Covering cover art

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Aug. 27, 2022



Last week, over on the ole Twittersphere, we were asking the #quackchatters about creating cover art for their comics. It was an interesting discussion to go back and read as there were responses there that surprised me.

The first question of the QuackChat hour asked if creators draw some pages ...



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Timely or Timeless

Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 25, 2022


Rogue from the X-Men encounters President Ronald Reagan!
(…who???)


Timeliness vs Timelessness

Some comics are very much “of the moment”, while others are more timeless.

Connecting to the events of the moment can be a worthy endeavor. Webcomics are well suited to this kind of approach, too, with our ability ...








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Quackcast 597 - Revelations!

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 23, 2022

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Today we're talking about a technique in storytelling that we're calling the “revelation”. Inspired by Banes doing an article on the weird trope in movies ...



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Community Discussion Spotlight: Take a comment - leave a comment

hpkomic at 7:52AM, Aug. 19, 2022



How often do you check the forums here at The Duck? We have exciting discussions floating around, and sometimes we should shine a spotlight on them. This week I wanted to share a thread that I think does a lot of great stuff for the community that, while it has ...

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The Truth Is Out There... in Fiction

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 13, 2022



We like to say that sometimes (especially these times) reality is stranger (or more ridiculous or outrageous) than anything one can find in fiction. And while I do think that this holds true on so many occasions, I also think we're being unfair to how much of the human ...

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Quackcast 595 - Oversold to the Moon!

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 9, 2022

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How do you describe your work to sell it to people? Writing blurbs is a real skill! You generally have to avoid doing these four things: Underselling ...



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DD update post 5th of August 2022

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 5, 2022
tags: DD, news, site, update



Latest update news

The title pic shows DD as it was 20 years ago. It's really not a bad design at all. The fashion then was to have a front page as an image all sliced up with a bunch of active areas working as buttons/links. The top ...



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Quackcast 593 - Risky Business

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 26, 2022

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The risks of online creative success
We live in a wonderful time where you're able to turn your creative passion into a job that can support ...




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DD update post 22/JULY/2022

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 22, 2022
tags: post, site, update



Latest update news 22nd of July, 2022

-First up
Alexey has updated the prototype template again:
https://next.theduckwebcomics.com/

This time all the log in features, control panel, messages, likes, replies, comments, fave list etc will all be in a drop down to the right so that the top ...







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