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Episode 218 - Sexy and attractive characters, Part 2

Ozoneocean at May 12, 2015, midnight
tags: Banes, by Gunwallace, DD community, Featured comic, Gryphon Rise, music for FOX Academy The New Breed, Ozoneocean, part 2, Pit Face, Quackcast 218, Sexy and attractive characters, Tantz Aerine, Webcomics podcast

Once again we're chatting about just WHAT makes characters sexy and or attractive. The sexy Banes and Ozoneocean are joined by two attractive ladies, PitFace and Tantz Aerine, so now we have even more insight into the topic! We discuss the topic with humour and intelligence, with the help of the fantastic contributions for some very canny and sexually attractive Drunk Duckers. And of course we have some lovely music by Gunwallace, a secret agent theme for FOX Academy The New Breed!

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Episode 217 - Sexy and attractive characters

Ozoneocean at May 5, 2015, midnight
tags: Banes, by Gunwallace, by Spencinator, DD community, Featured comic, kawaiidaigakusei, music for The Flower and The Nose, Ozoneocean, Quackcast 217, Sexy and attractive characters, Webcomics podcast, We Made a Comic

For this Quackcast we thought we'd explore what makes characters sexy and/or attractive: Men or women, it doesn't matter, original characters, or from TV, comics, films, radio, games, whatever. How do you make a sexy character? What's a good example of a sexy character? What makes a character sexy? We had a LOT of people telling us what they thought and we had some pretty strong opinions ourselves! Also, you will LOVE the sexy Roxy Music sounding theme tune for The Flower and the Nose by Gunwallace.

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Episode 216 - Characters done right, part 4

Ozoneocean at April 28, 2015, midnight
tags: Banes, Bravo1102, by Gunwallace, by Toondoctor, Characters done right, DD community, Featured comic, Johnny Bullet, music for prodigium, Ozoneocean, part 4, Pit Face, Quackcast 216, Tantz Aerine, theme for Prodigium, Webcomics podcast

This is the FOURTH and very final part of our series on what makes a good character in webcomics, movies, and any sort of writing in general. Our very first four-parter! Ozone and Banes are once again joined by the panel of Pitface, Tantz Aerine, and Bravo1102. Together we get though the last of the contributions from the great and wise people of DD who've had a lot of very intelligent things on the subject of character writing. And of course there's an amazing aural interpretation of a comic for you by Gunwallace who's done a spectacular theme for Prodigium.

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Episode 215 - A guide to Good characters, part 3

Ozoneocean at April 21, 2015, midnight
tags: A guide to Good characters, Banes, Bravo1102, by 1rd2th3st, by Gunwallace, Clint, DD community, Featured comic, music for Clint, Ozoneocean, part 3, Pit Face, Quackcast 215, Tantz Aerine, Webcomics podcast

OMG! This is the third part in our long running series of discussing good and bad character traits in webcomics and everything else. Bravo, Tantz and Pit are all along with Banes and I for another go around and doing their best German accents as a tribute to Abt Nhil to start off. As usual we read out some very enlightening contributions and then discuss them jointly afterwards. This Quackcast ran a little long because of it- we had a LOT to say! And do not forget Gunwallace's great musical theme, this time it's for Clint which also happens to be that week's featured comic!

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Episode 214 - Good character, Bad character? Part 2

Ozoneocean at April 16, 2015, midnight
tags: Bad character?, Banes, Bravo1102, by Gunwallace, by Yiu, DD community, Featured comic, Good character, music for Joy to the World, Ozoneocean, part 2, Pit Face, Quackcast 214, Sentiments, Tantz Aerine, Webcomics podcast

Continuing our theme from last week, Bravo1102 joins us to discuss good and bad character creation, along with two very well written characters; PitFace and Tantz Aerine! We use our best silly voices to read out the words of the smart people who had something to say on the subject in question and then we all get together to pick apart and discuss the points they made. Bravo joins us for the first time as a participant and not an interviewee and showcases his excellent and versatile vocal talents! Also- Gunwallace's tune for Joy To The World is especially funky. Please enjoy Quackcast 214!

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Episode 213 - What makes a good character? Part one

Ozoneocean at April 7, 2015, midnight
tags: Banes, by Gunwallace, by Scarletspider, DD community, Featured comic, Kawaiidaigakusei, Mechanaflux, music for Tina's Story, Ozoneocean, Part one, Quackcast 213, Webcomics podcast, What makes a good character

After several interesting discussions about Mary Sues, we'd like to talk about characters a little more.
We asked people to let us know their thoughts on what makes a well written character VS a poorly written one. People talked about their favourite and least favourite characters in fiction and why they dug or don't dig them… as well as their own characters and how they put them together! Banes and I blather on a lot so this will be a multi-parter as we talk about what makes good characters. And as usual there's the great theme by Gunwallace! This time a classical number for the Adult comic Tina's Story.

