Preachy Comics

Tantz_Aerine at 12:58AM, July 6, 2024



Last night I had an interesting conversation with one of my favorite creators (you know who you are) about what makes a webcomic (or comic, or movie, or book, anything applies) preachy. Preachy as in trying to force an agenda, or ideology, or outlook down the audience's throat whether ...

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Dialogue Should Denote Mindsets

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 27, 2021



Dialogue is a very important element of writing. From novels to webcomics to movies, good dialogue will show things seamlessly, effortlessly, while at the same time they are unsaid.

What I mean to say is that good dialogue will have two levels. One level is going to be the overt ...



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Expies, Fandoms, Disappointment, and Hope

Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 20, 2020


don't i know you people from somewhere?


oh yeah!


I realize it's not true of everyone, but there is a good chunk of various fandoms who are not happy with the condition of their favorite franchises these days. We've talked about the Star Wars of it all ...






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The Dread Hiatus

Amelius at 9:57AM, Jan. 27, 2019



Have you ever noticed that among the dead webcomics, a preponderance of them have “Hiatus” on their tombstone? That tombstone being, of course, the final page posted years and years ago with a promise they will be “right back” after a “short break”. There are of course a number of ...

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The utter pointlessness of regret

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 28, 2018



As the year comes to a close we look to the future of the new year ahead, but we can also sometimes get fixated on the past… Regrets can creep in. “What if?”, “If I'd only…”, “I only JUST missed out…”, “It could have all been so different…”
Regret ...


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What IS a Quackcast anyway?

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 1, 2017



Every week I do a newspost about “this week's Quackcast”, but what IS that?
Well, it's pretty simple: it's the official Drunk Duck podcast!
We've been recording these every week (pretty much) since 2010! We talk about the site, drawing, comicing, story and writing techniques, pop-culture ...



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Good Starts: Beginnings, again.

HyenaHell at 12:00AM, Feb. 17, 2017



Welcome back, gang! Er, can I call y'all “gang”? Is that too informal or too assumptive about your willingness for complicity in my extra curricular activities? Eh, too bad. Once you're in the gang, there's only one way out. Now, while you're letting that sink in ...

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DD change of owners: Platinum Studios --> Wowio

Ozoneocean at 3:13AM, June 9, 2010

–>

(see, like Pokemon, we've evolved)

Ownership of our wonderful and mighty Drunk Duck has changed hands to Wowio!
-Actually, that happened a week or so ago, but now it's anounceable.



“Hang on”, you might say, "isn't Wowio owned by Plat anyway?"
Well no, not for a while ...







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Admin Lets News Pile Up- News At Eleven

skoolmunkee at 2:17AM, Sept. 7, 2009


moverfield's EXHAUST will be ending this week at page 96… but fear not, because Bullet Mythology will be posting every day until it ends in October!


Today, Sameth's Dragon City turns a big 500, and Sameth will be posting a special comic in celebration!


Also today, Geotology by ...






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