Episode 668 - Year in Review!
Jan 1, 2024
Happy new year. Happy 2024! We're doing a year in review show this time because what else do you talk about in the last recorded thing/first presented thing of the year? We chat a bit about the progress of Drunk Duck's massive update and we each talk about what we personally achieved with our own webcomics- Tantz with Verdant and finishing Without Moonlight, Banes with Kaiju Valentine, me with Pinky TA and Bottomless waitress with Banes, and our new 3 way group comic called Key of Dreams, which is still in the planning stages.
Topics and Show Notes
In 2023 Tantz finished her first volume of Without Moonlight and started on her new fantasy webcomic Verdant involving magic, witches and giant bugs. Banes tackled a number of things but the standout was his cheeky comedy romance comic Kaiju Valentine about a normal sized man and his gigantic girlfriend. For me it was finally finishing the 8th chapter of Pinky TA and starting on the second chapter of Bottomless Waitress with Banes. Now we're all looking forward to starting Key of Dreams this year. It's a dream story with ancient Greek gods based on a script written by Tantz, with artwork by all of us.
What things did you mange to achieve in 2023? What will you be starting in 2024?
This week Gunwallace was busy with Christmas and new year so instead I dipped into out stores and puled out a prize, Gunwallace's them to Kings Club - This is a modern mafia movie soundtrack, starting off eerie and atmospheric and then ramping up the cool and bombastic. There’s traditional theme bolstered by a hard gritty rock techno edge.
Topics and shownotes
Links
Tantz:
Verdant - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Verdant/
Without Moonlight - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Without_Moonlight/
Banes:
Kaiju Valentine - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Kaiju_Valentine/
Banes & Ozoneocean:
Bottomless Waitress - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Bottomless_Waitress/
Ozoneocean:
Pinky TA - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Pinky_TA/
Featured comic:
The Focus - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2023/dec/26/featured-comic-the-focus/
Featured music:
Kings Club - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Kings_Club/ - by AmeliaP, rated M.
Special thanks to:
Gunwallace - http://www.virtuallycomics.com
Ozoneocean - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/ozoneocean
Kawaiidaigakusei - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/kawaiidaigakusei
Tantz Aerine - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Tantz_Aerine/
Banes - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/
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