One of the most prevalent motifs in fantasy, science fiction/ space operas and similar folklore style genres is that of the Chosen One- the one character (99% the main character/protagonist) that is destined to save the world from the big bad- the evil sorcerer, the overlord, the empire, the ...
The Chosen One’s Origin
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 2, 2017HAPPY 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 ...
QUACKCAST 336 - Side romance
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 22, 2017 LISTEN!
Romances don't always have to be the main focus of a story, infact you can have richer, more interesting romances if they occur in support of a bigger plot issue. It can lend them and the story more weight if they're in a secondary position. Characters can ...
Romance As a Side Dish
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 19, 2017
The other day I read a very interesting post by our very own Vickie of Used Books where she was talking about Romance. And what caught my eye the most was her description of the driving force behind romance stories as “relationship-driven conflict”- a very succinct way to put it ...
COMEDY - part three - You take the good, you take the bad...
Banes at 12:00AM, April 27, 2017
Comedic Characters - You Take the Good, you Take the Bad…
This week we continue talking comedy. Last time we started creating characters by choosing a “STRONG COMIC PERSPECTIVE”…like greed, innocence, obseque–obquestri–obteq– uh, weasellishness, and then EXAGGERATING that perspective to the extreme.
Now we finish creating our characters ...
Quackcast 278 - Maturity and the whisper game
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 5, 2016 LISTEN!
Art by Ozoneocean
Quackcast 278 is a strange bird! We have TWO things in it! TWO! Not one… but TWO.
First we play the whisper game, inspired by Ms Pitface. So what we did was one of us said something into the camera with the sound down and then ...
Guest Post by Ironscarf - How To Scupper Your Life
HippieVan at 12:00AM, April 17, 2015
It is midsummer, somewhere in the British Midlands and sometime in the mid seventies. It is almost midnight. In a suburban semi-detached house, a teenage girl and her young brother are awaiting the return of their parents. A young man of impressionable age waits with them as they bathe in ...