Is there a word for these?
I’m talking about those things that you automatically start drawing when you have a piece of paper and no specific ideas in mind. The images that find their way into the margins of your notebooks, onto napkins in restaurants…or on a whiteboard ...
Those images that get stuck in your head
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Aug. 7, 2015Quackcast 230 - Getting the formula RIGHT
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 4, 2015 LISTEN!
We've talked about formulas before, but mostly in the context of escaping formulas and reinventing them.
NOW however we're talking about using existing formulas to create a story, or creating new formulas and sticking to them to come up with your stories.
Formulas can be a good ...
Quackcast 229 - Enter the Dragon's den: comic book shops
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 28, 2015 LISTEN!
Tantz and Pitface join Banes and Ozone to talk about comic book stores and the experience of going into them… Yes, that's right: webcomicers actually going into REAL bricks and mortar places that sell comics printed on PAPER! o_O It turns out that none of us really do ...
Quackcast 228 - Conflicting conflicts conflict
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 21, 2015 LISTEN!
Pic by Ozoneocean
This time we're talking about conflict in webcomic writing, and any writing in general really. Conflict is one of the main drivers of a story, so you pretty much have to have it in there somewhere! But how do you approach it? Do you set ...
Quackcast 227 - Biggest webcomicing mistakes
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 14, 2015 LISTEN!
Pic by Ozoneocean
Content:
Webcomicing is a learning process, you build on your knowledge and skills as you go, comics can take years to complete and your audience is usually pretty forgiving… Well learning is all about making mistakes and if you're like the people who contributed to ...
Quackcast 226 - The Power of Contrast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 7, 2015 LISTEN!
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In this Quackcast I interrogated Mr Banes on the subject of his first newspost: Contrasts. It's a subject near and dear to him, even his comic "Typical Strange“ has its name based on the concept, i.e. two words with the opposite meanings put together to create ...
Quackcast 225 - To Fan-service or not to fan-service
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 30, 2015 LISTEN!
- Art by Ozoneocean
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Today Banes and I talk about the subject of fan service in comics (and other pop-culture). This Quackcast was inspired by a newspost by HippieVan of that same title. We're helped in our discussion by the really interesting contributions of many smart people on ...
Fan Service in Comics
HippieVan at 12:00AM, June 26, 2015
This post was inspired ozoneocean's forum thread about sexism, as well as a recent update by JustNoPoint. (Quick note: none of my comments about fan service are directed at JNP's work! It was just his joking about fan service that had me thinking about it.)
“Fan service” can ...
QUACKCAST 224 - Finding your own voice as a writer
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 23, 2015 LISTEN!
- Art by Kevin Hayman.
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For Quackcast 224 I've asked Kevin Hayman back again (KOTA's world, Mailbox Rocketship, Erant Apprentice), to regale us with his Owen Wilson stylings…
But seriously, the topic is “finding your own voice in writing”, i.e. learning not to imitate your hero ...
QUACKCAST 223 - Collaborating with the Aliens
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 16, 2015 LISTEN!
- Art from Albert the Alien.
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On today's Quackcast I, the marvellous Ozoneocean am speaking to the equally marvellous Trevor Mueller of Albert the Alien! This fine chap is returning to the Quackcast (was on Quackcast 184), to chat with me about the process of collaborating from the ...