Episode 53 - Spriters Are People Too

Nov 28, 2011

The venerable Skoolmunkee is the special guest this week! This time we have a completely biased and entirely uninformed chat about all aspects of sprite comicing, from their short and turbulent history, to their glittering present and beyond into a glorious galaxy spanning empire that they will one day be responsible for creating!

Topics and Show Notes

Featured Comics:
Heavy Mech - http://www.drunkduck.com/Heavy_Mech/ />Drunk Duck Awards 2011 - http://www.drunkduck.com/Drunk_Duck_Awards_2011/ />
Sprite comics:
- The feline-canine centipede conundrum.
- What ARE sprite comics?
- Pixel art.
- Polygon comics.
- Some notable sprite comics.
- Programs to use to create sprite comics.
- Why do them?
- Why not?
- How to make a better sprite comic.
- What you should do.
- What you should avoid.

Useful resources for and about spriting:
All our Drunk Duck spriting tutorials -
http://www.drunkduck.com/tutorial/?search=sprites&x=0&y=0 />Sprite sheet and backgrounds - http://www.spriters-resource.com/ and http://www.gsarchives.net/index2.php />Animated sprite comic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-rFa5nZvQ />
Comics mentioned in this QuackCast:
Diesel Sweeties by R Stevens -
http://www.dieselsweeties.com/
Kid Radd by Dan Miller - http://kidradd.niftihalostudios.com/ />A Modest Destiny by Squidi - http://www.squidi.net/comic/amd/
8 Bit Theatre by Brian Clevinger http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-going-where/ />Blue Strawberry by Eduds - http://www.drunkduck.com/Blue_Strawberry/ />Moose Shoe by G D - http://www.drunkduck.com/Moose_Shoe/ />Chrono Redux by Sameth - http://www.drunkduck.com/chrono_redux
Cru the Dwarf by Cru - http://www.drunkduck.com/Cru_The_DwarF/

Contributions from:
Nicky P - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/NickyP/ />El Cid - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/El%20Cid/ />RPGgrenade - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/RPGgrenade/ />BlkKnight - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/BlkKnight/ />Naughtelos - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/Naughtelos/ />Nintendude - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/Nintendude/ />Renga Studio - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/Renga%20Studio/ />

Episode 52 - The DD 2011 Awards Pt. 2

Nov 22, 2011

5 likes, 6 comments

Here we are, ready for round two of the 2011 Drunk Duck Awards Quackcast! Niccea returns to preside over the announcing of the rest of the DD awards, including the most important ones like Best comic!

Episode 51 - The 2011 Drunk Duck Awards! Niccea to the Rescue!

Nov 15, 2011

7 likes, 9 comments

It's that time of year, the Drunk Duck Awards have rolled around again. This year Niccea is the Awards Empress, taking over from JustNoPoint and she has done a marvellous job with all the complications she's had to deal with. In this Quackcast we announce which comics have won awards so far.

Episode 50 - Enhanced, Exposed and Erect, Adult Webcomics

Nov 8, 2011

7 likes, 7 comments

A broad yet tasteful, classy and highly discrete discussion about the wonderful and disturbing world of lewd, lascivious adult webcomics.

Episode 48 - It Came From The Internet

Oct 23, 2011

7 likes, 8 comments

It's the horror time of year, and for once we get a Quackcast out in time for the holiday! PIT_FACE is our guest this week, and as DD's queen of horror she has plenty of expertise and opinions on the subject.

Episode 44 - Four Little Pretties and Little Contests Too

Sep 26, 2011

5 likes, 1 comment

oz and skool are catching up on features again, so they've got four good ones to talk about. They also chat a little bit about contests and things which contest-creators might think about.

Episode 43 - Maxwell McDuff, Private Eye

Sep 20, 2011

14 likes, 42 comments

This extra-special Quackcast is all about ayesinback and the 2011 Drunk Duck Radio Play! A big effort by a lot of people, it's presented here along with a great chat with ayesinback, czarina of the project.

Episode 42 - My Infinite Canvas Could Beat Up Your Interactive Story

Sep 13, 2011

2 likes, 5 comments

In this extra-ordinary length podcast about extra-ordinary webcomics, skoolmunkee and ozoneocean talk about how media, format, topic (and other features) may factor into whether a comic is "traditional" or not. And some of their favorite examples!


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