We had a Quackcast about creating your world a while ago, but that was mainly in terms of writing. Some people touched on the visual aspects, Falopian Crusader among them, and Usedbooks showed us her city map.
For this Quackcast we discussed creating the LOOK of the world your story takes place in. Whether that's just the flat scenes with a few props you get in a comic strip or the whole city you get in Tantz Aerine's Without Moonlight. Do you do research? Just base it all on imagination? Draw what you know? Do you do designs for buildings, floor plans, interiors, the objects within the room?
What about the colour choices of your environments - Do you go for a unified scheme or just do whatever? Pitface and Tantz Aerine joined us to tell us how THEY do it.
Have a listen to Gunwallace's quirky theme for the slice of life comic Monday Monday!

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Featured comic:
BARBARIAN ADVENTURE - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/BARBARIAN_ADVENTURE/

Comics with backgrounds!:
Without moonlight - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Without_Moonlight/
Typical strange - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Typical_Strange/
Putrid Meat - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/PUTRID_MEAT/

Special thanks to:
Gunwallace - http://www.virtuallycomics.com
Banes - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/
Tantz Aerine - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Without_Moonlight/
Pitface - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/PIT_FACE/

The theme song by Gunwallace this week was for:
Monday Monday - Featured theme: http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Monday_Monday/ by Mondaymonday, rated M.

For Quackcast 237 we asked people about the songs that inspire them when they do their comics, which songs go with which parts of their comics, what would be the ideal comic movie theme, what songs or music get you in the MOOD to do your comic, and finally; just how great are Gunwallace's fantastic comic theme tunes?
And speaking of theme tunes, the masterful Gunwallace has given us a Salsa theme for Taco El Gato!

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Featured comic:
Throviria - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Throviria/

Contribution thread: - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/177356/

Contributors:
Genejoke - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Genejoke/
usedbooks - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/usedbooks/
Luccia - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Luccia/
Bravo - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/bravo1102/
ozoneocean - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/ozoneocean/
KimLuster - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/KimLuster/
Whirlwynd - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Whirlwynd/
tupapayon - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/tupapayon/
El Cid - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Certified_Monster/
Gunwallace - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Gunwallace/
Ironscarf - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Ironscarf/

SONGS
Ozoneocean:
Pinky's theme is Buick Mckane by T-Rex - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igOQclFxHAc
The first scene of Pinky approaching the battlefleet - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Pinky_TA/4766795/
Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc
Pinky's Tromper rising up on its legs for the first time and then grinding through the tunnels - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Pinky_TA/4778164/
Ich Will by Rammstein - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC8wxSBSDI0
Bravo:
Music for Thunderbirds, Space:1999 and UFO among other Gerry Anderson series - http://ufoseries.com/barry/
Whirlwynd:
“Open the Sky” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ZIXoaRmcI
Bachelorette party montage - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Lady_Unlucky/5471088/
The Brian Setzer Orchestra, “Here Comes the Broad” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0D9pJ-5WI0
The bridge scene - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Lady_Unlucky/5474801/
Absinthe Junk, “White Nights” - http://absinthejunk.bandcamp.com/
Tupapayon:
Song in my head - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S_u4kzJoEj4
Ironscarf:
If you went there for a pub lunch today you would undoubtedly hear something like this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcitTNiIKwY

Special thanks to:
Gunwallace - http://www.virtuallycomics.com
Banes - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/
kawaiidaigakusei - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/kawaiidaigakusei/

The theme song by Gunwallace this week was for:
Taco El Gato - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Taco_El_Gato_Comics/ by CandiliciousCartoons rated T.

Pitface, Banes, Tantz Aerine and Ozoneocean reunited for a repeat of the legendary Drunkcast of Quackcast 137! Almost exactly 100 Quackcasts later we hit the booze again, but this time we had a goal to pursue with our drunken ramblings: music. We decided to talk about what themes inspire our comics, inspire us and represent our comic characters… and we came up with a LOT, too bloody much for me to link to dammit! We've also included all the links to the Quackcasts where themes for our comics appeared, AND Gunwallace has done the theme to Putrid Meat so it means ALL our comics have themes now!!!
So enjoy our silly drunken chatting, this is who Drunk Duck Quackcasts are SUPPOSED to be!
(pic by Ozoneocean, adaptation of a pic drawn for Bravo1102)

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Featured comic:
Metamorphosis Protocal - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Metamorphosis_Protocal/

Original Drunkcast - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/quackcast/episode-137-the-drunkcast-part-1

