Gatekeeping Art

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 24, 2023



So there are two sides to the art community. At least, as far as I've seen and as far as I've experienced- mostly online unfortunately.

One side is the AWESOME side. The side that's here on DD, and in many other niches like discord servers (like our ...



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Quackcast 640 - Aliens

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 20, 2023

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We base our images of aliens in comics on aliens in TV shows and movies mostly, because those are the ones we all know.
But movie aliens ...




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Character Upbringing

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 17, 2023



In the whole “show don't tell” thing that is the holy grail of ‘good storytelling’ (yes but not always, this is for a newspost of another time) what they usually don't tell you is that behavioral patterns are your friend.

To show rather than tell, you need to ...



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Quackcast 639 - Nudity

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 13, 2023

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Today's topic is Nudity: Nudity in comics, censorship, self censoring, what you can get away with on DD, ratings, nudity on other platforms and how it ...



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One Three to Rule Them All

Banes at 12:00AM, June 8, 2023



There are many areas where the “rule of three” comes into play. There are plenty of them in storytelling.

Fairy Tales and Fables are full of threes, of course, with Three Little Pigs, Three Bears, Three Wishes, and on and on - the first unit sets things up, the second reinforces ...



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Quackcast 638 - Rookie Mistakes

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 6, 2023

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Beginners at webcomics make mistakes, rookie mistakes. In fact people tend to make a lot of the same mistakes and we're going to chat about some ...



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Quackcast 637 - Rumours

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 30, 2023

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Rumours can be damaging stories deliberately spread to harm people, they can grow organically of their own accord. Salacious rumours replace truth and stick around in history ...



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Quackcast 636 - The Cusscast

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 23, 2023

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We're talking about swearing! Swearing in comics, types of swearing, the use of swearing, causing offense, taking offense, swearing used as a term of endearment, and ...



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Quackcast 635 - Warcast

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 16, 2023

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Art: Paolo Uccello, The Battle of San Romano

We're talking about WAR here! Trying to leave out politics, though that's really hard with war because ...





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Weird Science 👽

lothar at 12:00AM, May 12, 2023


Hi everybody,
Since I can't get anything done until right before the deadline I've decided to just keep hitting refresh on the front page and click on stuff til I find something to comment on. I'll pick 3 comics again.



1. Afterworld Part I (2007) by Dan ...





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