Comics for Anti-Comic People

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 20, 2015



I'm a bit of a comic book proselytizer. When people tell me they don't like comics, I usually take that as a personal challenge. (I have the same reaction when people tell me they don't like cats, but that's another story for another time.) Generally I ...

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Love Triangles

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 13, 2015



I hope that all you lovely DDers are celebrating this Valentine's Day in happy, stable relationships - or happy, stable singledom! As for me, I love a good (fictional) love triangle. What's the point of a love story if it's not unnecessarily complicated, right? Here are some of ...

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QUACKCAST 205 - What about Bodyshape?

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 10, 2015

LISTEN!

Photos by Howard Schatz.

Content:
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 ...




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Traditional Art in Webcomics

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 6, 2015



We've talked a few times in newsposts and Quackcasts about how tablets have made digital art more convenient than ever. But as much as I enjoy the clean lines and bright colours of digital drawing, when inspiration strikes I still often find myself reaching for my sketchbook and ProMarkers ...

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Conveying sarcasm

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 30, 2015



I spotted a forum thread yesterday on this topic, and I thought some of you might have some interesting input - how do you convey sarcasm in a comic?

From irrevenant:
“In normal life sarcasm is conveyed by tone of voice which obviously isn't available in a comic.

There are ...






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Turning an Idea into a Comic

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 23, 2015



I was sitting in a boring Canadian politics lecture the other day (I'm not sure what else I expected from that class, really…) when inspiration struck - a comic idea! Unfortunately it's the first good idea I've had since approximately 2008, and I'm a few years removed ...

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Submit your radio play script ideas!

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 16, 2015



Just a reminder that if you're planning on writing a script for the 2015 DD Radio Play, you need to send an idea to Kroatz by January 20th, less than a week from today. So far only two people have volunteered to write scripts, so yours odds of being ...

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2015 Radio Play - Call for Scripts!

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 9, 2015
tags: 2015, play, radio, scripts



As I mentioned in last week’s newspost, we’re in the beginning stages of doing this year’s radio play. The first step will be to choose a script (or two)! Here are Kroatz’ rules for scripts.


RADIOPLAY CREATION AND SELECTION RULES

Here's what we're going to ...






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Radio Play 2015 - What can YOU do to help?

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 2, 2015



http://theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/176752/

2014 saw a very sad thing happen, or rather not happen – the first time in four years that we did not to a DD Radio Play. For those who haven’t participated in the past, the Radio Play is truly one of the coolest ...



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Happy boxing day!

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Dec. 26, 2014
tags: boxing, christmas, day



I hope you'll all forgive me for a short newspost this week as I spend time opening presents, watching movies and baking with my family.

I'd like to thank everyone who took part in Secret Santa this year. I was completely blown away by the quality of the ...



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