Secret Santa 2019 Sign-Ups!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 25, 2019



Usedbook writes:

Anyone up for Secret Santa? For anyone new to the neighborhood, this is an annual DD tradition, although no one is actually in charge, so some random person takes the reign before it gets too late to pull off. Mid-November is starting to push it, so I randomly ...



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Flashbacks

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Nov. 22, 2019



A flashback is when the story is interrupted or placed on hold to present an event that occurred prior to the events of the narrative. They are used to explain a character’s history with another character or explore a particular relationship with a place and/or object. Using a ...

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Scarred Eden has a Milestone and a Twitch Announcement!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 18, 2019



On the 22nd of November, Scarred Eden hits its 1 year anniversary and on that exact day, Aggiebun (aka damehelsing on the duck) is going to be running a 12 hour twitch stream to celebrate! Aggiebun will be working on comic pages, chatting with the audience, listening to music and ...

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Tracing vs referencing

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Nov. 15, 2019


Screencap taken from video referenced below.

There’s been some controversy going around about tracing vs referencing and it gave me pause for thought. And, of course, after some time, I thought it would be an interesting topic to talk about for this week.

In comics, particularly when it comes ...




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Dpat57’s awesome Sci Fi Comics!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 11, 2019


THIS WEEK'S EXCITING MARS II UPDATE

Behold dpat57’s fantastic Sci-Fi + Fantasy webcomics, created in wonderful 3D and in color, for your delight! Long time Drunk Duck user since 2009, dpat57 has created over twelve original comics since joining a decade ago. Dpat57 hails from Scotland, so grab a ...


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The many ships of the sea

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Nov. 8, 2019



When someone says they “ship” two characters they are referring to their desire to see two characters achieve a romantic relationship. The origin of the term is difficult to determine given the every fluctuating nature of Internet memes and colloquialisms, though TV Tropes has some interesting theories on where the ...

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Guilty Pleasure: The Love Triangle Between the Alpha and the Beta

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 4, 2019



While binge watching Schitt’s Creek, I started to see the emerging love story between Alexis Rose, Mutt the bad-boy, and Ted the veterinarian. That was when I wanted to discuss one of my favorite comic tropes of the alpha male versus the beta male.

In Spiderman, Harry Osbourne is ...



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"There and Back again" | Epilogues

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Nov. 1, 2019



Last week, we took a look at what a prologue was and how it could be used. Just to catch you up, a prologue is an opening of a story, or in this context, a comic, that establishes the scene, theme and/or tone of the rest of the narrative ...

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Controversial Comic Seized in Malaysia

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 28, 2019



A comic book in Malaysia titled “Road and Belt Initiative for Win-Winism” by Hew Kuan Yau has been banned by the Malaysian government last week under the Printing Presses and Publication Act. It is being seized after being accused of potentially spreading communist and socialist ideals and it could be ...

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Setting the scene | Prologue

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Oct. 25, 2019



Deriving from the Greek term, prologos, meaning, “before word”, a prologue is an opening of a story, or in this context, a comic, that establishes the scene, theme and/or tone of the rest of the narrative. It’s a mini story that happens before the main one unfolds but ...

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