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QUACKCAST 494 - No antagonist is the best antagonist?

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Does a story always need an antagonist embodied in the form of an active character? I don't think they do! We chat about examples of stories without antagonistic characters that work just …

Deadline for Drunk Duck Awards Red Carpet Submission is Approaching!

The Drunk Duck Red Carpet Submissions are due on Tuesday, September 1.

Tantz Aerine is very flexible and accommodating and will give everyone a grace period of one week for guaranteed inclusion in the event and the wallpapers. If there is still time, she will also add anyone that submits …

Character Design Brainstorm: The Man (or Woman) of the Cloth

There are many tropes and many archetypes that we use for character designs. I had a couple of years go (have I really been at it this long!?) done a series of articles on the standard character type/functionality archetypes.

I'm thinking it's high time to explore archetypes in class, category, …

Why you should write a one shot

The deadline to submit your pitch for the DrunkDuck horror anthology is fast approaching (31/8/2020) so what better time to talk about one shot comics than right now! Short story comics, also known as one-shots, are generally self contained stories. There aren’t as many moving parts when compared to serialized …

No Antagonist, No Arc

I grabbed the Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey 2-pack and rewatched then after many years. I knew those movies well when I was a youngster, especially the first one. Many, many repeat viewings. Both movies held up REALLY well, and feature "Fool" Protagonists like …

FEATURED COMIC --> The History of One Humankind

This is a thinking person’s comic with the history of different world civilizations told in mini-vignettes that space three to four comic pages. The History of One Humankind displays costumes and fashion worn during the era of historical times while using an art style that is similar to Picasso’s Les …

QUACKCAST 493 - Use existing IP to explore new things?

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First up… HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TANTZ!
This Quackcast is about the topic of whether it's right to change an established character just to fit with the ideas and styles of a new …

Drunk Duck Awards: Volunteers, Check Your PQs!

Good afternoon, Ducks! If you signed up for the Drunk Duck Awards, volunteer assignments are going out now (starting on Sunday, August 23). Please let Niccea know (Niccea(at)gmail(dot)com) if you didn't find anything in your Inbox. Volunteers were signing up in several different places, but Niccea believes she got everyone. …

When The Monster Is Too Good For Angst

There's nothing more entertaining than the angst of a monster that was once a human being. A monster that hates who he/she is, that strives to regain all the terrible loss he/she has sustained, to strive to become human again.



Or if it starts off a monster, to be free …

Assembling your outline

August is coming to an end which means the deadline for the DrunkDuck Horror Anthology of 2020 is fast approaching. When building a house it’s good to get the foundations down; for comics that means creating your outline. This applies to any story regardless of length. As you're preparing your …

Expies, Fandoms, Disappointment, and Hope

don't i know you people from somewhere?


oh yeah!


I realize it's not true of everyone, but there is a good chunk of various fandoms who are not happy with the condition of their favorite franchises these days. We've talked about the Star Wars of it all quite a few …

FEATURED COMIC --> Gumshoe

Raymond is a hardboiled, hard bitten, old style private dick. He's headstrong and goes after leads like a bloodhound. Thankfully his secretary has a calmer head on her shoulders and is there to back him up when he gets into trouble. The problem is that the leads he's following might …

QUACKCAST 492 - Impermanence of the new digital age

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This Quackcast is about the impermanence of online services and the lie that services are provided for fee and providers have no responsibility to the creators and viewers that use them. Hushicho …

Community Projects: Make a Guest Comic for Barkham Horror or Contribute to JillyFoo’s Halloween Zine!

Scott D is Making a Call for Guest Comics & Art for Barkham Horror

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Hey guys, so our second chapter (concluded) on 17th July 2020, at which point (went) on a break until September so that my partner and I can get some more work done, both on this …

The Abyss