In the whole “show don't tell” thing that is the holy grail of ‘good storytelling’ (yes but not always, this is for a newspost of another time) what they usually don't tell you is that behavioral patterns are your friend.
To show rather than tell, you need to ...
Character Upbringing
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 17, 2023Raise your Flag
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 11, 2023
Hey all! Wasn’t in the mood to put up another poem for this Sunday post, so I’d thought I instead dedicate this Sunday post to something I’ve done recently. Last Tuesday June 6th it was Swedish National Day and the day before that day I spent the ...
Panel By Panel: Our First Scavenger Hunt (The Results!)
hpkomic at 11:43AM, May 19, 2023
Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week we are checking in with the scavenger hunt launch in the last post, where I asked you to find specific examples of a panel in your work, and we have some ...
When the World has Changed Forever
Banes at 12:00AM, May 18, 2023
We talk a lot about Franchises here because those have been the big, widely known movies/stories in the culture in recent years.
But it's not all about Franchises - one thing that a standalone story can do, and occasionally does, is have an ending that changes the world forever ...
Weird Science 👽
lothar at 12:00AM, May 12, 2023
Hi everybody,
Since I can't get anything done until right before the deadline I've decided to just keep hitting refresh on the front page and click on stuff til I find something to comment on. I'll pick 3 comics again.
1. Afterworld Part I (2007) by Dan ...
The Slippery Slope (Or How to Make a Great Villain Origin Arc)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 6, 2023
Villains are tremendously important for a story. They set the framework and standard for a lot of things in an unsaid but definite manner: how far your villain is willing to go sets up audience expectations for how big and how dire the stakes will be in the story.
If ...
Panel By Panel: Our First Scavenger Hunt
hpkomic at 3:37PM, May 5, 2023
Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. We'll be getting back to panel analysis in the coming weeks, but for my return to writing after a brief health break, I want to do that challenge I discussed some time ...
Red Carpet 2023 is Coming Up!
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 29, 2023
The DD Awards, run by DD Awards Queen Niccea, are already under way!
The first For Your Consideration (FYC) pages are already up on the DD Awards 2023 page, so go check them out if you haven't already.
And since the DD Awards are already happening, you guessed it ...
Fake Media - Not the Kind You're Thinking
Banes at 12:00AM, April 13, 2023
my webcomic, Typical Strange, uses many fake films in its video store setting
A few years ago I spotted a book in the second hand store - one I'd read as a kid. I bought it and reread it. It was definitely more suited to the younger me - it was ...