Photo: Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter during a Cold Open for San Diego Comic-Con International (2016)
Seven years ago, on November 17, 2014, I wrote a Monday article on the Duck following the final taping of the Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson. It was around that time that ...
An Ode to Sidekicks (Part Deux)
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 28, 2021Writing Writers
Banes at 12:00AM, June 24, 2021
I read some writing…advice? Or commentary? Or something like that years ago that pointed out how often amateur writers will create Protagonists who are writers. If I'm remembering correctly, this was expressed as a bad thing, probably because it's overdone. On the one hand, they say write ...
Color Theory as a Rewind Machine
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 31, 2021
It is evident, when training the eye for color theory practice, that decades and movements in the twentieth century captured color schemes that exuded the vibe and mood of the time. The above photograph is taken from the chapter titled “The American Dream” section of Pantone’s 1940s collection and ...
My Life as an American Hero 2 Reaches 600th Page Milestone
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 19, 2021
Photo: My Life as an American Hero 2 by agentny003
Nominated for best super hero comic, best action within a comic, most improved artwork, and the most dedicated creator at the 2020 Drunk Duck Awards, My Life as an American Hero 2 has reached its six-hundredth page milestone.
Link: https ...
QUACKCAST 525 - Sexual Tension
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 6, 2021 LISTEN on our new player!
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Image from Genghis Khan by Miike Snow.
Sexual tension between characters is a great way to augment the conflict that drives a story. The audience really wants ...
Captain America Civil War
Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 18, 2021
I've compared “Avengers Infinity War” to the classic movie cliffhanger in The Empire Strikes Back.
But the Marvel Cinematic Universe actually pulled off an almost-“Empire”-level story a couple years before that, in Captain America: Civil War.
The MCU started off with multiple movies setting up Iron Man ...
QUACKCAST 504 - Decompression
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 10, 2020 LISTEN on our new player!
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For our Patreon video I decided to dress as the WW2 Captain America (from the movie, Captain American the First Avenger). That and the very de-compressed nature ...
QUACKCAST 501 - Horrorcast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 20, 2020 LISTEN on our new player!
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We are the Pretty Things That Live in the House!
We all dressed up for a Halloween themed cast today! You can see our weird looks in ...
QUACKCAST 499 - Life's worth?
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 6, 2020 LISTEN on our new player!
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What is the worth of human life in your stories?
This isn't something people often consider, we just tend to have a fairly accurate guess based ...