Before I begin, I must preface that this news article is brought to you by the workings of a large iced dark roast coffee (black) and a large unsweetened iced green tea. This magical concoction of caffeine has offered a rush of thoughts and clarity to the regular thoughts that ...
At the End of the Day, We All Revert to Our Seventh Grade Selves
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 22, 2017Archetypal Events – Staples in Devising Plot (part 4)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 20, 2017
So here we are after the brief intermission, back to talking about archetypes from our friend Jung.
As of course is natural, all stories have to have a plot in order to be engaging and be in a position to make their points and get them across because the alternative ...
ART IMITATES LIFE IMITATES ART
HyenaHell at 12:00AM, May 19, 2017
As all y'all probably are well aware, I am a hilarious genius. All cartoonists are hilarious geniuses; we have to be! Well, half the time anyway- the other half we spend hating ourselves and overcompensating for our inadequacies. It's a storied and well-documented tradition dating back to the ...
The Comedy Plot, Toolbox Edition (part two)
Banes at 12:00AM, May 18, 2017Welcome to part two of a twenty-seven part series about outlining simple comedy plots!
Who is the Hero
What Does the Hero Want?
The Door Opens
The Hero Takes Control
So last week we went over the first two items. A particular character who wants something on a surface level ...
Movie Inspirations for Comics
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 13, 2017
So I’m worrying I might be boring the hell out of all of you with Jung and archetypes and odd archaic symbols and mystical imagery cryptography of late…
So here’s something a bit more fun that’s been rolling around in my head as I was gathering up ...
HOME v. AWAY: where to work?
HyenaHell at 12:00AM, May 5, 2017
Typically I work on my comics and illustration at home in my studio. I know I'll have everything I need on hand, for one. Also I hate and mistrust almost everyone and everything, as working in the service industry for the majority of my adult life has left me ...
Quackcast 321 - Cafecast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 2, 2017 LISTEN!
Art by ozoneocean
We titled this one “Cafecast” on the suggestion of Pitface! Instead of chatting about a subject, we took ourselves off to a metaphorical cafe and all started drawing, working on sketches, our latest comic pages, and chatting as we did. We're all comic artists after ...
Drawn Together
HyenaHell at 12:00AM, April 21, 2017
Let me start off by distracting y'all from my complete and total failure to even show up last week by saying, hey! to celebrate TEN YEARS of PUTRID MEAT, Pit Face has made this special behind the scenes “the making of…” video for y'all! Check it out!
https ...
COMEDY - part two - Creating Comedic Characters
Banes at 12:00AM, April 20, 2017
Last week I looked at a theory of the “comedy premise” that has to do with crossing the mundane with the unusual.
Here's that post:
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2017/apr/12/comedy-part-one-the-premise/
This week: Creating Comedic Characters!
Using the same principle as the “premise” creation, we can ...
Quackcast 319 - Roll out the photocomics!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 18, 2017 LISTEN!
Photocomics don't get nearly enough love. A while ago Banes did a great newspost on the subject where he did some great little promotional reviews of some prominent photocomics on DD. I thought that was a cool idea and I've been meaning to return to the subject ...