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Episode 212 - Gateway Comics

Ozoneocean at March 31, 2015, midnight
tags: Abt Nihil, A REASONABLE CASE, Banes, by AlSchroeder, by Gunwallace, DD community, Featured comic, Gateway comics, music for Andee Candy, Ozoneocean, Pit Face, Quackcast 212, Tantz Aerine, Webcomics podcast

Tantz Aerine, Pit Face and Abt Nhil join Banes and Ozone to discuss the kinds of comics that are good intros into the medium for people who aren't into them: Gateway comics! You know the sorts of people; "Comics are for kids", that sort of thing. Well the idea here is to show them different! What comics would convince someone to give the medium a second glance? What comic or strategy could possibly convent people to the glorious cause of comics? Tantz, Pit, and Abt tell us what they think, we also read what HippieVan suggests (the topic creator), and the people who contributed to HippieVan's original newspost.

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Episode 211 - How Mary Sure Are You?

Ozoneocean at March 24, 2015, midnight
tags: Banes, by Gunwallace, by MilkArt, DD community, Featured comic, How Mary Sure Are You?, kawaiidaigakusei, music for Devil Spy, Ozoneocean, Psycho Babble, Quackcast 211, Webcomics podcast

Hello hello hello! This week Ozoneocean and Banes pirate another of HippieVan's much discussed newsposts. When the test for Mary Sue was brought up in our recent writing tests Quackcast it generated some heated talk so HippieVan went a little deeper into it and people responded again. Banes and I discuss those responses and try to come up with some sort of consensus on how to more properly use the Mary Sue test and some of its pitfalls: i.e. it's highly context sensitive and can't be used easily on certain genres (Superhero etc), it's also something you as a writer typically don't have to worry about unless you're inexperienced- or so Banes and I believe.

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Episode 210 - DD Fashion Show!

Ozoneocean at March 17, 2015, midnight
tags: aka Travis Michael Moore, Banes, by Gunwallace, DD community, DD Fashion Show!, Featured comic, Grin and Sprirt by Ghostrunner, music for Jouney Man, Ozoneocean, Quackcast 210, VinoMas, Webcomics podcast

Have you heard the word about the DD Fashion Show Free For All that's currently going on? No? Well now's your chance, so listen up good! Banes and Ozoneocean interview VinoMas aka Travis Michael Moore about the great community project he's running. Here's the low down: You go to the Fashion Forum in the links here (http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/13117/), desing an outfit for one of the figures there and post it in the catwalk thread for all to see and admire! You can put the outfit on your own figure and offer your own figure up for use as a model too if you like. Join in the fun, it's super easy. As long as you're a member of the forum and know how to host pics on photobucket.com or some other image sharing service you're all set! NOW GO TO IT!!

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Episode 209 - lurv triangles

Ozoneocean at March 10, 2015, midnight
tags: Adventures Of Ty by jedi34567, Banes, by Gunwallace, DD community, Featured comic, kawaiidaigakusei, lurv triangles, music for Joe Pop, Ozoneocean, Quackcast 209, Webcomics podcast

Around about Valentine's day, HippieVan's mind turned to thoughts of love… and she conceived of a great newspost idea that was very popular with people! Love triangles are very good for generating drama in your writing without having to worry too much about forcing that through external events. And because they're primarily driven by you characters as well as affecting them it's a great way to build on your characterisation through the drama. In HippieVan's words we outline a few notable love triangles in fiction, both classic, and contemporary, then we include the contributions the DDers who were good enough to add their two cents to the subject.

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Episode 208 - Testing Your Writing

Ozoneocean at March 3, 2015, midnight
tags: Banes, by Gunwallace, by Udyr, DD community, Featured comic, music for DeadFingers, Ozoneocean, Quackcast 208, Sweets and Giggles, Testing Your Writing, Webcomics podcast

In this Quackcast Banes and I discuss some methods for testing your writing, well mainly your characters, to see how well you really know them. We use a comedic character creation template that we have found is perfect for testing and learning more about your established characters, no matter how serious they are. It consists of four interrelated elements: Point of view; Exaggeration of the point of view; Faults; Relatability / Humanity. We also talk a little about the dreaded dangers of the Mary Sue… you never want your writing to fall in that putrid, cancerous hole of smelly excrement where your main character is perfect and all the others worship them. And lastly the very useful Bechdel test for seeing how rounded your female characters are. There are 3 rules: You have to have at least two named women; They who talk to each other; It's about something besides a man.
We were both a bit sad about the death of Leonard Nimoy. R.I.P. Mister Spock.

