Photo: "The True Face: 267”. Drawn by Marcorossi. (April 2023)
Hear ye, hear ye! The final page of The True Face by Marcorossi went Live on The Duck on Sunday, May 21, 2023.
Here is a message from the creator of The True Face:
Marcorossi writes:
Hi!
I just finished ...
Writing Overpowered Characters
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 22, 2023
One of the most frequent ways to make characters stand out in fiction or myth is to give them a staggering, amazingly powerful ability. Something that mere talent doesn't give you. Something miraculous, larger than the largest life, unique and insurmountable:
Like a dude that can part an entire ...
Quackcast 628 - Cover me!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 28, 2023 LISTEN on our new player!
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We're talking about the importance of a good cover in this cast. Another technical comicscast! I love making coves, they're one of my fave things ...
Marisu
Banes at 12:00AM, March 9, 2023
The term “Mary Sue” became a lot more mainstream a few years ago - but around comic book websites like ours, and circles that were into writing and deeper fandom have been well versed with this for much longer.
The Mary Sue is a character who has abilities or positive qualities ...
Quackcast 625 - Designing Women
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 7, 2023 LISTEN on our new player!
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Character design is a fun process but not without its challenges. Do you design the character or their story first? I've followed both of those approaches ...
You Kids Are Testing My Limits
Banes at 12:00AM, March 2, 2023
I was reading a critique of a series, a successful series, of novels. I think it's an urban fantasy/horror thing where the main character has a specific paranormal ability, limited, but useful in her detective work. She had a love interest, who was maybe on and off, but ...
Cupcake War Machine Near its End. A Round of Milestones for: Interstellar Battle Girls; Ice Cream Truck of Doom; The Last Space Wizard; and Pulse Comics!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 27, 2023
Photo: “Twistjam: Morgyn and Lacey”. Original characters from Alone is a Hard Thing Toby by David A Webcomic and Hawk and Flo Adventures Part 1 Ice Cream Truck of Doom by HawkandFloAdventures. (February 2023)
A nice round of milestones from four creators to celebrate the accomplishments on The Duck:
The ...
New Year's Eve Thoughts
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 31, 2022
It's customary during the final days of a year to do resolutions for the next one or overviews of what happened in the one that's ending.
Even if we buck the system, we kinda do think back and ahead, especially during New Year's Eve, don't we ...