Every hero goes up against a villain. Every protagonist against an antagonist. This is the main clash that drives your story, any story, forward be it slice of life or epic drama.
One of the elements that can make this driving force compelling, that will make the clash interesting and ...
Making Bad Guys Intimidating
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 4, 2018Getting Back on the Proverbial Horse
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Aug. 3, 2018
I have fallen off the comic horse quite a few times now and, no doubt, I will be bucked off a few more times yet. I have tried six comics and so far only two are looking like they’ll ever get finished. I have one finished novel, (which no ...
Quackast 384 - Brandcast, PR
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 24, 2018 LISTEN!
You may have read about how a conspiracy theorist dug up some 10 year old tweeted jokes by director James Gunn and got him fired from Disney… Well that incident inspired this Quackcast, which is a re-take on the whole personal brand idea that we discussed in Quackcast 289 ...
Politics in Fiction
Banes at 12:00AM, July 19, 2018There was recently a Provincial Election in the part of Canada where I live, and there's a Federal Election coming up in about a year.
With the brouhaha going on in the world these days about politics and the divisions between many people that are resulting from it, I ...
Quackcast 383 - Slow burn
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 17, 2018 LISTEN!
The idea for this Quackcast came from a rant by the irascible PitFace. She was talking about how there's a trend in modern SciFi and horror movies to bash you over the head with constant action and it doesn't allow you time to relax and take in ...
Quackcast 382 - Suspension of disbelief
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 10, 2018 LISTEN!
This week we talk about maintaining suspension of disbelief: the way you have to convince people of the world your story is set in and keep them there. Everything you do is done for that, to convince them your characters make sense and the world works. There's a ...
Yes! We can take shortcuts!
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, June 29, 2018
Did you know as an comic creator you are more than allowed to take a shortcut here and there? It’s true! You want to know something else? Everyone does it! So this week I want to share some shortcuts I have found immensely helpful when trying to speed up ...
Get a Twitter Feature!
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 23, 2018
As you probably know, The Duck has got a constantly growing Twitter presence now, compete with a chat event and a Retweet policy for every DD wecomic update tweet that tags us!
Now, we're going to add another event, the DD Twiter Feature! And for this one, you can ...