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Posts from June 2009

Know The Score

Know The Score published on 4 Comments on Know The Score

Score is a good duck, really. He’s just a bit… touchy. And a bit of a perfectionist.

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One of the characterization ideas I’ve tried to utilize is to give some of the ducks little facets of my own personality. Roger’s a punster, Neil’s a music lover (not to be outdone by Roger, of course), Rusty’s easily exasperated (but gets over it quicky) as well as easily bought (um), Li’s the laid-back type, Poe’s a bit of a snob, and so on.

I know that this one lacked a real punchline, and that’s more-or-less on purpose. A few script revisions tried to force a gag in the third or fourth panel and it kept falling flat, so I decided to keep Score in character and go for the grumble instead of the guffaw. We’re establishing characterization and setting again, and I expect to be doing a few more along these lines as I work toward letting the entertainment grow a bit more… well, organically may not be the precise word but hopefully you get the idea.

And that gets us through the first month. Can I handle the next eight-to-ten comics?

Striking Out

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Is this the end, so soon after we’ve begun?

I certainly hope not!

Okay, here’s the deal: I could try to carry on a gag-a-day (okay, gag-twice-a-week) webcomic and see how long it takes for the jokes to run out. I never intended to do that, however. Part of what I want to learn from this project is storytelling and characterization. Yes, I’m doing my learning right out in public where everyone can mock watch. Mine is a special brand of masochism, it’s true.

Starting Monday, we start small: A little more conversation, a little less slapstick…

ABC to ZZ Top

ABC to ZZ Top published on 9 Comments on ABC to ZZ Top

You might have gathered that Roger and Neil are music fans. They also enjoy nimble wordplay, as do other denizens of the Quacked Panes crew.

Apparently, however, an hour past bedtime may indeed be the wrong time to engage in what amounts to music-geek Shiritori…

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Okay, I was lazy and just used the last letter, not the last sound (or syllable), but hey. I stayed up far later than I should’ve to finish this comic as it is. You probably shouldn’t overthink this… like I just did. Ahem.

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