Everyone loves a good thriller, a titillating mystery, a tale full of twists and turns (that make sense), something that challenges you to find the answer before you’re given it at the final act.
I’m not sure how many like sitting down to construct them.
Don’t get ...
Constructing Suspense
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 19, 2016No Hugging, No Learning
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Nov. 18, 2016
Recently I wrote a throwaway character for my comic based on a real-life friend of mine. In short, he’s a loveable misanthrope. And because he’s based on a real human being, I felt like I owed the character something: he won’t grow, or change, or become a ...
When Death Comes…
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 12, 2016
No matter what the genre, plot and general tone of your comic, death always is absolute.
Or alternatively, death is used as a very efficient comedy device (if anyone remembers the numerous ways Dirk dies in Dragon’s Layer). Unsurprisingly so, I think, since real comedy is based on tragedy ...
Comicking your feelings
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Nov. 4, 2016
I’ve been going through a bit of a rough patch lately in terms of my mental health. I don’t talk about it that often, but I don’t keep it a secret that I’ve always struggled with anxiety. Recently I started on medication for it for the ...
Before the Beginning
Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 3, 2016
One of the great things about the original Star Wars movies was the strong sense of a grand, adventurous, and terrible history before the movie started. So much is hinted at through Obi Wan Kenobi about the Jedi Knights, Anakin Skywalker, great friendships, laser swords, and terrible war and loss ...
QUACKCAST 295 - Sexcast, sex in non adult comics
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 1, 2016 LISTEN!
Art by Ozoneocean
This is the Awkardcast! Another take on the sexcast idea but this time we're looking at sex and sexual situations in strictly NON-adult comics. Sex performs a very different role in non-adult comics… You have a much wider audience with comics at the rating, but ...
Swearing in Comics
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 22, 2016
art by Hergé, of course
Hello, hello!
Before I begin my ramblings, may I remind you that the DD Awards are currently being served?
What's that you say? I just did?
Awesome!
F*cking awesome!
How did my “awesome!” change for you with the swear word, if at all ...
Character and subtext in horror
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 20, 2016
The Drunk Duck Awards, 2016 are underway! Check 'em out here:
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Drunk_Duck_Awards_2016/
In the movie “The Innkeepers”, two clerks in an allegedly haunted hotel work on the last night before the place closes down. They deal with some odd final guests, both human and otherwise (maybe ...