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As promised we dive right into the second half of the Star Wars chat! We cover all the Star Wars stuff besides the original trilogy and the ...
QUACKCAST 449 - Star Wars 2 the franchise strikes back
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 22, 2019When your art style changes
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, July 19, 2019
Often webcomics are a long term endeavor spanning over multiple years. In that time it is inevitable that your art style and character designs will change. As an avid webcomic reader I saw my fair share of project restarted in an attempt to standardise the art direction and character designs ...
QUACKCAST 428 - Expectations of Male and female audiences
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 28, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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What are the different expectations for female and male audiences? This almost entirely a culture based thing, it changes depending on where and WHEN you are from ...
QUACKCAST 416 - Making cuts
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 5, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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The entire team is here this time, no one was cut… So we're chatting about CUTTING, as in cutting out scenes to make a story cleaner ...
Purpose of subplots
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Dec. 14, 2018
Last week, we looked at ways to prevent the middle of your story from sagging. One of those suggestions was using a subplot or two to help flesh out both the world and characters of your story.
For those of you who are a bit confused as to what a ...
When the middle of your story sucks
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Dec. 7, 2018
When creating a story, either for comics or novels, the easiest parts to write are usually the beginnings and ends because hell ,they’re the fun bits right? You burst out of the gate, ready and raring to go, your gaze on that sweet, sweet finale but there’s a ...
Character and subtext in horror
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 18, 2018
The Haunting of Hill House is masterfully done horror with humanity
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In the movie “The Innkeepers”, two clerks in an allegedly haunted hotel work on the last night before the place closes down. They ...
Give it Your Best Shot
Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 30, 2018Ironically, no picture this time…and it's a Newspost about pitchers!
Beyond writing our stories and characters, figuring out our plots and dialogue and character design, and all the other stuff that goes into creating a comic, we have to choose our shots. Our camera angles.
Very much like ...
Taking a swim with the fishes - Offing your characters
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Aug. 17, 2018
There comes a time in any webcomic creator’s career where they have to be mean to their characters. And there is nothing meaner than letting the proverbial Sword of Damocles fall on a beloved (or equally unloved) character and watching their head roll to the chorus a shrill cries ...