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Episode 207 - A question of bodyshape part 2

Ozoneocean at Feb. 24, 2015, midnight
tags: A question of bodyshape part 2, Banes, by ashtree house, by Gunwallace, DD community, Featured comic, kawaiidaigakusei, music for Funk, Ozoneocean, Quackcast 207, Steel and Manitou, Webcomics podcast

In Quackcast 207 we talk about bodyshapes in comics again; as a follow up from the chat we had about it in Quackcast 205 we thought we'd let the community weigh in with their thoughts… so Banes and I could get the chance to practice our voices.
We wanted to know what others thought about the subject of about bodyshape in comics; Ones that they draw, read, or have just seen and think that it needs commenting upon.
These Quackcasts were inspired of course by the images of athletes from the 2002 book "Athlete" by Howard Schatz. The photos show various athletes who're at the top level of their respective sports, it also shows that they have wildly different physical attributes: there IS no one ideal, and there IS no “normal”. This got us to thinking how body shape can define a character as much as facial features, hairstyle, clothing etc. Anyway, people had their say and it was enlightening! Also, Gunwallace's music this week was for FUNK! And funky it was, give it a listen.

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Episode 206 - Turning An Idea Into A Comic

Ozoneocean at Feb. 17, 2015, midnight
tags: Banes, by Gunwallace, DD community, Featured comic, HippieVan, music forPegwarmers, Ozoneocean, Piper's Song by Skweeee, Quackcast 206, Turning An Idea Into A Comic, Webcomics podcast

Back in January our own HippieVan was in a quandary as to how to turn a creative idea she had into a webcomic, so she decided to put it o the DD community and croudsource their wisdom via a newspost. Banes and I thought the topic would make a good Quackcast, especially since we could read out all the interesting and informative posts people made on the subject! Banes has also approached the idea previously for Quackcast 68 where he outlines a screen-writing method called "save the cat", also known as "The Banes' Method". That Quackcast was since deleted but as a special treat I will re-upload it!

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Episode 205 - What about bodyshape?

Ozoneocean at Feb. 10, 2015, midnight
tags: Banes, by Gunwallace, DD community, Featured comic, kawaiidaigakusei, music for YOUR CHOICE, Onward by Mina Lunga, Ozoneocean, Quackcast 205, Webcomics podcast, What about bodyshape?

This week Banes and I were inspired to talk about body shape in the depiction of figures in comics, inspired by some famous images from photographer Howard Schatz's 2002 book, Athlete. In it there are photos of many athletes who're at the peak of their sports and yet their bodyshapes are vastly different, subverting the idea of an "ideal" bodyshape or what it means to be a top athlete or even fit. too often bodyshapes in comics follow a very narrow range, not getting much past what we think of as the current popculture ideal. We all know that idealised model shape is a problem and yet we all still perpetuate it, most of the time you can only tell most "realistic" characters apart by their hairstyle or costume, especially in superhero comics. And that invents a second problem: the myth of the "normal" shaped body as opposed to the ideal- there IS no such thing as normal, and even the ideal is always changing throughout the ages. There's even a lot more to body shape than the famous categories: Mesomorph, Ectomorph, and Endomorph, or Skinny, Pear, Athletic, Hourglass and Apple. We also have a beif mention of how stylised characters (Sponge Bob, Calvin and Hobbes etc) are exaggerations of these shapes and differences.

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Episode 204 - Talisman returns from exile

Ozoneocean at Feb. 3, 2015, midnight
tags: Banes, Barb Myers Jacobs, by Gunwallace, DD community, Featured comic Nobody can eat 50 eggs, music for The Ginger and Shadow, Ozoneocean, Quackcast 204, Talisman returns from exile, Webcomics podcast

Way back in 2012 Ozone interviewed the marvellously talented and professional Barb Myers about her art and her fantastic comics. Well it's 2015 now and Barb has finally been able to put out the whole of her comic "Talisman: Return of the Exile" for sale on Amazon! So of course now was the perfect time to catch up for another chat. I first came across her lovely comic on Drunk Duck years and years ago when it was called "Return to Donelly", it was a beautiful looking piece of work and it rightly brought her to the attention of the pros. It was picked up for Keen spot and then a publisher wanted to sell it in bookshops everywhere. Well things went screwy after that and it never really reached its full potential unfortunately. It disappeared from radar totally. Well now it's BACK! You can buy this great 108 full colour fantasy comic book story for only $10 US dollars. Mine should get to me on about the 10th of February. ^_^

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