You’ve got your amazing idea down for a story but how do you begin? You want to make your first chapter amazing! En medias res means opening in the midst of the plot. This way, exposition is bypassed, allowing you to fill it in more gradually, either through dialogue ...
En media res
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Jan. 8, 2021FEATURED COMIC --> Way Out There
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 23, 2020
A terrible disaster has befallen all of the earth! A lowly algebra teacher, Dork Scahawgian, and his evil sentient computer, Vidi82, have somehow managed to scorch the entire planet and a good portion of the population including himself. Thankfully many were transported away to safety and in the process they ...
Gimme Strength
Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 19, 2020
Plenty has been said about giving characters flaws - we've talked about it around the site, on the Quackcast and out loud, to ourselves, on the bus and in the park.
Characters gotta have flaws!
But something I've thought about more lately, in the years well after starting my ...
Community Projects: Make a Guest Comic for Barkham Horror or Contribute to JillyFoo’s Halloween Zine!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 17, 2020
Scott D is Making a Call for Guest Comics & Art for Barkham Horror
https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/178437/
Hey guys, so our second chapter (concluded) on 17th July 2020, at which point (went) on a break until September so that my partner and I can get some more ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Filaments a KerBop Story
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 12, 2020
Filaments a KerBop Story is a beautiful technicolor landscape awash with painted imagery that depicts the Universe. KerBop is a student currently enrolled in a school for Angels, but on this particular day of sitting in class lectures, KerBop warps into a cosmic portal to study Galaxy filaments up close ...
KAMics has a Milestone and 99 Dollars and 99 Cents has Reached its Final Page
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 27, 2020
MILESTONE
https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/99_Dollars_and_99_Cents/
99 Dollars and 99 Cents has been completed. That is a phenomenal accomplishment, mindcat!
99 Dollars and 99 Cents is about Maybelline Turner, one of the poorest students at her exclusive magnet school. One day, she makes the mistake of borrowing a dollar from ...
A Binary Approach to Motivation
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 11, 2020
I've talked a lot about motivations in my articles. And how could I not? My scientific field aside, what makes us behave in certain manners or way is a question that has occupied entire schools of thought in psychology, philosophy, political science, even AI and (bio)chemistry.
There are ...
On the Purging of the Past in Art
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 4, 2020
First off, Happy 4th of July to all USA Duckers!
Recently I listened to Lindsey Ellis' excellently made video essay on so-called ‘woke Disney’: the company's attempt to remake or edit or outright hide past works because they are now judged to be problematic in some way or other ...
SquareEnix Life is Strange Review
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 6, 2020
With more time spent at home, I have been able to dive into some of my favorite past-times that I used to do when I was middle school aged. One of them being playing video games. Growing up, Squaresoft and the Final Fantasy video game series completely shaped my identity ...
QUACKCAST 472 - CoVid-19-cast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 31, 2020 LISTEN on our new player!
Listen on Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunkduck-quackcast
Or TuneinRadio - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Books–Literature/Drunkduck-Quackcast-p1150194/
In this strange time of global pandemic it'd be crazy NOT to acknowledge what we're all experiencing together, so that's what we're talking ...