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Timeliness vs Timelessness

Banes at Nov. 24, 2016, midnight
tags: banes, thursdays, timelessness, timeliness


Rogue from the X-Men encounters President Ronald Reagan!
(…who???)


Timeliness vs Timelessness

Some comics are very much "of the moment", while others are more timeless.

Connecting to the events of the moment can be a worthy endeavor. The political satire of Jesus 2016 comes to mind. Webcomics are well suited …

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Quackcast 298 - When death comes

Ozoneocean at Nov. 22, 2016, midnight
tags: Banes, DrunkDuck, Ectopiary, featured comic, featured theme, GRUNK, Gunwallace, Kawaiidaigakusei, Ozoneocean, Pitface, podcast, Quackcast 298, Tantz Aerine, Webcomics community, When death comes

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This Quackcast was based on Tantz Aerine's newspost from two Saturday's ago: Death in comics.
We lightly expand t to death in all pop culture in the Quackcast. It's an interesting topic! Not the one we were originally going to do though… We were supposed to …

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The Journey Home

kawaiidaigakusei at Nov. 21, 2016, midnight



I found myself at a crossroads two weeks ago where I felt that my mind and my heart were in two separate places. I would carry on the same routine for months, following the motions of getting to work, performing a mundane task, and then driving home with heavy eyelids …

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Constructing Suspense

Tantz_Aerine at Nov. 19, 2016, midnight



Everyone loves a good thriller, a titillating mystery, a tale full of twists and turns (that make sense), something that challenges you to find the answer before you’re given it at the final act.
I’m not sure how many like sitting down to construct them.

Don’t get me wrong, I …

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No Hugging, No Learning

HippieVan at Nov. 18, 2016, midnight



Recently I wrote a throwaway character for my comic based on a real-life friend of mine. In short, he’s a loveable misanthrope. And because he’s based on a real human being, I felt like I owed the character something: he won’t grow, or change, or become a ‘better person.’ Maybe …

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Stuck In The Middle

Banes at Nov. 17, 2016, midnight
tags: midpoint, structure, thursdays, writing




Stuck in the Middle - Midpoints

I've often found the Midpoint of a story difficult to find and difficult to write.
It's one of the big three pillars in story structure, and it's the
most subtle.

The Midpoint doesn't have the "dragged into a new world" of Plot Point One, …

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FEATURED COMIC --> GRUNK

kawaiidaigakusei at Nov. 16, 2016, midnight
tags: by, COMIC, E, FEATURED, GRUNK, mg78, rated



Biological mutation experiment gone wrong? The Grunk is an olive green, bad-mouthed swamp monster who has a general disdain for Mondays…and pretty much everything. He lives close to the happiest of forests with inhabitants that appreciate everything from life, love and laughter. After escaping from his experiment tube, the Grunk …

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Quackcast 297 - fandoms

Ozoneocean at Nov. 15, 2016, midnight
tags: Banes, DrunkDuck, Embrace the Pun, fandoms, featured comic, Genejoke, Ozoneocean, Pitface, podcast, Quackcast 297, Tantz Aerine, Webcomics community

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In this Quackcast we tackle the topic of fandom. Fandoms can be interesting, fun, helpful, fascinating, inspiring, or even bizarre and disturbing. Fandoms are frequently great resources for information about their subject and can really enrich your experience of whatever you're into. Fandoms are also a …

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Consistency and Continuity

HippieVan at Nov. 14, 2016, midnight



I recently posted the above image (click through to see the whole thing) as an extra in my comic. I drew it for myself after I realized something: I kept forgetting the details.

The positioning and style of furniture are trickiest for me. There were a few scenarios where I …

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When Death Comes…

Tantz_Aerine at Nov. 12, 2016, midnight



No matter what the genre, plot and general tone of your comic, death always is absolute.

Or alternatively, death is used as a very efficient comedy device (if anyone remembers the numerous ways Dirk dies in Dragon’s Layer). Unsurprisingly so, I think, since real comedy is based on tragedy.
But …

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Emotional Color Wheel

Banes at Nov. 10, 2016, midnight
tags: emotional color wheel, emotions, writing

No pic for this one. I'll add one later if the fates allow!

I was a big fan of all the Indiana Jones movies back in the day. When the fourth one, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, finally came out, it was exciting times! Harrison Ford only seemed to …

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Quackcast 296 - What came before?

Ozoneocean at Nov. 8, 2016, midnight
tags: Banes, DrunkDuck, featured comic, featured music, Grow up, Gunwallace, Ozoneocean, Pitface, podcast, Quackcast 296, Tantz Aerine, the last pickup artist, Webcomics community, What came before?

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Tantz Aerine, Banes and Pitface join me, Ozoneocean, to talk about back stories, histories and all that extra knowledge you can come up with when creating your story. It can inform your comic story in a really clever way… but don't be tempted to vomit all …

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