It's Not Easy Being Green

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 16, 2015



Pi Day was on Saturday. The Ides of March fell on Sunday. This leaves the mega-GREEN Day to celebrate on Tuesday. That's right, St. Patrick's Day is tomorrow and to honor the holiday this year, I have combed through many fine comics on Drunk Duck that feature ...

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Avoiding the Mary Sue (+ a contest!)

HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 6, 2015



This newspost was inspired by this week's Quackcast on testing your writing and knowing your characters. In the comments, KimLuster posted a Mary Sue test and discussed her annoyance in finding that one of her characters scored highly.

So what is a Mary Sue? Everyone sort of knows one ...



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The Digital Dark Age Cometh!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 16, 2015


Does everyone remember floppy disks?

This morning, the top trending topic was the warning issued by Vint Cerf, vice-president of Google, that we must create tangible back-up copies of all our digital works or else we may lose everything, every memory in a “digital Dark Age”. So I read about ...


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Deconstructing the Artist Alley Convention Booth

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 10, 2014



Here's the Scene:
Palms are sweating, the convention doors are about to open. Every plush doll, button, glossy 12“x24” poster is hanging around the overpriced booth that was paid for with a year's worth of savings. Welcome to the Artist Alley, where it is always a game ...


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FRIDAY 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 ...



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Quackcast 190 - The Halloweencast!

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 28, 2014

LISTEN!

- Art by Ozoneocean

Content:
For the Halloweencast Banes and I will be journeyed beyond the veil, down into the depths of webcomic HELL… There, we encountered the LOST and the DAMMED: the tormented souls of abandoned webcomics that were ended before their time.
Deep underneath the black, soaring Gothic ...





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The Art of Rick Menard

drunkducknews at 12:00AM, Oct. 19, 2014
tags: Guest, Post



Rick Menard’s a cool guy. He was a rebellious young whippersnapper who flipped his mom the bird when she told him to wash his hands once, this self-proclaimed smartass now spends his time making surrealist art that serves as a form of social commentary. Here are some of his ...

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Quackcast 188 - Shoot'n the Breeze

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 14, 2014

LISTEN!

- Art, clockwise from top: Ozone-hussar, War-Pit, Banes-Marx, Tantz-Pantz

Content:
Hellooooo people! I'd like to welcome you to the release of our début album! We got Banze on vibes, Tantz on bouzouki, Ozone on the fart flute, and Pit on the butt-bongos! Seriously though, this is another in our ...




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FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Used Books Patreon

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Oct. 3, 2014



Vickie Boutwell has started a Patreon for her comic Used Books!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the site, Patreon allows people to become “patrons” of creators by pledging small amounts of money for work produced.

Pledging larger amounts also comes with perks on top of that good ...





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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 ...

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