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This is a weird one to encapsulate, but it was based on an idea I had while re-watching Star Trek the Next Generation and I had to explore it with my fellow Quackcasters, Banes and ...

Photo: “Imago, Nebraska: The Book of Summer (Character Promo)”. Imago, Nebraska created by InkyMoondrop. (May 2025)

InkyMoondrop writes:

“Hey! :)

So on the 3rd of June (next week) Imago, Nebraska's 9th Chapter is done publishing, which means The Book of Spring arrived to its final chapter and emotional conclusion and ...

Photo: “Submission A”. Drunk Duck Award Contest Entry created by Genejoke. (May 2025)

Niccea writes:

“The design the Award contest is live. Submissions will be accepted until June 3rd.”


2025 Drunk Duck Awards - Design the Award Contest

Forum Link: https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/179994/


It is time for ...

It's Resurrection Saturday today! What better occasion then than this to talk about the resurrection trope?

Usually, cancelling out a character's death is not a good thing to do in a story. It undermines the weight of the stakes involved and/or the sacrifice or seriousness of the ...

There was a recent article in the Guardian about how playing Dungeons and Dragons had helped siblings bond and cope with the death of their father. It got me thinking about the role that role-playing has played (now there's a phrase) in my own life.

For me role-playing began ...

There is nothing more humbling against human hubris than Nature herself.

Even at humanity's peak expansion, technology, sophistication, education, or intelligence, all it takes for its eradication is for the earth to sneeze in just the right way.

Nature cannot be beaten or tamed. It can only be appeased ...

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Main characters with main character syndrome? What is main character syndrome? Well the way we're dealing with it here it's normally a snide criticism you level and someone who seems to think the world revolves ...

So this is just a purely rant article on my part.

I'm generally not a huge fan of romance… BUT, if it's done well, I am not a (complete) snow queen. I can melt accordingly and love it in a story. I even have some romance in my ...

Notice of JohnCelestri Being Invited as a Featured Guest at Lexington Comic Con This Year


Photo: “JohnCelestri to be Featured Guest at Lexington Comic and Toy Con This Year”. (January 2025)

John Celestri writes:

“Hi, and Happy New Year to you!



I’ve been invited to the Lexington Comic -

Here ...

It’s time for another Character Deep Dive, this within the amazing political war thriller The Second Crimean War by the awesome and proliferate The Doodler!

The Second Crimean War is an alternate history webcomic, of a different 1995 where, after the collapse of the USSR, the emerging, independent Ukraine ...