After the string of romance novels such as Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey, there was a focus on unhealthy romantic relationships. This was further amplified after the release of Suicide Squad where throngs of girls and women began lusting after a relationship much like The Joker’s and Harley ...
Writing healthy romance
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, March 1, 2019QUACKCAST 415 - lazy solutions cause plot-holes!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 26, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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This Quackcast expands on my newspost from Friday about forgotten abilities causing plot holes, but now bunny Banes and Lady Tantz wade in to lend their genius ...
DC Vertigo Comic Cancels the Release of Comic Featuring Jesus and Sun-Man
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 25, 2019
A comic titled “Second Coming” featuring Jesus, the son of God, and a new superhero named Sun-Man is looking for a new home now that it is no longer being released by DC Vertigo Comics. The superhero was pulled because online critics called it blasphemous and inappropriate to show Jesus ...
QUACKCAST 414 - Bad Hollywood
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 19, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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Hollywood has a tendency to simplify or completely alter stories to make them more mainstream and appealing to their idea of a popular audience.
In this Quackcast ...
Hate: Raising the Poison Tree
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 16, 2019
With Valentine's day just behind us and a lot of talk of love, I thought I'd take a look on the exact opposite of love and affection- how do we write and display hatred in characters? How do characters hate, and what's the difference from rage?
In ...
QUACKCAST 413 - Breaking structure
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 12, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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It's just Ozoneocean and bouncy Banes today. This time we're chatting about breaking and subverting structures, formulas and conventions in webcomics. Commercial creative projects need ...
Character through dialogue
Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 7, 2019
Dialogue is a vital part of a comic, book or movie.
Well - usually it is. There are surely some comics out there who have none. There's prose, such as many children's stories or fables that are all or mostly action and description - and since the rise of sound ...
QUACKCAST 411 - The Right to Copy!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 29, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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Copyright is a huge thing! It allows us to make money from our creations and stops other people from stealing them. But culture isn't about a ...
Give your comic a BOOST and help us at the same time
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 26, 2019
DD needs your support! Advertising with us is a great way to do that because it can get your work seen by a whole lot more eyeballs, which is what every webcomicer wants.
We have Skyscraper, Leaderboard, and Rectangle ads available. There are also some good options through Patreon, where ...
QUACKCAST 410 - Say My Name
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 22, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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Coming up with character names can be a real challenge because once you settle on one they can define the character just as much as their personality ...