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getting on track with subplots

Emma_Clare at Dec. 11, 2020, midnight
tags: creation, DrunkDuck, narrative, stories, webcomic



A subplot is a co-current narrative that runs alongside the main plot, often providing context, character development or further world building. They can be used to build further tension, explore other perspectives or themes.

The theme is what the overall story means. A subplot allows you to lend more emotional …

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Drawing Lies

Banes at Dec. 10, 2020, midnight
tags: cartooning, drawing, thursdayswithbanes



Drawing Lies - Deception, Insincerity and Sarcasm

Stories and characters have many contexts where emotion is needed - the happy and sad and angry and scared of it all is a big focus of my own comic drawing - I keep it cartoony (with as few lines as possible) and …

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FEATURED COMIC --> Spazient

Ozoneocean at Dec. 9, 2020, midnight
tags: -->, COMIC, FEATURED, Spazient



Lord Ziot is about to have a bad day… actually, and extremely bad day! He's come down to earth looking for a very powerful helmet that increases the wearer's intelligence and abilities as well as allowing them control of all sorts of alien hi-tech stuff, but before he can get …

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QUACKCAST 508 - Fan Service

Ozoneocean at Dec. 8, 2020, midnight
tags: Banes, Drunk duck, Fan Service, featured comic, featured music, Gunwallace, Heaven Hunters, kawaiidaigakusei, Ozoneocean, QUACKCAST 508, Tantz Aerine, Webcomics hosting

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Listen on Stitcher ​​- https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/adarunkduck-quackcast
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The Mandalorian on Disney Plus is a very popular series, it's particularly known at the moment because of the “fanservice”, i.e. fan rewards in the second series. a couple of Clone Wars …

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Living with mistakes

Emma_Clare at Dec. 4, 2020, midnight
tags: creation, DrunkDuck, narrative, stories, webcomic



We create two comics.

One story has been methodically planned out, step by step. There’s a master plan. The chapters are written in their entirety over 40 pages. They are sketched, edited, inked and coloured all at once. When the chapter is over, we review the plan, make adjustments, rinse …

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The Mystery Box

Banes at Dec. 3, 2020, midnight
tags: mysterybox, thursdayswithbanes, writing


what's in the box?

Ah, December!

We're in the final month of the year, and Christmas is in sight. If you celebrated Christmas, or any other gift-oriented holiday, you probably remember the anticipation before the big day, and the excitement over what would be waiting for you.

It's the anticipation …

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QUACKCAST 507 - Say my name again!

Ozoneocean at Dec. 1, 2020, midnight
tags: Adulting Amy, Banes, comics community, Drunk duck, featured comic, featured music, Gunwallace, Ozoneocean, Pitface, QUACKCAST 507, Say my name again!, Tantz Aerine, Times Like This, Webcomics hosting

LISTEN on our new player!
Listen on Stitcher ​​- https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunkduck-quackcast
Or TuneinRadio - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Books--Literature/Drunkduck-Quackcast-p1150194/

Coming up with character names isn't easy. It can actually be really, really hard! Tantz did a couple helpful Newsposts about it and we decided to spin that into a fun Quackcast …

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The Significance of Names (Part 2)

Tantz_Aerine at Nov. 28, 2020, midnight
tags: names, Tantz_Aerine, worldbuilding, writing



When constructing your world, be it in fantasy or within a realistic/historical/existing place, the names you pick are very important.

They are important for suspension of disbelief and immersion: how consistent the names are, how congruent with what reality the audience reasonably comes to expect within the framework of the …

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Figments in Fiction

Banes at Nov. 26, 2020, midnight
tags: imaginaryfriends, thursdayswithbanes, writing


I've never seen this movie, but does he have a bevy of dead girlfriends?
always seemed like an odd concept for a lighthearted romantic comedy. "Matthew
and Jennifer! Learning the power of love! Piles of dead bodies!"



Talking to the Dead - Sort of

How many times have you had …

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