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 ...
Character Deep Dive: Stringy from Stringy and Mopy
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 16, 2024Money
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 9, 2024
Money is the biggest generalized conditioned reinforcer or, in layman's terms, something that makes you do things because you've learned it's going to give you the good times. Whatever those good times are for you.
That's how money has always made the world go round since ...
How Do I Read This Comic? Panels, Flow and Blockage
Banes at 12:00AM, March 7, 2024
As a long-time reader of comics, I've known that some pages can be less clear when it comes to the reading order. In the West, we start at the top left, of course, and the expected move is to read the way we read text - left to right, and ...
FEATURED COMIC --> They’re Both a Kilogram
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 6, 2024
Alea is known by the alias, Feather, a heroic fighter protecting the town of Havpork from monsters. Enter Steel, the effervescent arch-nemesis of Feather, whose namesake is the opposite of soft and light. The town of Havpork has been left without a hero following an unsuccessful battle against Steel, where ...
Panel By Panel: How Do We Know What We're Seeing? (feat. 'VIRTUS')
hpkomic at 1:04PM, Feb. 23, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.
Last time, we discussed expanding the scope of the topics covered in Panel By Panel, but I promised we'd get back to the normal swing this time. We have another panel to ...
Creator Interview: Spooky Kitsune
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 17, 2024
Today's Creator Interview is all about the fantastic Spooky Kitsune! They are a recent addition to the DD family and a prolific one, with two webcomics hosted here already!
But you don't want me to tell you about it all! Let's hear it from Spooky Kitsune themselves ...
Top Five Sci Fi Romantic Couples
Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 15, 2024
It's Valentine's Day as I write this, and the day after (or many days after) when you're reading this.
Anyway, I thought I'd run down (or run up) my top five science fiction romantic couples. I don't think I've done this topic before, but ...
Social Issues in Fantasy (Part 2)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 10, 2024
Last time I'd talked about rather superficial and/or inappropriate attempts to weave commentary on real world social issues into a fantasy or scifi world. The discussion in the comments was FANTASTIC! I urge everyone to have a look if you haven't already.
The general consensus was that ...
Social Issues in Fantasy (Part 1)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 3, 2024
During times of censorship, or times where exploring issues in the real world might be tricky, using fantasy or science fiction to do it is a real and viable solution. Dressing up the thing you want to explore into something cute and fuzzy might be just the way to go ...
Descent into the Crater
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 29, 2024
Photo: “Inside the Crater at Haleakalā”. Maui, Hawaii. Photograph taken by kawaiidaigakusei. (January 2024)
I reached the crater of the volcano after taking the winding road to the peak. My single sweater was not enough protection to go against the elements and I longed for the second sweater I left ...