Rating your comic

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, March 22, 2019



An important, but often overlooked aspect of creating a webcomic is what rating it will have, ie whether your comic is adult, young adult, children or x-rated. This question, whilst not always thought about at the conceptual stage, is by no means any less important. It is a critical way ...

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Drawing something you’ve never drawn before

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, March 15, 2019



One of the challenges of drawing comics is that you will, inevitably have to put together a scene you have never attempted before. This is an incredibly daunting task as trying to translate what you have in your head (which is always amazing) to your hand can prove to be ...

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Holy Bible A.G.V. Angel Character Design Submission

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 4, 2019



In the Networking and Community Project section on the forums, Albino Ginger made a call to artists that are interested in having one of their characters appear as an angel in the Holy Bible Albino Ginger Version Comic. Sign-ups and requests can be made on the forums at this link ...

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Writing healthy romance

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, March 1, 2019



After the string of romance novels such as Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey, there was a focus on unhealthy romantic relationships. This was further amplified after the release of Suicide Squad where throngs of girls and women began lusting after a relationship much like The Joker’s and Harley ...

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Polar: From Webcomic to Film

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 11, 2019



It was a Saturday night and I did not want to watched any movies in the theaters, so I decided to stream the latest release of Polar on Netflix. After the first ten minutes of gratuitous nudity, cyberpunk dressed young assassins, gorgeously dressed seasoned assassin played by Hannibal’s Mads ...

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Writing Mental Illness: A Good Example (Part 3)

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 9, 2019



Having discussed a general approach to writing characters with mental disorders (with a lot of thoughtful comments by you further enriching what I had to say!) it's only right that we wrap up this very quick analysis with an example of a story that properly portrays them.

I chose ...



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10 Year flashback - Share your progress!

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Feb. 1, 2019



Last week I dug up my first webcomic page and shared it with you all. In the the comments blntmaker came up with the idea of holding a 10 year challenge for webcomics and you know what? That is a totally awesome one!

So, this week, join me and others ...



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Salvaging the Antihero and the Art House Hero

Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 31, 2019



Over the holidays I watched a couple of programs that made me think of “non-traditional heroes”

We've talked about antiheroes multiple times around theduckwebcomics.com of course.

One of the programs was a series called ‘Happy!’ and the other was the movie “Inside Llewyn Davis” by the Coen Brothers ...





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The Dread Hiatus

Amelius at 9:57AM, Jan. 27, 2019



Have you ever noticed that among the dead webcomics, a preponderance of them have “Hiatus” on their tombstone? That tombstone being, of course, the final page posted years and years ago with a promise they will be “right back” after a “short break”. There are of course a number of ...

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QUACKCAST 410 - Say My Name

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 22, 2019

LISTEN on our new player!
Listen on Stitcher ​​- https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunkduck-quackcast
Or TuneinRadio - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Books–Literature/Drunkduck-Quackcast-p1150194/

Coming up with character names can be a real challenge because once you settle on one they can define the character just as much as their personality ...



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