 LISTEN!
In this Quackcast we use the movie Avengers: Infinity War as an excuse to chat about grey characters and how that applies in the Marvel universe. In truth we don't touch much on that movie but we do chat about a few of the other marvel superhero movies ...
A Stream of Consciousness
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, April 27, 2018
Welcome to a stream of consciousness.
There are times, more than we might like to admit, when we encounter the chasm of blank thought that is writer’s block. So often in fact, that there are countless books, articles and videos on how to get around it; to spark your ...
The Character Journey of Iron Man revisited
Banes at 12:00AM, April 26, 2018
Iron Man and the multi film arc - revisited
There are spoilers below for the Iron Man and Avengers movies, Civil War, and Spiderman Homecoming
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been breaking new ground in movies with their various interconnected films for about ten years.
The MCU began with Iron Man ...
Gray, Black and White (part 1)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 14, 2018
I had to hold myself back from making a 50 shades joke so badly I feel chafing from the restraints.
But this isn't about what you think- i.e. using grayscale or black and white rather than colour in a webcomic.
Rather, this is about a webcomic's characters ...
The Origin Stories of Webcomics | Part 3
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Feb. 2, 2018
So here we are.
The final part.
The end of the journey.
Settle in kids because this is looooong. I’m going to get a bit real and it may be confronting for some people so I just want to warn you.
I was in my final year of university ...
Quackcast 356 - READERS
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 9, 2018 LISTEN!
*Cover image taken from work done by Emma_Clare*
READERS are a massive part of Drunk Duck! Actually readers are a huge part of ANY comic. But Drunk Duck tends to focus far more on creators than perhaps we should… This idea was inspired by a newspost of Tantz's ...
The Dark Broadcasting Experiment
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Jan. 5, 2018
Looking for an excuse to begin a Twitter account for your webcomic? Well, I have one for you!
A recent community has dropped a pebble in the lake that is the Twitter webcomic world and has begun to make waves by dedicating the month of January to “dark broadcasting”. The ...