New Drunk Duck Creator Interview is up!

It’s a long one this time- I asked the same questions of 4 creators who have an overweight character in their comic. It’s quite interesting to read, in my opinion! Especially when it comes to where and why their answers differ! So this week’s interview features:

IronSpike of Templar, Arizona, dueeast of Due East, heymelby of Chad the Fat Kid, and TitanOne of Aurora of the High Seas

Quote:

How important to the comic is it that your main character is
overweight? Are you trying to send any messages or attitudes about weight
with your comic?It’s significant to point out Sapphira is not the main character, the whole Hu family is as well as Carolyn Maye. Yes, one of the main characters is fat/plus-sized but perhaps only because she is not the negative stereotype of a fat young woman. If we are trying to send any messages about weight, it’s basically “look, these are real-looking people, like people you may know. They don’t judge each other based on their weight.” And it’s good to have examples in front of you that demolish stereotypes. That’s what breaks down barriers, seeing people as they are, not as the stereotypes that define prejudice. When you get to know people and see that they have lives and red blood, just like you or I, it makes it harder to see them as some stereotype.

Visit the forum thread to read it all!

crifmer’s Posted has just hit 25 comics! He’d like to thank all the people still reading.
The very cool [blood/hound] by TheMidge28 will post its 50th page tomorrow!

Also turning 50 this week is Pokemon Sinnoh Surfer by Walrus! The 50th comic will start out as the first page of book 2 in the 10-book series!

poonipoonz’s Animania has reached an awesome high of 150 pages!

Allan wrote:

Ryan and I are having a contest, which ends at the end of THIS MONTH! That’s like 30 days away or something (that’s how long months usually are, right?). It’s to be a part of The 900, the follow-up to The 600 which went rather well!Forum thread is here for anyone who wants to compete!

Thanks again, Skoolmunkee.

Tags: Drunk Duck, Drunk Duck Report, Interviews, Milestones, overweight characters

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