This time out I wanted to talk about superhero comics again and turn the spotlight onto the one that was responsible for me discovering Drunkduck in the first place…Dasien.
Over the years the comic has become slightly entwined with my own comic, but always they have remained the own ...
How Much is Just Right when it Comes to Shock Value?
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 12, 2017
Having decided that shock value is needed in your comic and you must scare, disgust or generally traumatize your audience in some way in order to get the emotional reaction to serve your theme and your subject matter, how do you decide when and where to draw the line? (note ...
Quackcast 334 - body technique!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 8, 2017 LISTEN!
Let's get physical! let me hear your body technique!
As a follow up to my newspost on Friday about figure drawing, we all got together to do a Quackcast about it, along with contributions in the form of comments from DDers on my newspost. Figure drawing is hard ...
Where's Chuck?
Banes at 12:00AM, July 13, 2017
Where's Chuck? - Retcons
Hello again!
On the previous Quackcast we talked about retcons - here's that episode if you care to listen:
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2017/jul/08/quackcast-331-retconning-your-work/
A retcon is a little tricky to define perfectly, but I guess it boils down to an alteration ...
An Attractive Fantasy
Banes at 12:00AM, July 6, 2017There are several ways to make a series interesting. I've been working on a new one for the past few months and endeavoring to make it something people will be compelled to read (or watch, if it ends up being animated).
To hook people in, you know? How does ...
Quackcast 329 - Character Archetypes, the Jung ones!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 27, 2017 LISTEN!
Art from Wikipedia
Welcome to the the yungle
Characters make or break a story. In this quackcast Tantz Aerine brings all her skills as a head-shrink to bear and gives us the low-down on Jungian character archetypes! Jung was a clever Swiss bloke, a contemporary of that strange fellow ...
The Character Archetypes (Jungian Archetypes Part 5)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 17, 2017
So we come to the end of this long litany of presentations on Jung’s assorted archetypes that craftsmen of the narrative arts have used since time immemorial to weave their yarns.
And what better way to end with the crowning jewel in every story, from books to movies to ...
Superheroes & The Duck!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 9, 2017]
Guest newspost by Nepath
Firstly, let me get the self-promotion out of the way. Sunday just gone I started a third story arc for my comic Energize (www.theduckwebcomics.com/energize), which originally launched on this site, 10 years ago that day. It's called Energize and if you like ...