image by Banes, influenced by lots of things

When I came up with the characters and stories that became my webcomic here on The Duck, I knew it didn't come from a vacuum. But for the most part, it was only after writing and posting stories for several years ...

CHARACTER SHAPES
I've never consciously designed characters this way, but I recently remembered hearing about this notion some time ago, on the dvd special features for an animated something-or-other.
Characters derived from basic shapes can give a very strong impression of their basic personality type. This can help the ...

After a long comic-making hiatus, I’ve had several ideas for comics in the last little while. Working on the first one, though, I’ve realized that unless I get a heck of a lot faster at drawing it's unlikely that all of my ideas will ever come to ...

Summary:
Johnny Bullet is a tough guy, he's brave, clever, and he drives muscle cars for a living… and sometimes solves crimes. Jonny Bullet is a newspaper style action adventure comic with a retro 1970s feel. The art on the old style cars, buses and clothing is great! The ...

I'm away from home at the moment, staying in a small apartment while I take a summer course at a university across the country. I packed the most ridiculously huge bag, but even in the world's tiniest apartment it's kind of amazing how little it amounted to ...

After lots of planning and hard work on the part of many DDers, the last of the 2013 Drunk Duck Awards were given out this week. Acceptance Speeches and other Extras will be accepted until January 24th, and can be PQed to Niccea or emailed to 2013awards(at)justnopoint(dot ...

Summary:
Tiziana is a very independent spirit! She's a tough little girl living in a far future world of hovercars and robots, going to school in a hoverbus, playing murderball with her classmates… She's small but hardy and definitely a tom-boy! Never happier than when she's fighting ...

School of Rumble is a manga battle tournament comic. You know the drill, the new tough guy comes to school hoping to fight his way to top dog, so he starts a fight… and it begins! That's what this is, a classic example of the style. The school has ...

Alexandra Carter has had a rough couple of months. If you call isolation, torture, and being coerced to confess to a huge crime she didn't commit ‘rough.’ She's a tough nut to crack though, and after not saying a peep that whole time, something her captor says sets ...

Lights, camera, alarm clock! Wake up, it's time for another day of higher education at Cartoon University. Cameron's super excited to be a freshman, despite his roommates. Mako is a brooding anime actor from Japan, and Max is a tough-talkin cat toon from the streets of Hoboken. It ...