So you'd like to have your comic featured on the front page of the site here?
What does it take? Interesting question… Let me answer that for you. :)
The criteria is pretty straight forward:
1. The comic needs to have at least 15 pages.
The reason for this is ...
Quackcast 324 - The *Bleeping*cast!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 23, 2017 LISTEN!
In this Quackcast we discuss the interesting notion that censorship can actually be a positive force for creation. Sometimes working WITHIN restrictions of censorship can make you more creative and your work a lot more individual, special and more interesting. I came to this subject after reading a review ...
Comedy Plots
Banes at 12:00AM, May 4, 2017Howdy!
I was going to go over the structure of a comedy story, based on the fine book “The Comic Toolbox” by Jason Voorhees.
If you have the interest, I can go into the structure outlined by Jason; he lays out a few different options that you may find useful ...
Quackcast 320 - Making the reader believe
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 25, 2017 LISTEN!
In this Quackcast I wanted to talk about the magic of authorship: how the creator of a story sets up the whole situation so that they can convince the reader of anything. You can write a story about the smartest man in the world, and the reader will believe ...
COMEDY - part two - Creating Comedic Characters
Banes at 12:00AM, April 20, 2017
Last week I looked at a theory of the “comedy premise” that has to do with crossing the mundane with the unusual.
Here's that post:
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2017/apr/12/comedy-part-one-the-premise/
This week: Creating Comedic Characters!
Using the same principle as the “premise” creation, we can ...
What's It About?
Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 16, 2017
ACT 2 - The Premise
It's about a guy who…
When we try to decide with our friends about seeing a movie, or surf Netflix for something to watch, or try to sell people on a movie/book/story we want them to experience, that's what we have to ...
FEATURED COMIC -> My Pet Succubus
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 4, 2017
Witch Natasha gathers her ingredients, makes all the right preparations, chants the dark magic words and… nothing. She tries again and then notices a perky young lady behind her. Young, happy-go-lucky, naive Giselle isn't quite the succubus Natasha had in mind when she decided to summon a demon! My ...
Stuck In The Middle
Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 17, 2016
Stuck in the Middle - Midpoints
I've often found the Midpoint of a story difficult to find and difficult to write.
It's one of the big three pillars in story structure, and it's the
most subtle.
The Midpoint doesn't have the “dragged into a new world” of ...