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Metaphors in Horror

Banes at Oct. 24, 2019, midnight
tags: banes, halloween, horror, metaphor, thursday



Metaphors in Horror



Horror is perfect for metaphor and allegory. In fact, a horror story is often allegorical by default, what with its bizarre landscapes and freaky beasties.

Here are some categories of horror and some thoughts on what they symbolize:

Reality Bites


psycho killer! Qu'est-ce que c'est ?

These …

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QUACKCAST 449 - Star Wars 2 the franchise strikes back

Ozoneocean at Oct. 22, 2019, midnight
tags: Banes, Drunk Duck, featured theme tune, Gunwallace, Ozoneocean, podcast, QUACKCAST 449, Spacefighters, Star Wars 2 the franchise strikes back, Tantz Aerine featured comic, Webcomics community, Wild Wolves

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As promised we dive right into the second half of the Star Wars chat! We cover all the Star Wars stuff besides the original trilogy and the new trilogy. There's a lot …

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Rest and review

Emma_Clare at Oct. 18, 2019, midnight
tags: creation, DrunkDuck, self-care, stories, webcomic



Considering how many steps there are in creating comics, planning, plotting, writing, scripting, sketches, pencils, inks or colours and everything in between, it’s important to build in some time for review. Now this seems like a logical step. But when deadlines, self-imposed or otherwise, loom, this step is often by-passed. …

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The Head, The Heart and the Gut

Banes at Oct. 17, 2019, midnight
tags: banes, thursday, writing



There are things that appeal to the head - intriguing "what ifs" in terms of world building, and insights into technology, culture, politics, and history that capture the imagination in an intellectual way.

Then there's the heart - stories without emotional connection are the ones that critics and audiences call …

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FEATURED COMIC --> Wild Wolves

Ozoneocean at Oct. 16, 2019, midnight
tags: FEATURED COMIC, Wild Wolves



Nel and Soul are two star crossed lovers, members of rival wolf packs who're at war with one another… they sneak out to meet in secrecy but how long can that last before they're found out and their lives are torn apart by terrible war? Soul's pack is huge and …

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QUACKCAST 448 - King of franchises: Star Wars

Ozoneocean at Oct. 15, 2019, midnight
tags: Banes, comics communit, Drunk duck, featured comic, featured music, Gunwallace, Interstellar Dust, kawaiidaigakusei, King of franchises: Star Wars, Ozoneocean, Quackcast 448, Tantz Aerine, The Shootin', Webcomics hosting, webcomics reviews and interviews

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Continuing on our focus on movie franchises for the month of October, THIS time we focus on the king of them all: STAR WARS!

This was a genre defining series, not only …

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Dynamic characters

Emma_Clare at Oct. 11, 2019, midnight
tags: creation, DrunkDuck, narrative, stories, webcomic



Last week we took a look a static characters and when it might be an appropriate time to use them. But what about dynamic characters? Before we get into the weeds here, let’s first talk about what makes a dynamic character. Dynamic characters are those that develop and change over …

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