Last time I talked about catharsis I focused on how important it is in a story, whether by its presence or absense. This time I want to talk about how to incorporate it in a story.
To give a brief recap, catharsis is the feeling of release of powerful emotions ...
Incorporating Catharsis
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 18, 2023The Need for Catharsis
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 28, 2023
Halloween is around the corner!
The swiftly-international-becoming Fright Season, where people dress up and surround themselves in scary imagery and settings. Everything is about the scare, the close brush with death or worse, the thrill of the blood running cold in our veins for seconds before laughing at each other ...
Character Deep Dive: Polly from Bottomless Waitress
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 21, 2023
Today’s deep dive is with Polly, from Bottomless Waitress! Bottomless Waitress is the joint creation of Banes and Ozoneocean, with Banes writing the script and Ozoneocean doing the artwork.
It's a teasing, raunchy and somewhat absurd slice-of-life comedy. It’s a masterful balancing act, dancing carefree on the ...
Making Horror Comics
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 12, 2023
image by Banes, based on a story narrated by Lazy Masquerade
Making Horror Comics - a chat with Genejoke
I spoke to Genejoke about making horror comics. GJ makes a lot of comics here on the Duck. He has an anthology series here called Lite Bites, and multiple other series on ...
Quackcast 656 - Character Growth 2, Indiana Jones
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 10, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
Or TuneinRadio - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Books–Literature/Drunkduck-Quackcast-p1150194/
This Quackcast is a sequel to our Quackcast last week on alternative character growth, but instead of Star Wars this time we decided on Indiana Jones. It's a really interesting creative writing exercise, we think up ...
Just Looking at the Pictures
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 2, 2023
Photo: “A Mutant Trying to Read”. The Uncanny X-Men by Marvel Comics. Animal Farm by George Orwell. Photographed by kawaiidaigakusei. (October 2023)
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Rogue: I figured you read this one already. But the cover looked pretty good.
Beast: Thomas Wolfe. An old favorite. I thank you.
Gambit: Beastie is easy to ...
Religion (part 2)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 30, 2023
Last time I started talking about religion as a great umbrella term for a lot of facets of worldbuilding you can take into consideration when constructing the world of your story, be it webcomic, novel, series, or anything else.
This type of worldbuilding is especially prevalent in fantasy worlds, but ...
Religion
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 23, 2023
No, no. I promise this is not a post that will go like this:
Nor like this:
Also nothing I say here, is to be religiously followed. (I got that out of my chest, cringing is allowed)
This post is entirely on the issue of worldbuilding religion into your webcomic ...
Top Five Tales of Bands
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 21, 2023
Having a love of music, forming a band, struggling together, maybe rising to fame and fortune, then falling from those heights, and then figuring out what to do next…it's a version of the Hero's Journey that can be found in real life.
There've been plenty of ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Lauren Ipsum
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 20, 2023
Meet Lauren Ipsum, comical used book salesperson and eccentric librarian extraordinaire, always seen writing semi-biographical “Fix Fics” on a traditional manual typewriter. Accompanying Lauren on her daily adventures is a friendly and chill fox named Dewey (who sometimes needs a haircut). Follow Lauren and Dewey as they stealthily return overdue ...