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Crikey Duck issue 1
Published: 2005-04-16 01:49:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 16407; Favourites: 135; Downloads: 4285
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Crikey Duck and all characters therein (c) Tania Walker and Vicki Eden.Gasp! It's sequential art! This is the first page of a page-per-week webcomic ~ blitterbug and I are working on. It's an ongoing story, character-based.
The comic has it's own website, located at CRIKEYDUCK.COM (www.crikeyduck.com), and I won't be uploading any future issues to DevArt, so if you want to follow the comic, please bookmark the website!
You might wanna zoom in to see this. Curse you, Dev! Curse you and your puny thumbnails!
Like a multi-limbed gestalt entity, ~ blitterbug and I share duties on this comic; we live in the same house, so doing these things is a very interactive process. Officially, we come up with ideas in group sessions, I write most (but not all) of the scripts, Vix does the ruff pencils, I do the clean pencils, Vix does the coloring and lettering, Vix designed the website, and I handle uploading and maintenance.
In reality, we work together on just about every stage; I'll make corrections to the ruff, she'll make corrections to the clean pencils, I get input into the coloring, and we both tweak the dialogue once it hits Photoshop stage.
I'm hoping I get faster and sleeker with the clean pencils, because right now that's the slowest part. We really want to try to get a finished page per week out, so wish us luck! Let life not interfere too much.
Should this experiment actually succeed, I'm hoping to print and sell yearly collections - roughly fifty comics per book. We'll see how we go.
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Comments: 82
I went to the livejournal to read the comic, but no pages are available to view there? Not sure what's happening with that; is there somewhere else I can read the comic?
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It was there for a while on crikeyduck.com but then it disappeared. I think from zero activity on the site (Tania, Vicki and blitterbug) The site is slowly starting to fade away. It's unfortunate because it was/is an awesome comic.
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I can't seem to find this comic anywhere on the Internet, do you might know where it is?
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I ran into this comic quite by accident and love it. I hope more follow soon. I like the mannerisms the drawings project and the facial expressions are hilarious. Darrel I think is my favorite because he's so sarcastic with Ranger.
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Nyahaha, Sweden :B aaah yes, it's very cold here.
Good poses and the last line cracked me up for a reason I donno why.
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haha nice, loved the first issue! And yes, guns are a little more important than toothebrushes sometimes...
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Pfft, Darrell, you're so paranoid.
You already know I read the comic, but I wanted to make sure this was on my favorites list so other people would find it.
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great art I love it the colors are crisp and clear. How did you get the characters to fit in the frames so well? (dumb question I know) Do you draw the frames first or do you draw the characters aand then put the layout for the frames down? (and if you got this message already my apologies, my internet was acting up. ) cheers.
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how do you draw the characters so that they fit in the frames, do you draw them first and then draw the frame?
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lol... Brisbane... it's not so bad when you live here
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heh... I just discovered that you're from here, too... oh well... it's still not so bad when you live here...
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*laughs* You'd be amazed how many people on the comments page of the comic, over at [link] , have tried to criticise my understanding of Australian culture.. before they realise I'm a bloody Australian.
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wow that really good comic of ducks that can talk hehe i love it
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TANIA AND VICKY!
*hyperventilates*
Okay, I know I sound like an idiot, but I was SO excited when I saw this on DD! See, not only is it MD:TAS, which just rocks beyond everything else that rocks, but it's by Vicky and Tania! I have been drooling over your artwork for years and years!
Yeah, okay, name's changed - I'm Missie DuCaine. I don't know whether or not you remember me, but I did draw fanart for characters both of you own, and way back in the day, I actually was on the Brotherhood of the Blade. (I played Crystal FeLeur then, but that's not the point).
Keep up the amazing work, and wow. I am so pleased as punch for you guys!
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I remember you! 
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Just like to point out that I'm Australian, I live in Brisbane, and no-one uses crikey or likes Steve Irwin; kind of like how British people don't act like the Monty Pythons.
If we did use it, it's a bit like 'damn' or 'good grief Charlie Brown.'
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Just like to point out that I'm Australian and I live in Brisbane too. The use of 'Crikey' is meant to be a wee bit ironic. Us Australians like irony.. though I'm sure you already know that.
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Yes, irony is good. Just wanted to make sure ... there are too many Americans who think we ride kangaroos around or something. 
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Baahahaha!! I find this so highly amusing.. =,
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Hahahahaha, excellent. Must say I was very pleased to see your name in the little DD box. ;D
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This is awsome!!! and I love the comic!!!
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I feel like drawing ducks now...........
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Much better art then most webcomics.
Tell me where you site is so I can check back regularly
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it's in the um... artist's comments part. - [link] I believe
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Haha - awesome - I just saw that this got a DD! Congrats!
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This looks like an old tv show. i used to watch...the art. well nice job.
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OHSHITSON!!! CONGRATS ON THE DD!!! 
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I love the coloring and the lines -very smooth a proffesional looking. Also, the character appearances help reveal what kind of person theyu are. It rocks! ^^
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*clicks link to read more of comic* Looks interesting. Like your other art as well
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Just checked that site. Very impressive. Highest quality webcomic I saw so for. Looking forward to its development.
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I'm in love with your comics... ; ; *Cling* Please do more!
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There'll be another one out within 24 hours. Keep checking [link] - the aim is to update once per week.
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^__^ Awesome comic.. It's odd how you remind me of someone I knew a few years back when I used to be at Blackberry Creek comics on aol XD; But you're probably not that person *sweatdrop*
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Nah, I've never hung out anywhere at AOL. And this is my first venture into webcomics. :3 Thanks for the +Watch!
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Your first? Really? *ego dies* XD I look forward to more. You have a really clean style ^__^
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hahahaha... awesome.. great art and great dialogue..
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Very neat, I love the way you draw the expressions... Like a real cartoon!! Your style is really smooth, I dunno how to say. And I love that female duck! (Yeah, that one ^^). Keep it up!
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