As creators of stories, be they novels or graphic novels or comics, we all have heard the adage “write what you know”. It's been drummed into our minds to the point that its cold fingers have our impostor syndrome in a deathgrip every time we venture our to write ...

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Parody and satire are a certain kind of humour. They're VERY easy to do because you just base them off real, already existing things, then you twist it a bit to add humour and ...

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I love those characters who bitch and moan and want to do things differently, although they don't usually take up the leadership role themselves, they just THINK they should be leader instead, but they ...

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Do you have a big ego? Do you know someone who has? This Quackcast is about utilising egos for comic characters for comedic purposes, to humanise character, or to make villains more unlikeable and or funny. Big ...

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Is there a culture of plutocratic classism in the USA? I'm inspired by Trump's America and how people think that people like Elon Musk and him are above the law because they're rich, while ...

Alfred Silver Fuzzbutt Hordak Meowgi, a crown-wearing feline known as Alfie, lives in The Apartment with two human roommates, Kat and Luke. Kat is a collector of rare odds and ends such as a Count Rugen poster from The Princess Bride to Sean Connery’s original hairpiece from James Bond ...

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Fight choreography is tricky. We have it in comics, plays, movies and TV. When it's in full motion the trick is that you cant usually show things connecting so you have to work around the safety ...

Theo Holloway departs the earliest morning train at the shy depot of the understated town of Imago, Nebraska. Holloway is an unassuming solo-traveling craftsman with an antique luggage bag that looks as old as time. One of the few items in Theo’s possession is Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, The ...

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*(pic from comic Key Of Dreams, a comic featured in the DD Anthology: https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2024/jul/20/quackcast-697-the-dd-anthology-comic/)

We're chatting about our fave Greek myths! Greek myths are foundational to a lot ...

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“Passing the mantle” is an interesting phrase. Many claim it comes from a biblical origin; the prophet Elijah was said to have passed his mantle to Elisha when he ascended to heaven, thereby symbolically transferring his authority ...