Quackcast 325 - walk the line

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 30, 2017

LISTEN!
Art by Ozoneocean

In this Quackcast we cover the Importance of good linework in comics and different line techniques such as Herge's Ligne claire, the traditional thick line for characters and thin for everything else as exemplified in the work of Mucha, variable line widths as in Manga ...


read more

Character Quirks

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 25, 2017



So last time I talked about the little extras that can go into dialogue and how that dialogue can be presented on the page of your comic, so I was thinking today might be good to continue in that general trajectory and talk about little extras in your character design ...

read more

Thought Bubbles: Outdated?

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Sept. 16, 2016



One of the really cool things about comic making is that we have so many tools at our disposal that people who tells stories in other mediums don’t necessarily have. One of those is the ability to show a character’s inner monologue without interrupting the external narrative or ...

read more

Bookending

Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 15, 2016



A story can be strengthened by coordinating the first and final images in some way.

It's not a hard and fast rule; it's not a rule at all. But it can be worth trying out in your writing!

The movie Halloween (there it is! I had to start ...





read more

Marvel vs. DC In Gaming

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 5, 2015



If you haven't noticed, 2016 is all about pitting superheroes against one another. This coming spring, we'll have Captain America facing off with Iron Man in Captain America: Civil War, and DC's two biggest heroes at odds in Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice. But forget about ...

read more

Adaptations

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 21, 2014



In recent years Hollywood has been desperately mining already popular material in the hopes of producing ready-made hits, so we've had a great bonanza of classic Scifi, fantasy and comic book films blasting onto the silver screen with the likes of The Lord of The Rings, The Chronicles of ...

read more

FRIDAY NEWSPOST - When Comics Jump the Shark

HippieVan at 12:00AM, April 11, 2014



Earlier this week, one of my sisters sent me some upsetting news: Archie Andrews is going to be killed off in an upcoming issue of Life With Archie.

I was an avid Archie fan when I was young. My sisters and I had a truly massive collection which we kept ...



read more

New Interviews, Nontests, Crossover Wars, Community Projects, and Milestones!

skoolmunkee at 2:49AM, April 16, 2007

What's up ducks and duckettes? I got some announcements!

Some changes are coming soon to the user pages! So keep an eye out…

There's a new Creator Interview up, and this time it's Hawk of Culture Shock!

Would you be doing your comic at all if you ...





read more

Forgot Password
©2011 WOWIO, Inc. All Rights Reserved Mastodon