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Fear of the unknown

Emma_Clare at Aug. 14, 2020, midnight
tags: Anthology, art, creation, DrunkDuck, webcomic



I was talking to a friend of mine the other day about the long abandoned video game demo, P.T, a PTSD inducing horror teaser that went on to be scrapped by game publisher, Konami, before the project had gotten on its feet. I was arguing that the real horror behind …

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Pixar's Rules of Storytelling

Banes at Aug. 13, 2020, midnight
tags: pixar, thursday, writing

Pixar has had one of the most dedicated story teams in the business. Here are the Pixar rules of storytelling. I find them to be powerful and sensible! If you haven't seen this list before (I hadn't), here they are!


1. You admire a character for trying more than for …

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QUACKCAST 491 - Getting retro right!

Ozoneocean at Aug. 11, 2020, midnight
tags: Banes, comics community, Drunk duck, featured comic, featured music, Getting retro right!, Gumshoe, Gunwallace, Hel's Ferrywomen, Ozoneocean, Ptface, QUACKCAST 491, Tantz Aerine, Webcomics hosting

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DD member Furwerk Studios posted in our forum about how annoying it was that movies try and do an 80s retro thing often get things totally wrong and end up looking dumb …

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Approaching Horror

Tantz_Aerine at Aug. 8, 2020, midnight
tags: genre, horror, Tantz_Aerine



Though I am certainly no stranger to handling the horrific in my creations, horror as a genre is something I never dabbled in before.

Horror scares me the same way comedy does!

While I can crack jokes, I always feel I can never do it on demand, or consistently think …

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It's Not Yours

Banes at Aug. 6, 2020, midnight
tags: banes, thursday, writing



We interpret things differently.

I'll give an example from the 2000's version of The Hills Have Eyes (spoilers ahead).

There's a scene early in that movie, when the family is stranded but they haven't realized how much trouble they're really in. The husband of the oldest daughter seems to be …

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QUACKCAST 490 - Genres of webcomics!

Ozoneocean at Aug. 4, 2020, midnight
tags: Banes, Bottomless Waitress, Drunk duck, featured comic and music, Genres of webcomics!, Gunwallace, kawaiidaigakusei, Ozoneocean, Pitface, QUACKCAST 490, Tantz Aerine, Webcomics

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Aren't genres great? They're so useful for categorising what we like and selling our work. Today we're chatting about all the genres that are popular in webcomics now, that we know of. …

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Choosing Your Genre

Tantz_Aerine at Aug. 1, 2020, midnight
tags: genre, plot, tantz_aerine, webcomics




For better or for worse, we are creatures of categorizations. We love to label things, and to sort them into neat little boxes so that we are absolutely certain we know what to expect when dealing with each one. It is that sense of familiarity that we are looking for, …

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The Fool Triumphant

Banes at July 30, 2020, midnight
tags: banes, fooltriumphant, genres, thursday, writing



Many stories feature some kind of underdog in the beginning. This is a standard approach to a Protagonist. They may be very capable and bright, but have a lower status or disadvantage of some kind. This helps make them relatable and helps people root for them to win. Most mainstream …

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