Them's Fightin' Words: CONFLICT

Banes at 12:00AM, July 9, 2015


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Conflict
If you're anything like me (you poor soul), you may have learned about conflict in English or Creative Writing classes, and they told you that stories could either be

Man vs. Himself,
Man vs. Man, or
Man vs. Nature.

So a character would be either ...









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Quackcast 226 - The Power of Contrast

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 7, 2015

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Content:
In this Quackcast I interrogated Mr Banes on the subject of his first newspost: Contrasts. It's a subject near and dear to him, even his comic "Typical Strange“ has its name based on the concept, i.e. two words with the opposite meanings put together to create ...


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IMPORTANT - Server Downtime on Saturday (Also - Happy Canada Day/Fourth of July!)

HippieVan at 12:00AM, July 3, 2015

IMPORTANT:
Ozoneocean is scheduling some server down time for the early hours of Saturday morning LA time
The site should be very quiet then. he needs to shut it down so that he can sort out a cheaper hosting plan with our server host.
It shouldn't take more than ...


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Quackcast 225 - To Fan-service or not to fan-service

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 30, 2015

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- Art by Ozoneocean

Content:
Today Banes and I talk about the subject of fan service in comics (and other pop-culture). This Quackcast was inspired by a newspost by HippieVan of that same title. We're helped in our discussion by the really interesting contributions of many smart people on ...




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The Times They Are A-Changin'

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 29, 2015



Five years ago I was sitting at a dinner table with an older, conservative crowd of family friends when the topic of same-sex marriage was brought up. I added my thoughts to the discussion with the best example of recent history I could muster up at that time. I said ...

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Fan Service in Comics

HippieVan at 12:00AM, June 26, 2015



This post was inspired ozoneocean's forum thread about sexism, as well as a recent update by JustNoPoint. (Quick note: none of my comments about fan service are directed at JNP's work! It was just his joking about fan service that had me thinking about it.)

“Fan service” can ...



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QUACKCAST 224 - Finding your own voice as a writer

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 23, 2015

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- Art by Kevin Hayman.

Content:
For Quackcast 224 I've asked Kevin Hayman back again (KOTA's world, Mailbox Rocketship, Erant Apprentice), to regale us with his Owen Wilson stylings…
But seriously, the topic is “finding your own voice in writing”, i.e. learning not to imitate your hero ...





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QUACKCAST 223 - Collaborating with the Aliens

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 16, 2015

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- Art from Albert the Alien.

Content:
On today's Quackcast I, the marvellous Ozoneocean am speaking to the equally marvellous Trevor Mueller of Albert the Alien! This fine chap is returning to the Quackcast (was on Quackcast 184), to chat with me about the process of collaborating from the ...




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2015 DD Awards - Submit your FYC pages and Trophy Designs!

HippieVan at 12:00AM, June 12, 2015



Niccea is now accepting For Your Consideration pages for the 2015 Drunk Duck Awards! Call Me Tom has prepared the first page, which you can see here.

Rules:
Keep the pages G-rated
Stick to the theme of hunting for/suggesting a venue
Pages must be submitted by the first week ...






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FEATURED COMIC --> Pig's Cautionary Night Tales: Seance

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 10, 2015



What do you get when you mix a group of youngsters with the intention to do a seance and the dangers of entering a cemetery late at night? Well, I bet you can already predict that things will not turn out pretty.

If you're looking for fun on a ...



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