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Tantz_Aerine at Aug. 17, 2019, midnight
tags: narrative, spoilers, tantz_aerine, webcomics



So, full disclosure: I am spoiler immune.

I don't really care if I know how a story ends, or where the twist is. I might even enjoy it more as I anticipate it. I will watch the movie without issue and still enjoy it just as much.

Granted, when I …

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Built to Last or Not

Banes at Aug. 15, 2019, midnight
tags: banes, thursday



I remember way back in the day, hearing a writer on the cartoon 'King of the Hill', who'd been a writer on 'The Simpsons' saying that on the Simpsons, is was all about how many jokes you could get in a scene…in a page…and even how many jokes you can …

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QUACKCAST 439 - weather flavour enhancer!

Ozoneocean at Aug. 13, 2019, midnight
tags: Banes Gunwallace, Drunk Duck, featured comic, featured theme tune, Ozoneocean, podcast, QUACKCAST 439, SWALLOW Vamps in the Big City, Tantz Aerine, The Frolic, weather flavour enhancer!, Webcomics community

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Tantz's clever idea was that the weather isn't just a backdrop… it's an important prop in it's own right.
Weather can be used to drive a plot: the wind snatches a hat …

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The Weather as Prop

Tantz_Aerine at Aug. 10, 2019, midnight
tags: narrative, tantz_aerine, weather, webcomics



So the weather is very important. We all know that from our real life routine alone.

There is often a tendency, however, not to use it when it comes to the visual narrative that webcomics are. More often than not, the weather is basically perpetually clear. Daylight or moonlight are …

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I Was Wrong

Banes at Aug. 8, 2019, midnight
tags: banes, characterarc, iwaswrong, thursday, writing



I Was Wrong - The Character Arc

Last time I was here I talked about "The Old Warrior". It's one of my favorite character types and story elements.

This time I'm going to go into another trope/theme that almost always works for me: The realization of a character that life …

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FEATURED COMIC --> The Frolic

Ozoneocean at Aug. 7, 2019, midnight
tags: FEATURED COMIC, The Frolic



Mr Frolik is detective with issues. He has dark looks, a long dark coat and he smokes as he pontificates and ruminates on love, life and serial killers, much like Bill Hicks or Lenny Bruce, but a little more wry. His love life is seriously bad and he doesn't get …

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QUACKCAST 438 - You just don't get it

Ozoneocean at Aug. 6, 2019, midnight
tags: comics community, Drunk duck, featured comic, featured music, Gunwallace, kawaiidaigakusei, Ozoneocean, Pitface, podcast, Quackcast 438, Tantz Aerine, The Feelings of a High School Girl, The Frolic, Webcomics hosting, You just don't get it

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Listen on Stitcher ​​- https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunkduck-quackcast
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Sometimes your audience just doesn't pick up on the clever symbolism, the hints, the metaphor, the underlying themes and all the artistic cleverness in writing and art that you've filled your work …

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Finding Creative Inspiration in Quiet Places

kawaiidaigakusei at Aug. 5, 2019, midnight



I am half way complete with my journey across the United States and I have spent the last week in the small town of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. This is an area of the world that many great creative artists, musicians, and writers that I greatly admire have lived and found …

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Knowing when to end

Emma_Clare at Aug. 2, 2019, midnight
tags: creation, DrunkDuck, stories, webcomic



When Stranger Things ended their first season I didn’t feel that there was a need to continue. The character’s had had their arcs come full circle, most loose ends were neatly tied and, despite the ending being left slightly ambiguous, for the most part, it was wrapped up.

I thought …

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Design Language

Ozoneocean at Aug. 1, 2019, midnight



When you're creating the look of your fictional world what can really help you in the design of the look and feel of it is coming up with a "Design Language".
What I mean by this is the theme of the overall look of things and the reasons for it. …

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