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This week the topic of our Quackcast was inspired buy my Friday newspost where I talked about how we relate to adaptions of created properties (fave comics or books turned into movies etc), and some of the challenges involved in creating adaptions.
i.e. Hollywood will often try ...
Quackcast 194 - Adapted Adaptations
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 25, 2014FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Local Comic Cons
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Nov. 7, 2014
While the idea of making a big trip to San Diego Comic Con has always been intriguing to me, so far my experience of conventions has been limited to the local con that happens in my city every October.
Nerd culture must be experiencing a boom in Canada, because I ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Presenting the 2014 Drunk Duck Awards
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Sept. 19, 2014
The 2014 Drunk Duck Awards are officially upon us!
The winners are always a great collection of DD classics and newer comics, so be sure to check them out and find some new favourites! And don't forget that the awards can always use more extras, which can be submitted ...
Quackcast 183 - Work Life balance
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 9, 2014 LISTEN!
- Art by Kawaiidaigakusei
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This Quackcast topic was inspired by a newspost by Kawaiidaigakusei who described a short autobiographical account of her own experiences managing the difficult work/life balance of doing webcomics online and at the same time having a normal life otherwise. How do you balance those ...
Drawing One-Point Perspective for Comic Backgrounds
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 1, 2014
I may not be the authority on drawing backgrounds in comics. However, I did spend about two years taking several classes centered around perspective drawing so I do know a little bit more than the average bear. The idea that I have is this, as comic makers, we enjoy telling ...
The Balancing Act of the Real World and Creating Webcomics
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 21, 2014
My personality appears extroverted in the right social situations when I am surrounded by like-minded people, however I know deep down that I am truly an introvert because I recharge when I am by myself and drawing.
When I first started getting serious about webcomics in college, there were many ...
QUACKCAST 170 - The REAL Chatcast!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 10, 2014 LISTEN!
- Special credit to Genejoke for the art here! - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Genejoke/
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Kawaiidaigakusei came up with a great idea for a call-in show… That didn’t entirely work out so we did a “Harassment show” instead, where we phoned various duckers till we could finally get ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Comic creating on the go
HippieVan at 12:00AM, May 2, 2014
I'm away from home at the moment, staying in a small apartment while I take a summer course at a university across the country. I packed the most ridiculously huge bag, but even in the world's tiniest apartment it's kind of amazing how little it amounted to ...
Thoughts While on a Holiday Far from Home
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 3, 2014
I started drawing webcomics around the same year I diagnosed myself with a case of wanderlust, which is the strong desire to travel or explore the world. Years later, with no cure in sight, I am still traveling and typing this newspost from a hotel suite during my vacation. It ...
New Year's Eve Countdown to 2014
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 30, 2013SPECIAL UPDATE!!
Greetings, Ducks!
It is New Year's Eve and instead of enjoying the break and planning my year-end celebrations, I am writing the last newspost of 2013. Why? Because The Duck is awesome.
I have just spent the last couple hours going through the highlights of 2013 and ...