So last time I talked about the little extras that can go into dialogue and how that dialogue can be presented on the page of your comic, so I was thinking today might be good to continue in that general trajectory and talk about little extras in your character design ...
Character Quirks
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 25, 2017START AS YOU MEAN TO GO ON
HyenaHell at 11:17PM, March 23, 2017
Every now and again, an acquaintance or friend who ain't as deep in comics culture and creation as I am (which is to say they ain't really got much of an idea about comics but have seen the Sunday funnies page and know that Batman is a thing ...
Quackcast 315 - Creepy Pasta
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 21, 2017 LISTEN!
This week we decided to all read out Creepypastas, just because! I's a popular thing on the net and people like that sort of thing… Well Banes and Pit do anyway. So what ARE Creepypastas? Well they're not the rotten spaghetti that had Banes blasting from both ...
Jonathin Quackup Kickstarter: Issue #2 - Cat Warriors Capture Our Hero!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 20, 2017
QUACKUP #2 is now available on Kickstarter!
Thank you everyone for making QUACKUP #1 a success with over 4 thousand copies released!
We are offering more personalized edition covers! Plus ad space, alternate covers, the Quackup game app, and more!
Overview
The Jonathin Quackup series takes place in a dying ...
Some More Stuff on Dialogue
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 18, 2017
So last week I talked about the basic principles of dialogue, so the recipe to the cake itself. But now I’d also like to talk about that cake’s icing and trimmings- what will make the dialogue we’re writing be fun and distinct and pop in our comic ...
Memes
Banes at 12:00AM, March 16, 2017
A Meme is a comic, really. Pictures and words put together to get some kind of point across.
It's a fascinating phenomenon. I'm tempted to try to explain what they are, but the meme up top has reminded me not to attempt that.
Seeing them, whether I understand ...
Quackcast 314 - The failure of heroes
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 14, 2017 LISTEN!
When heroes fail… Hey, why would you ever want a hero to fail? Well there are a lot of reasons and listening to this Quackcast will tell you why, but the quick version is that you don't want your hero to be a perfect Mary-Sue sort of character ...
The Impracticality of Being Practical
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 13, 2017
The Businessman, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
I have a certain level of disdain for people who believe that comics and art in general are merely hobbies. When I was much younger and on the receiving end of advice from many well-meaning grown-ups, the word “practical” and the phrase ...
Dialogue is a Paintbrush
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 11, 2017
In any work of art where storytelling is concerned, dialogue (should) play a central part. The relatability of the characters hinges on how they behave, and a lot of that behavior is verbal, especially in movies, theatre and comics (but also books. And everything else.)
So how do we create ...
PHOTOCOMICS
Banes at 12:00AM, March 9, 2017
Image by Gunwallace, from Utterly Rucked, found here on the Utterly Drunk Duck!
Photocomics
My somewhat undisciplined, regularly wandering mind went, awhile back, to the possibility of doing photocomics instead of drawn ones.
Of course, my fanciful thoughts hit a wall after realizing the amount of WORK that goes into ...