HAPPY HALLOWEEN, 2017!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 30, 2017



Six weeks ago, at the end of my article titled “Psychopomps and Death Personified”, I asked the question: Can you think of any examples of the personification of Death in a comic? How about on Drunk Duck (Yes, you can plug your own comic)?

Much to my delight, fellow community ...



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Quackcast 342 - Seen unseen

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 3, 2017

LISTEN!

What is the best approach to make a scary story? To directly show the monster, the horror and the gore, or to hold off on that and let the audience fill in the blanks and guide them to imagine something far more awful and real than you could conceive ...

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The Unexpected Fascination with Internet Celebrity

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 14, 2017



Tomorrow is the first day of school in my district and in honor of this occasion, I would like to talk about a topic that is very pertinent to the younger generation and that is: Internet Celebrity.

In the last ten years, being famous on the Internet has skyrocketed to ...



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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 ...

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QUACKCAST 291 - The philosophy and politics of comics

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 4, 2016

LISTEN!
Raphael's School of Athens.

This week's Quackcast is brought to us by Tantz Ariene! Tantz is a very political creature, seeing as she comes from Athens which is pretty much the birthplace of politics AND philosophy, that's hardly surprising. Clever Tantz in her tantzglasses, dudeman Banes ...


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The Webcomic Artist Manifesto

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 26, 2016



(From the desk of kawaiidaigakusei)

Here is a little treat to celebrate the first week of Autumn. I wrote this version of “The Webcomic Artist Manifesto” in the Fall quarter for an art history class on Dada. A Manifesto is a public declaration used to incite or inspire a group ...



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Fill in the Blanks

Banes at 12:00AM, July 7, 2016



This is a little doodle I did today.

If anyone feels like a little creative exercise, here's a question for ya:

Who is Sam, what is Sam's relationship to this lady, and what is Sam doing?

I know how creative the DD community is; just thought we could ...







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Rock the Vote: 2016 DD Awards Voting is Now Open!!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 4, 2016


Howdy, Ducks!

The time to vote has now arrived and the ballot can be found in this Google Docs link that Niccea lovingly put together:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qMEInboMdhUmqorQu9PQQeZcx-_A34s6VyhtvwcQzhM/

Here are the basic rules:

Ballot will be open from 7/3/2016 until 7/30/2016.

~One ...









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2016 DD Awards TROPHY DESIGN CONTEST

HippieVan at 12:00AM, June 10, 2016


some of awsome owl's super cool submissions!

It's coming up on awards season once again! And to kick it off, Niccea is running a contest for this year's trophy design.

The rules are simple:
Keep it G-rated
Use a blank or transparent background

Entries are due TOMORROW ...








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When the Best-Laid Plans Go Awry

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 23, 2016


-conceptual bridge design by kawaiidaigakusei

"Tell me why all the best laid plans fall apart in your hands. And my good intentions never end, the way I meant.“ -James Blunt ”Best Laid Plans“

My desktop computer has a lot of saved files that have accumulated over the years. Every once ...




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