There's a specific type of movie “trick” where we'll see something that seems as though it's really happening. I mean, it seems like it's “really happening” within the movie.
For instance, it'll be some kind of elaborate action sequence, or horror sequence, or whatever, but ...
A movie playing a movie disguised as another movie
Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 23, 2023Quackcast 662 - Drunkduck tales
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 21, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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Webcomic communities have different cultures, but why and where do they come from?
DD's culture is pretty chill, we're reasonably neutral and accepting of a wide range of ideas and perspectives, we're egalitarian to ...
Incorporating Catharsis
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 18, 2023
Last time I talked about catharsis I focused on how important it is in a story, whether by its presence or absense. This time I want to talk about how to incorporate it in a story.
To give a brief recap, catharsis is the feeling of release of powerful emotions ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Harold
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 15, 2023
Meet Harold. Harold likes Jam. Follow Harold off the page and into real world places in the search for Jam. Observe Harold in many different rooms, climbing wooden stairs, and crossing bridges. Harold brings a much clever perspective to the changing of surroundings while on an important mission for Jam ...
MCU scraps, do-overs and to reboot or not to reboot
Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 9, 2023
I've been busy or distracted or something, and the weeks continue to fly by so quickly - this is just a loose, MCU ramble…
It seems clear that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is not the powerhouse it was just a few years ago.
I think if I were handed the ...
Quackcast 660 - The Multiverse
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 7, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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Multiverses are really popular in fiction right now, eg. Dr Strange into the mouth of Madness, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Flash, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Rick and Morty, and The Loki TV series (which I ...
Horror is Small
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 26, 2023
Horror is Small
I think horror is better and more effective when it's small.
A dark hallway with one person nervously tiptoeing through it…a creepy phone call or knock on the door in the middle of the night…the demented, sinister weirdness of someone's new step parent ...
Character Deep Dive: Polly from Bottomless Waitress
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 21, 2023
Today’s deep dive is with Polly, from Bottomless Waitress! Bottomless Waitress is the joint creation of Banes and Ozoneocean, with Banes writing the script and Ozoneocean doing the artwork.
It's a teasing, raunchy and somewhat absurd slice-of-life comedy. It’s a masterful balancing act, dancing carefree on the ...
Panel By Panel: 'The Sparks TAB' and The Visual Reference
hpkomic at 2:26PM, Oct. 6, 2023
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.
So, as I was flipping through comics here on the Duck as inspiration for a post, I stumbled onto a page from a particular comic with two panels that pulled a familiar reference ...
Religion (part 2)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 30, 2023
Last time I started talking about religion as a great umbrella term for a lot of facets of worldbuilding you can take into consideration when constructing the world of your story, be it webcomic, novel, series, or anything else.
This type of worldbuilding is especially prevalent in fantasy worlds, but ...