There's nothing more shocking than when the hero dies …at the beginning.
Don't worry, Banes isn't dead! I'm just standing in for him this week, he will return! This is only about fictional main characters that didn't get the memo they should reserve their death ...
The Understudy Hero
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 18, 2024Blessed Days Breaks Through 1,000 Milestone; Mercury Virus Milestone Makes 75; Preorder TheDeeMan’s E-Book “The Wee Ones”; HawkandFloAdventures Hits 850 Pages and Opens Twistverse Q&A!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 8, 2024
Photo: Blessed Days by InkyMoondrop
“Blessed Days 1,000 Page Milestone”
InkyMoondrop writes:
“Hi!
If my estimates are correct, Blessed Days should be reaching its 1000th page on the Duck on the 8th of April, Monday (Today), I will publish 4 or 5 pages that day with a memorable, powerful ...
The Power Couple
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 24, 2024
I haven't seen Disney's Wish because, I'll be honest, it didn't look appealing to me. I have though listened to a lot of critiques by people that have. Beyond the general ‘it isn’t what it could have been' consensus, one thing I saw as a ...
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 ...
Poetry Time 61: Limbo
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Feb. 18, 2024
Enduring circulation trapping the mind
Behind the lacing lies the key
Ensuring mackinations zapping the blind
Unwind the pacing, hide your glee
Enpowering vegetation mapping the find
Remind the chasing and you’ll see
NaaN (Now, always and Never)
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 ...
Panel By Panel: 'Adventures of Sena' and Trying New Things
hpkomic at 11:25AM, Jan. 26, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.
This week I wanted to look at a comic that was brought up in the comments of my previous post when discussing framing of panels. It's always a fun opportunity to write ...
Beg Reaches Hundredth Page; My Life as an American Hero 2 Rockets to Eleventh Hundredth Page; The Origin Reader Awards are Back; Freddy Reno Went Missing Finishes Its Run
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 20, 2023
Photo: “Beg Banner”. Drawn by BettyTeaHorse. Digital ink. (November 2023)
Milestone Page for the Comic Beg
BettyTeaHorse has an announcement:
“Good evening!
I hope I'm doing this right. I'd like to bring some attention to the 100th milestone page recently uploaded for Beg.
Beg is a grimdark fantasy ...
Quackcast 661 - Steaks... stakes
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 14, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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Stakes are a part of a story. What does a character want? What means the most to the character? What are they after, what do they care about? Stakes can be really subjective like that and they ...
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 ...