This year we almost didn't get our annual Secret Santa! But the awesome Niccea stepped in and the Secret Santa is on! Unlike most times, the deadline is near New Year's, so you have time to participate. Go sign up today! I'm sure there will be a more official announcement than this one, but why wait?

So thinking about how not having our Secret Santa would feel like something is not quite right, I remembered all the amazing group events that DD is unique about, from the peak DD Awards to the fantastic anthologies happening all around from Lite Bites to Drunk Duck's actual Anthologies.

Ever since I joined DD back in 2006 (or 2005? thereabouts), I remember the community standing out thanks to a multitude of different community events where artists mingled and had fun with comics, their own characters, and each other. It has always been a point of cohesion, making DDers close knit, in a way, and keeping the community positive and fun.

Today we don't have as many events as we used to, though the ones we have are pretty impactful in the way I just described. So going down memory lane, old guard folks might remember the DD round robin comic, where each artist drew a panel (or a page, depending on the game) without pre-agreement in a comic, taking the story in zany directions.The only rule was to take into consideration everything that happened up to their assigned page. The one I remember had a bunch of characters end up fighting a giant murderous slice of toast. It was amazing!

There was also Fightsplosion, where characters from existing DD comics were pitted against each other in a fight, Battle Royal style, in a mega-crossover event that was hilarious and awesome at the same time. There are probably more that I don't remember, so please add them in the comments!

As a new comic creator that didn't know what I was doing, these events helped me learn a lot about comic making and having fun while comic making. It was also a way to push into unfamiliar territory without being overwhelmed or dabble in themes that were beyond the scope of my own webcomic. Of course, it also got me a lot of people following my webcomic that wouldn't otherwise have discovered me, and vice versa!

I honestly don't think there's any other webcomic community that ever offered such a variety of joint events and I'm thinking it might be time to bring some back in addition to the ones we have!

What do you think? Would you participate in a new Fightsplosion or a DD round robin, or more?

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