Last time I talked about catharsis I focused on how important it is in a story, whether by its presence or absense. This time I want to talk about how to incorporate it in a story.
To give a brief recap, catharsis is the feeling of release of powerful emotions ...
Incorporating Catharsis
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 18, 2023Panel By Panel: Scavenger Hunt - Round 2 Results
hpkomic at 5:27PM, Nov. 17, 2023
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.
We're checking out some examples of comics shared by users here on the Duck regarding the previous post's scavenger hunt. As a reminder, we are looking for a specific type of ...
The Language of Hands
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 11, 2023
So I know I got two pending articles to finish up my Religion and my Catharsis series but I'm too tired right now to talk about anything that requires sociopolitical analyses and extrapolations.
So let's talk about hands in comics!
One of the easiest way to mitigate the ...
Various Types of Pigs
lothar at 12:00AM, Nov. 10, 2023
Hello you people
It's raining today ….
Here are some comics about unusual pigs. one is a cyborg and the other is a mutant. I wanted to add a third comic to this list about a space pig but I couldn't find it. I have a vague recollection of ...
Quackcast 660 - The Multiverse
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 7, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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Multiverses are really popular in fiction right now, eg. Dr Strange into the mouth of Madness, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Flash, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Rick and Morty, and The Loki TV series (which I ...
Quackcast 659 - Happy Halloween 2023
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 31, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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Happy Halloween! The time of spookiness and ghosts. Spooks messed up the cast so the sound quality is really bad I'm afraid, I tried to do what I could to fix it though.
This week Banes ...
Quackcast 658 - Marvellous musicals
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 24, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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We're chatting about the subject of musicals for this particular Quackcast. You might think this has nothing to do with webcomics but webcomic musicals popup from time to time, like The Black Parade on DD by ...
So Many Ways to be Scared
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 19, 2023
Horror…and the baddies and creepies and long-legged beasties of horror…come in many flavours.
These divisions might be incomplete or somewhat meaningless in a way, but hey, I have to approach it somehow…
Reality Bites: Human Creeps, Scary Animals and Nature
-Serial Killers, Jason, Michael Myers, The Strangers, And ...
Quackcast 657 - The art of the tease
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 17, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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The art of the tease is what we're talking about here. It's something Banes and I work with on Bottomless Waitress and it's what you see in a lot of raunchy comedies, you also ...
Quasi-burnout
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 14, 2023
So I have another part about Religion, as well as a Deep Dive I'm hoping to have ready before Halloween in terms of my upcoming newsposts. And I have several art projects running. First off, to protect my buffer for Verdant. Second off, to make my contribution for the ...