With Valentine's day just behind us and a lot of talk of love, I thought I'd take a look on the exact opposite of love and affection- how do we write and display hatred in characters? How do characters hate, and what's the difference from rage?
In ...

Hate: Raising the Poison Tree
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 16, 2019Look at all this progress!
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Feb. 15, 2019Prepare for a long ass post cause we're here to celebrate all the progress our community of artists have made in 10 years! A couple of weeks back I wrote about the 10 year art challenge, asking for peeps to show off their progress from 2009 and then 2019 ...
QUACKCAST 413 - Breaking structure
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 12, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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It's just Ozoneocean and bouncy Banes today. This time we're chatting about breaking and subverting structures, formulas and conventions in webcomics. Commercial creative projects need ...
Writing Mental Illness: A Good Example (Part 3)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 9, 2019
Having discussed a general approach to writing characters with mental disorders (with a lot of thoughtful comments by you further enriching what I had to say!) it's only right that we wrap up this very quick analysis with an example of a story that properly portrays them.
I chose ...
Juggling balls
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Feb. 8, 2019
So, I’m still experiencing internet issues and have to do a lot of things on my phone, so the 10-year flashback article has been shifted to next week. Want to join the fun though? We’ve had so many amazing posts from people showing off their progress and next ...
10 Year flashback - Share your progress!
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Feb. 1, 2019
Last week I dug up my first webcomic page and shared it with you all. In the the comments blntmaker came up with the idea of holding a 10 year challenge for webcomics and you know what? That is a totally awesome one!
So, this week, join me and others ...
QUACKCAST 411 - The Right to Copy!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 29, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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Copyright is a huge thing! It allows us to make money from our creations and stops other people from stealing them. But culture isn't about a ...
Give your comic a BOOST and help us at the same time
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 26, 2019
DD needs your support! Advertising with us is a great way to do that because it can get your work seen by a whole lot more eyeballs, which is what every webcomicer wants.
We have Skyscraper, Leaderboard, and Rectangle ads available. There are also some good options through Patreon, where ...
The first webcomic page
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Jan. 25, 2019
I’m in the process of moving house and I took the opportunity to go through some childhood belongings. During my excavation I stumbled across the very first comic page I ever drew. This was quite the find as I had long believed that my first ever webcomic, with its ...
Embracing procrastination
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Jan. 18, 2019
A few months ago, I was linked to a video about original thinkers by organisational psychologist, Adam Grant. and the habits of people he calls originals. It’s a very interesting video and I highly recommend watching it, but one of the points that he makes is about embracing the ...