An effective way to land the climax of your comic arc is to build it up using foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is when a creator lays down small nods or clues throughout their story that an event is going to happen or a character is going to act a certain way. When ...
Foreshadowing the future
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, July 2, 2021Star Trek Economics
Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 4, 2021
I just finished a rewatch of The Mandalorian series and one of the things I thought about was the vicious profiteering and scramble for money (or ‘credits’, or valuable metals or what have you) that indicates what kind of economy is at work in that show.
Granted, so far we ...
Everyday Joes and the Best of the Best
Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 21, 2021
Everyday Joes and the Best of the Best
Star Wars and Star Trek are long-running siblings in science fiction pop culture. I don't know if there's really a “rivalry” between the two; SW has always been more popular I think, and the two are very different.
One big ...
The Death of the Method?
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 12, 2019
The Death of the Method?
In the past, I've been a proponent of the Banes Method - really, the Save the Cat Method - of story construction and story improvement.
The method became all the rage in film production in Hollywood apparently - and has received some criticism as well, for being ...
The KAMics Reaches the 1,700 Page Milestone!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 19, 2017
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_KAMics/
Golly gee willikers! Can you believe that The KAMics has reached an outstanding level of pages that it deserves recognition?
That is correct, on Friday, June 16th, the KAMics reached its 1,700 page milestone and we are very impressed here on the site. Surely ...
UPDATE: DD Awards Announcements!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 5, 2017
The 2017 Drunk Duck Awards need your help designing this year's trophy.
Rules:
-Designs due June 10th
-Submit to the thread below
-Use white or transparent background if possible
-Have fun
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/177684/
Also, the awards are accepting For Your Consideration (FYC) comics. This ...
Daring to Do Something Different
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 29, 2017
Today is Memorial Day in the United States. I have met many young men who have joined the military and each time I look into their eyes, I see a brave person who is able to confront fears I never had to face at that age. Some of them may ...
At the End of the Day, We All Revert to Our Seventh Grade Selves
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 22, 2017
Before I begin, I must preface that this news article is brought to you by the workings of a large iced dark roast coffee (black) and a large unsweetened iced green tea. This magical concoction of caffeine has offered a rush of thoughts and clarity to the regular thoughts that ...