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Chekhov's gun is the principal (as I understand it), that if you have some item, fact or piece of information introduced into your story that you draw specific attention to, then you'd better use it some how later on in your story. The simplest example is a ...
Quackcast 305 - Chekhov's phaser
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 10, 2017One Dimensional Characters
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 22, 2016
Talking Stock
A good character is a three-dimensional character, right? They have to be relateable. With wants and fears that make sense. And a bit of a history. And a flaw or two to keep them “human”. And a wound to try and overcome. And maybe even a contradiction within ...
The Old, the New, History and Nostalgia
Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 28, 2016
Pop culture is being visited by its own past. There's no denying the excitement surrounding the reappearance of the original Star Wars and X-Files characters after an absence of years.
We all know our mainstream entertainment is stuffed with more and more sequels, remakes, reboots, soft reboots, reimaginings, reintegrated ...
QUACKCAST 167 - Anatomy of a Villain
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 20, 2014
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Today we talk about villians! Kawaiidaigakusei made a newspost about villains that generated quite a bit of interest so Banes and I had her on to chat about them and read out some of the things our community members had to say.
Kawaii can introduce the topic in ...
Let's Talk About Villains
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 5, 2014
I used to take the side of the cheerful, positive, and heroic protagonist in films and comics when I was much younger. As I got older, I wised up to the idea that being a protagonist is relative to biases of the storyteller. Now I rewatch those same films with ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Scratch Proof
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 19, 2014
Nikolan, Axe, and Eight VIII, also known as the Hunters of Wintercut, are three hip, technologically savvy, combat-boot wearing heroes who battle against monsters during an ancient, forgotten time. Niko and Axe spend their morning bickering while on a stakeout until the dreaded Dinosaurus Rex joins the party. Now it ...
Lots of milestones! Oh, and Drunk Duck is getting an on-demand STORE
skoolmunkee at 2:16PM, Jan. 20, 2010
harkovast tells me that his (and ifelldownthestairs's) review comic The Webcomic Review Comic On The Web has reached 25 pages! (26 actually.)
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Karrel reached 75 *slams fist on table* I demand my stipulated news post *puts fist in a bucket of ice*
WarriorBorn by cyberdog has posted its ...
Admin Lets News Pile Up- News At Eleven
skoolmunkee at 2:17AM, Sept. 7, 2009
moverfield's EXHAUST will be ending this week at page 96… but fear not, because Bullet Mythology will be posting every day until it ends in October!
Today, Sameth's Dragon City turns a big 500, and Sameth will be posting a special comic in celebration!
Also today, Geotology by ...
Hero by Night on TV!
skoolmunkee at 11:45AM, Nov. 16, 2008Hero by Night on TV!
Many people on Drunk Duck are aware of DJ Coffman's Comic Book Challenge-winning project Hero by Night (you can read lots ofHero by Night stuff here on DD, there are also full books available)- well, a deal has been done and now HBN ...