Episode 53 - Spriters Are People Too

The venerable Skoolmunkee is the special guest this week! This time we have a completely biased and entirely uninformed chat about all aspects of sprite comicing, from their short and turbulent history, to their glittering present and beyond into a glorious galaxy spanning empire that they will one day be responsible for creating!

Featured Comics:
Heavy Mech - http://www.drunkduck.com/Heavy_Mech/
Drunk Duck Awards 2011 - http://www.drunkduck.com/Drunk_Duck_Awards_2011/

Sprite comics:
- The feline-canine centipede conundrum.
- What ARE sprite comics?
- Pixel art.
- Polygon comics.
- Some notable sprite comics.
- Programs to use to create sprite comics.
- Why do them?
- Why not?
- How to make a better sprite comic.
- What you should do.
- What you should avoid.

Useful resources for and about spriting:
All our Drunk Duck spriting tutorials - http://www.drunkduck.com/tutorial/?search=sprites&x=0&y=0
Sprite sheet and backgrounds - http://www.spriters-resource.com/ and http://www.gsarchives.net/index2.php
Animated sprite comic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-rFa5nZvQ

Comics mentioned in this QuackCast:
Diesel Sweeties by R Stevens - http://www.dieselsweeties.com/
Kid Radd by Dan Miller - http://kidradd.niftihalostudios.com/
A Modest Destiny by Squidi - http://www.squidi.net/comic/amd/
8 Bit Theatre by Brian Clevinger http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-going-where/
Blue Strawberry by Eduds - http://www.drunkduck.com/Blue_Strawberry/
Moose Shoe by G D - http://www.drunkduck.com/Moose_Shoe/
Chrono Redux by Sameth - http://www.drunkduck.com/chrono_redux
Cru the Dwarf by Cru - http://www.drunkduck.com/Cru_The_DwarF/

Contributions from:
Nicky P - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/NickyP/
El Cid - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/El%20Cid/
RPGgrenade - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/RPGgrenade/
BlkKnight - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/BlkKnight/
Naughtelos - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/Naughtelos/
Nintendude - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/Nintendude/
Renga Studio - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/Renga%20Studio/