Having decided that shock value is needed in your comic and you must scare, disgust or generally traumatize your audience in some way in order to get the emotional reaction to serve your theme and your subject matter, how do you decide when and where to draw the line? (note ...
How Much is Just Right when it Comes to Shock Value?
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 12, 2017Crossing Over
Banes at 12:00AM, June 15, 2017Cinematic Universes are the big thing these days. Or they're trying to be.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is expanding to further-flung corners all the time: I couldn't believe some of the “cosmic” characters who appeared in the Guardians of the Galaxy volume 2. Characters I would have thought ...
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 ...
Them's the rules, bub.
HyenaHell at 12:00AM, March 3, 2017
Well last week we had chaos and disruption, so reckon it's high time we reestablished some order around here. And to do that ya need rules, right?
Rules. Yeah… Oh boy.
Well fine, we ain't got to call it “rules”; we can think of it as a set ...
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 ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Tangled River
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 2, 2015
Tanya is a daydreamer. She loves sitting outdoors and drawing in her sketchbook. Tanya and her best friend Licorice are both technically natives growing up in a space colony even though she thinks of herself as a Spaceling. However, the two have very dissimilar interests. Tanya likes to talk about ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Perry Penguin
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 12, 2014
Perry Penguin is a story that focuses on conversations between two friends in the North Pole: Steve, the tan-loving sea lion, and Perry, an argumentative penguin. Sometimes the conversations drift into politics, film, and current events. The two personalities are pretty funny and bring up intelligent points without crossing the ...
I guess I should make a newspost!
skoolmunkee at 3:59PM, Jan. 31, 2010
Guess what! Last week, Carnies turned 25 pages old! “25 pages without filler” that is. :]
Guess what other comic reached 25 pages last week! Kombat Kubs, by Wordweaver_three and harkovast!
I guess I should announce that Urban Legends Sketchbook by Legend Comics has also reached 25 pages!
You'll never ...
First newspost of the year! *fanfare*
skoolmunkee at 1:44AM, Jan. 4, 2010
To start the new year we've got a great new interview - legomegacy interviews BlkKnight of Crossing Death and other comics!
20. Have you changed or changed anyone during the run of your strip?
Plenty. I'll list them all as fun facts.
1) Brick was originally slated to date ...