DD update post 3rd of March

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 3, 2023
tags: DD, update


Site redesign update, NEWS!

Alexey will now begin to tackle comic page templates, making them conform to the new style. Em has come up with two templates for us to start to work with (compact and standard size). These will be the standard default, unedited templates, but they will also ...


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You Kids Are Testing My Limits

Banes at 12:00AM, March 2, 2023



I was reading a critique of a series, a successful series, of novels. I think it's an urban fantasy/horror thing where the main character has a specific paranormal ability, limited, but useful in her detective work. She had a love interest, who was maybe on and off, but ...

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How it all began

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 25, 2023



I was supposed to write the last post on my ‘toxic’ character design series, but I've been deep cleaning the house all day and I'm exhausted. My brain refuses to think so that post will need to wait till next time. Instead, I'd like to talk about ...

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Panel By Panel: Let Me Ask You Something

hpkomic at 12:53PM, Feb. 24, 2023



Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week I wanted to try something different. I'd like to ask you all some questions. I have plenty more panel analysis articles, but I also want to mix things up.

I ...



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Prose v Comics

Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 23, 2023



When I first started putting together my story idea for Typical Strange many years ago, I imagined it to be an animated series. With a lot of time and effort and learning Toon Boom software along the way, I had a pretty strong idea of the main characters, and a ...

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Tough Love vs. Abuse

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 18, 2023



Tough love is so cool, eh? It's going to magic the “whining” right out of you, won't it? You just need to stick out through the harshness, and then when you reap the benefits, you'll realize your tough loving benefactor had the right idea. You'll be ...

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DD update post 17th of February

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 17, 2023
tags: DD, post, update


Site redesign update, NEWS!

The 3 main things we have in this update are pagination of comments on newsposts (will apply to comments on comics etc too), themed placeholder thumbnails for comics that don't have them, and the implementation of a logo that resizes dynamically with the screensize! I ...


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The Modern Classics: Die Hard

Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 16, 2023



Die Hard was a surprise smash hit back in the day, and became famous in some circles as a template for screenwriters to pitch their stories (“It's Die Hard on a bus”…or a boat, or a jet, or in a house).

It's also talked about as a ...



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Toxic Positivity, Toxic Acceptance (Part 2)

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 11, 2023




So last time, in Part 1 of this discussion of …sunnier villains or antagonists, we had left off talking about how toxic positivity is all about the toxic person's comfort. And that this need to impose a certain behavior, dogma, and/or approach to reality in their environment leads ...


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Panel By Panel: ‘Simply Sarah" and a Visual Ending

hpkomic at 1:30PM, Feb. 10, 2023



Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week's topic is special, covering an ending to a popular comic on The Duck. It is also unique, as I will not show the page for spoiler reasons. I'll be ...

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