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QUACKCAST 523 - The Resonance of Folk tales

Ozoneocean at March 23, 2021, midnight

tags: Banes, comics community, Drunk duck, featured comic, Featured music, Gunwallace, Lost in the Supermarket, Ozoneocean, Pitface, QUACKCAST 523, Tantz Aerine, The God of the River, The Resonance of Folk tales, Webcomics hosting

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Folk tales are the primordial ooze of culture. Nobody knows where these stories began, nobody owns them, They're added to and expanded by successive generations. They spread and grow because they have …

Campaign Poster Art

kawaiidaigakusei at March 22, 2021, midnight

The balance of males and females in the workplace became one-sided during the second world war. Several men were deployed overseas, giving women living stateside the opportunity to work in factories while taking care of their families. The introduction and integration of women into industrial factories was the spark that …

To Keep or Not to Keep?

damehelsing at March 21, 2021, midnight

tags: damehelsing, SCORNED, webcomics, writing

that is the question, right?

Hey, hi – hello, I’m damehelsing and this is my first article.
I’m new to this but I have a lot of thoughts and instead of talking to myself, I can talk to you.

There’s always a spark of joy and a roller coaster of …

Archetypes Through a Psych Lens: Psychodynamics

Tantz_Aerine at March 20, 2021, midnight

tags: archetypes, character design, freud, personality, psychodynamic, Tantz_Aerine, writing

When talking about personality, one must mention Freud.

pictured here with a small cigar.

Yes, even me. (Anyone who knows me knows I'm not a fan)

Despite my personal thoughts about his theory, mad props and respect has to be given to Sigmund Freud for being one of the biggest …

Hang on! It's a cliffhanger!

Emma_Clare at March 19, 2021, midnight

tags: creation, DrunkDuck, narrative, stories, webcomic

As webcomics are uploaded periodically, be that in pages, chapters or episodes, it’s imperative that we use all the tricks in the book to keep them coming back. One sure fire way to keep your readers coming back for more is by exploiting the cliffhanger device.

A cliffhanger is a …

Sarcasm

Banes at March 18, 2021, midnight

tags: sarcasm, thursdayswithbanes

When writing and drawing comics, facial expression and body language can sell and reinforce character, tone and story.

A smiling face can say as much as their words about what's going on in the moment, and in the character's emotions.

But what about a sarcastic smile? Or sarcastic expressions of …

FEATURED COMIC --> The God of the River

Ozoneocean at March 17, 2021, midnight

tags: FEATURED COMIC, The God of the River

Who knew that North Elves were such nasty bastards? Kairu of the fire elf tribe is about to find out just how mean these arrow-slingers can be. Too bad his fire powers don't work yet… We join him and his tribe worshiping the hippo god idol down by the river …

QUACKCAST 522 - The fall of a politician and a furry, The ballad of Grey Muzzle

Ozoneocean at March 16, 2021, midnight

tags: Drunk duck, featured comic, featured music, Gunwallace, kawaiidaigakusei, Ozoneocean, pitface, politician and a furry, QUACKCAST 522, Shu’Halo: The Balance Overture, Stickman And Cube, Tantz Aerine, The ballad of Grey Muzzle, Webcomics hosting

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Today we chat about the disappearance of another Drunkducker. This fellow was a politician in his daily life and a furry in his downtime. On DD he was the author of the …

Yesterday was Pi Day, Today is the Ides of March

kawaiidaigakusei at March 15, 2021, midnight

One year ago, I was sitting on a carpet in my living room putting the pieces of a World Map puzzle together. The previous Friday, March 13th, started off like any other—daily commute to work—except the constant news on the radio talking about the Ivy Leagues sending their professors and …

Archetypes Through a Psych Lens: Temperament

Tantz_Aerine at March 13, 2021, midnight

tags: character design, Tantz_Aerine, temperament, writing

According to the theory, you are born with a temperament. Its manifestation occurs soon after birth, and it is based in biological configurations you have, such as your tolerance or intolerance to stimulations, your sensitivity to noxious stimuli such as noise, and a range of other things.

As a baby, …

Naming a webcomic

Emma_Clare at March 12, 2021, midnight

tags: creation, DrunkDuck, narrative, stories, webcomic

Finding the perfect title for your comic is important. It is what people will use when referring to your work and is often the first thing that readers see. The name of your comic acts as an immediate snapshot of what’s to come. Getting it right is key. Although comic …

Meet Me Halfway

Banes at March 11, 2021, midnight

tags: thursdayswithbanes, writing

Last week I talked about what kind of stuff to stick in the middle section of stories.

Here's a tangent I found myself on, about the actual halfway mark:

Well, the middle bit almost always contains the actual halfway point of the story. In many stories this is a big …

FEATURED COMIC --> Shu’Halo: The Balance Overture

kawaiidaigakusei at March 10, 2021, midnight

tags: Balance, COMIC, FEATURED, M, Mogronn, Overture, Shu’Halo:, The

In an alternate Universe called Azeroth, an unknown force began to exterminate every life form. Entire races and civilizations were wiped out quickly. The ones that fled did survive by adapting to live underground for one hundred years. However, dark entities certainly live among the living.

The comic is mostly …

QUACKCAST 521 - Bluecuts34 on X comics

Ozoneocean at March 9, 2021, midnight

tags: Albion, Banes, Blake The Goblin Bilker, bluecuts34 on X comics, comics community, Drunk duck, featured comic, Featured music, Gunwallace, Ozoneocean, Pitface, QUACKCAST 521, Tantz Aerine, Webcomics hosting

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Today we're interviewing Bluecuts34 who is one of the crew assembling the DD horror anthology to raise money for Drunk Duck! They are the author of an adult comic (Castle of Joy), …

Lo-Fi Chill Beats for Creativity

kawaiidaigakusei at March 8, 2021, midnight

Low-Fidelity (Lo-Fi) Chill-bop Music has played a crucial role over the last year in my ability to calm down and feel at ease. Originally used as background music while doing homework or as a sleep aid, Lo-Fi music has been around for a while. The idea is that it layers …