Our comic theme choices:
Without Moonlight: Naked Wires, Polytechnic is broadcasting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUXJLOYRDr8
Without Moonlight, Nikos: Pink Panther -
Hunter from Brave Resistance: Iron Maiden, The raid Children of the Grave -
Brave Resistance, Hacket: Dunkeshane, LOLA -
Brave Resistance, the dogfight: Obsession, panic in the streets -
Bottomless Waitress: I need a Hero, Bonnie Tyler -
Bottomless waitress, Polly: Aretha Franklin, Respect -
Bottomless Waitress, Jane: Aint no mountain High enough -
Bottomless Waitress, Francis: I waana be loved by you, Marilyn Monroe -
Putrid Meat: Voivod -
Putrid Meat: Da Lata: Binti - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-ZDpFcAD6o
Putrid Meat: CORONER-Masked Jackal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTlBua7mfao
Putrid Meet, Tredd back Bunker city: Judas Priest: Death nostradamus -
Typical Strange: The lemon tree, Fool’s Garden - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEwCSwO4f4s
Pinky TA: Battle of Kursk, Sabaton Panzerkamph -
Pinky TA, Pinky: Buik McKane, T-Rex - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igOQclFxHAc
Pinky TA, animation 1 - http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/344464
Pinky TA, animation 2 - http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/344466
Pinky TA, animation 3 - http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/344502

Special thanks to:
Gunwallace - http://www.virtuallycomics.com
Banes- http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/
Tantz Aerine - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Without_Moonlight/
Pitface - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/PIT_FACE/

The theme song by Gunwallace this week was for:
Putrid Meat - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/PUTRID_MEAT/ by Pitface, rated M.

Past themes:
Pinky TA - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/quackcast/episode-166-opinions-on-weaponry-and-mecha/
Comic - (http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Pinky_TA/)
Typical Strange - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/quackcast/episode-188-shootn-the-breeze/
Comic - (http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Typical_Strange/)
Without Moonlight - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/quackcast/episode-175-endings-part-2/
Comic - (http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Without_Moonlight/)

Pitface joins Ozone and Banes again for the second and last part of the climax cast! It's the climax of the climax casts!! We discuss what people think about climaxes in stories, their own and those they watch or read. It's hard to write up to climaxes and even harded to write down from them but they're a good way to pull in and then reward your audience. Different types of stories have to use different types of climaxes, i.e. long series may need to have one every chapter and then one at the end of the arc. You have to adjust to the needs of your story. We read great contributions from some very clever DDers in cool voices :)
Gunwallace gave us a gorgeous theme for Just Busty Solar the hilarious adult comedy strip~

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Featured comic:
Tangled River - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Tangled_River/

Contributors forum thread:
Climax of the Climaxes! - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/177284/

Contributors:
KimLuster - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/KimLuster/
Usedbooks - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/usedbooks/
Banes - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/
Bravo1102 - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/bravo1102/
JustNoPoint - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/JustNoPoint/
Ozoneocean - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/ozoneocean/

Special thanks to:
Gunwallace, Porn soundtrack guy - http://www.virtuallycomics.com
Bondage, chief fluffer - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/
Pitface, guest camera operator - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/PIT_FACE/

The theme song by Gunwallace this week was for:
Busty Solar - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Busty_Solar/ by Prototype, rated A.

What's best? One big climax, multiple small ones, early, or delayed? How much should you work UP to a climax? What about anticlmactic events, how important are they?
Climaxes are really important in stories. Often you work up to them over the course of a whole series, but each episode or chapter can have them, maybe even every single page. I find writing “up” to climaxes a bit stressful because you have a lot of preasure and expectation there. And when it's over and you've actually achieved it, it can be a bit depressing: where do you go to from there? You can feel a little lost, at least I do. TALKING ABOUT WRITING HERE.
My preference is for multiple climaxes.
Do you always need climaxes in stories? I don't think you do personally… there are times when things work fine without one, but it does help better with endings. Sometimes climaxes can be TOO big. Way too much of a story can be invested in a climax, it subsumes everything, everything has to tie in with that specific story flow and that can be REALLY had to pull off. If it's not done right it can be massively disappointing. Anticlimactic.
Pitface Joins Banes and Ozone to chat about climaxes in stories and read out the contributions from our climactic contributors.
Gunwallace gave us a gorgeous theme for Just Another Day!

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Featured comic:
Re set - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Re_Set/

Contributors forum thread:
Climactic Climaxes! - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/177284/

Contributors:
Bravo1102 - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/bravo1102/
KimLuster - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/KimLuster/
Genejoke - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Genejoke/
Usedbooks - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/usedbooks/
Ozoneocean - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/ozoneocean/

Special thanks to:
Gooey Gunwallace, sexy music man - http://www.virtuallycomics.com
Bondage Banes, Cage dancing co-host - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/
Priceless Pitface, Garrulous guest - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/PIT_FACE/

The theme song by Gunwallace this week was for:
Just Another Day - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/JustAnotherDay/ by AshenSkye rated T .