Last week, over on the ole Twittersphere, we were asking the #quackchatters about creating cover art for their comics. It was an interesting discussion to go back and read as there were responses there that surprised me.

The first question of the QuackChat hour asked if creators draw some pages ...

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Today we're talking about a technique in storytelling that we're calling the “revelation”. Inspired by Banes doing an article on the weird trope in movies ...

Photo: “The Thriller Made of Vanilla! Page 26” by HawkandFloAdventures (2022)

HawkandFloAdventures has reached its 25, 50, 75, 100, and 125 page milestones for Hawk and Flo: Ice Cream Truck of Doom in a move that showcases hard work and dedication. The art is drawn using traditional tools and there ...

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How do you describe your work to sell it to people? Writing blurbs is a real skill! You generally have to avoid doing these four things: Underselling ...

Felicity Stone, once a teen wizard prodigy of amazing power and achievement is now an adult woman teaching her first day of wizard school. Lucky for us she doesn't have any lessons prepared to lecture her students, instead she chooses to tell them how she started out as a ...

Photo: “Intermission Torlak'garoth page 90” by Bravo1102. (June 2022)

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”Subject: Page 100 for Interstellar Battle Girls League of Super Warriors

Bravo1102 here coming up is the one hundredth page of the comic Interstellar Battle Girls League of Super Warriors. Ridiculous ...

Hello and welcome to Panel by Panel, an analysis of panels from comics right here on The Duck and exploring what they do, how they work, and what we can learn from them.

We're mixing things up a bit this week by looking at three panels. We're talking ...

Leon is out of work, down on his luck, and staying at THE Cozy Crawly by the bus station. His world is about to change when the charming hotel’s manager, Ms. Clairabelle Ecarlate (known by some as La Sorcere Cramoisie), invites him to a palm reading, eventually offering him ...

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How do you keep on with your creative output when something happens to you? When you lose function or are impaired in some way, how do you adapt ...

A mustache-twirling villain is awesome fun! Someone who basks in their villainy and enjoys every bit of popping the toddler's balloon and kicking the occasional puppy while hatching evil plans.

These villains are the flamboyant main antagonist that makes the story interesting and fun, because we love to see ...