Hey there Quackateers! Have you ever been compelled to continue a comic because of a character you just can't help but despise? These characters have the delightful role of drawing the audience’s ire. They’re often times a thorn in the side of the protagonist, acting as a ...
Creating wickedly captivating characters you love to hate
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, March 2, 2024Poetry Time 49: Cold to Hot Shadow
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Oct. 29, 2023
Your heart’s beating inside the hourglass
Orbiting your soul system it comes to pass
Begging for a new season to amass
Alas, white shadows still lasts–shrinking
But the earth is now drinking and the silver shifts to brass
Your heart’s still beating in the hourglass
NaaN (Now ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Captain Gold and the Robotrons
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 17, 2023
Captain Gold, made of flesh and blood and a tiny bit cyborg, is a member of O.R.E., a secret organization alongside members: Colonel Brass, Captain Cobalt, Captain Silver, and known Combat Model Robotron, Captain Copper. There is an ongoing battle between humankind versus Robotrons, androids created by Professor ...
Poetry Time 27: Cold to Hot Shadow
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, April 9, 2023
Your heart’s beating inside the hourglass
Orbiting your soul system it comes to pass
Begging for a new season to amass
Alas, white shadows still lasts–shrinking
But the earth is now drinking and the silver shifts to brass
Your heart’s still beating in the hourglass
NaaN (Now ...
Character trait: Toxic Positivity, Toxic Acceptance (Part 1)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 28, 2023
Usually, antagonists or villains are emo and gloomy, angry and aggressive, suave and sly, or any combination of that. They are not generally associated with positive traits in their personality, or at least positively-associated traits.
And that's a shame, because real life sure does have a lot of variety ...
It's Christmas Eve!
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 24, 2022
Over here in Greece, it's Christmas Caroling day and also Day We Officially Start Eating Ourselves Into a Coma!
I hope however you're observing your Christmas Eve, that you have a good time, or a calm time, or a rejuvenating time with those you want around you but ...
The Silver Lining
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 12, 2022
So I just watched the latest Trope Talk by Overly Sharkastic Productions on Youtube (high recommend if you aren't already subscribed). The focus was on Doomed Heroes, and there's not much I'd be able to add to that comprehensive essay. Go watch it.
What it did inspire ...
Quackcast 608 - Lovers and other things
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 8, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
Listen on Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunkduck-quackcast
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There are all kinds of relationships and they're great fodder for stories. The most typical is when two characters are getting INTO a relationship- all that ...
Building Imagination and Sand Castles
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 5, 2022
Photo: “The Uncanny X-Men Issue #319, Untapped Potential: Bobby Drake and Rogue Talk About Sand Castles“. Marvel Comics. (December 1995)
Saturday morning was spent mall trotting like a typical nineties mall rat. The mall was like a ghost town in the early hours of the day when every storefront was ...
Fantastic Bestiary 10: The Scandinavian Troll
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 12, 2022
So! Back to mythology. And we are going back to my place again, good ol’ Scandinavia. In the summertime no less when the color green is everywhere, the fields are high and trolls come sneaking down from their magically hidden caves and mountain kingdoms. To me the Scandinavian depiction of ...