Here we are - Thursday again! I tells ya, the weeks and months just FLY by.
It was April Fool's Day the other day, and I was thinking about stories, and how sometimes books, TV shows, movies, or whatever will try and FOOL us. Like, the entire story is a ...
Fooled Ya!
Banes at 12:00AM, April 4, 2024Quackcast 681 - Swords and armour
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 2, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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Today we're talking about swords and armour, the reality of those things and their use in fiction. I've always had a bit of an interest in swords since I was a little kid because I ...
Defying Death
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 30, 2024
For a huge chuck of Christians around the world, today is Resurrection Day (or Good Saturday), which is easily one of the most important days in the Christian calendar, no matter when you observe it. For those that do, therefore, I hope you have the happiest one yet, and since ...
Early Words
Banes at 12:00AM, March 28, 2024
It's just, like, my opinion, man
I've been rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generation lately, and so much of what I loved about it on first viewing holds up beautifully.
Watching a series which is almost all standalone episodes is interesting, too. There's a basic premise of ...
Quackcast 680 - Intelligence in Fiction
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 26, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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Today we're talking about the depiction of “intelligence” in fiction! There are a lot of ways this shows up: the genius detective who can understand any clue and uncover any lie, the amazing doctor who can ...
Creator Interview: Dragonsong12
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 23, 2024
Today we are interviewing the accomplished and proliferate Dragonsong12 who has actually completed multiple webcomics!
There's so much to tell as an introduction to Dragonsong12 but suffice it to say that she has one of the most recognizable and uniquely beautiful art styles I have encountered on the Duck ...
Panel By Panel: Three Resources You Should Be Using For Your Webcomic
hpkomic at 3:20PM, March 22, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.
Last time we had a look back at the work of the great Akira Toriyama, as a sort of a breaking/emergency version of the column. This week I wish to return to ...
Extremely Medium
Banes at 12:00AM, March 21, 2024
There is a lot to understand about “camera shots” in comics - it's an endless journey for people who make comics, or movies, or any kind of visual art.
MEDIUM shots (see above) might be the most common shot in webcomics - or at least, they have been the most common ...
Bally from Space Pack Enters the Hawk and Flo Universe
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 18, 2024
Photo: “Potato Cake Bean Burger”. Space Pack and Hawk and Flo Adventures crossover. Characters and story by Slingy and HawkandFloAdevntures. (March 2024)
Crossovers occur when two creators familiar with each other’s work team up. The finished creation is something brand new, something magical when it happens in webcomics.
Bally ...
Character Deep Dive: Stringy from Stringy and Mopy
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 16, 2024
Today we’re tackling Stringy from the action-packed comic Stringy and Mopy by MegaRdaniels!
As with every character deep dive, I seek to do as thorough an analysis as possible with what I’m given for the character requested. (By the way you can sign up here if you want ...