Considering how many steps there are in creating comics, planning, plotting, writing, scripting, sketches, pencils, inks or colours and everything in between, it’s important to build in some time for review. Now this seems like a logical step. But when deadlines, self-imposed or otherwise, loom, this step is often ...
Rest and review
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Oct. 18, 2019The Head, The Heart and the Gut
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 17, 2019
There are things that appeal to the head - intriguing “what ifs” in terms of world building, and insights into technology, culture, politics, and history that capture the imagination in an intellectual way.
Then there's the heart - stories without emotional connection are the ones that critics and audiences call “sterile ...
QUACKCAST 448 - King of franchises: Star Wars
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 15, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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Continuing on our focus on movie franchises for the month of October, THIS time we focus on the king of them all: STAR WARS!
This was a ...
Gender Bending
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 12, 2019
So on occasion, there's a lot of controversy over gender bending characters- that is, to change the character's sex from male to female or vice versa.
I'm not going to talk about my take on this controversy. At least not in this article.
What I want to ...
Dynamic characters
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Oct. 11, 2019
Last week we took a look a static characters and when it might be an appropriate time to use them. But what about dynamic characters? Before we get into the weeds here, let’s first talk about what makes a dynamic character. Dynamic characters are those that develop and change ...
Happy Anniversary to The KAMics!
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 10, 2019
Tomorrow on October 11, The KAMics by KAM has its 15th anniversary!
Congratulations to KAM - drop on over, have a chuckle and a think, and send him your kudos!
The KAMics:
https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_KAMics/
QUACKCAST 447 - Indiana Jones and the temple of Duck!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 8, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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For the month of October we've decided to look at a different movie franchise each week, starting with Indiana Jones! Banes and Tantz have way more ...
On Clipping Wings
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 5, 2019
Today, while on a coffee break with my gaggle of Red Cross guys, a friend told me that he had dabbled in writing stories, after a vignette he'd written at school received an award. His mother though was skeptical, and when she went to read it in the exhibit ...
Static characters
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Oct. 4, 2019
A dynamic character is one that undergoes important changes or developments over the course of the story. They learn lessons, come to realisations and are ultimately a different person, be it for good or bad, by the end of the narrative. A static character is, put simply, the opposite of ...
Structural Integrity part 2
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 3, 2019
Last week I talked about structure in webcomics, and asked you about how you make your longer-form comics digestible by new readers as well as ongoing readers.
But what about other alternate ways to present a webcomic?
Most of the ones I've read are roughly the dimensions of a ...