An Art Supply Shopping Spree

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 10, 2023


Photo: “Pile of Crayola Colors of the World Crayons and Coloured Pencils.” (April 2023)

An unplanned visit to the grocery store led me down the food-less office supply aisle where clearance stickers covered half the supplies hung on wired metal racks. A thought ran through my head to justify the ...


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A Sense of Entitlement

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 8, 2023



Entitlement. Privilege. Obnoxiousness.

We all deal with these things every day, whether we want to or not. It comes in all shapes and sizes. From the kid that throws a tantrum if they can't take some other random kid's toy to the adult that is pissed they stole ...



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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Uses Genre Tropes Against You

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, April 1, 2023



Recently I have been revisiting a sitcom that I used to love but, funnily enough, never finished. The last season of the show dropped during a hectic period of my life and by the time I had, well time, to watch it, I had lost the plot. But thanks to ...

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Character Analysis: TK from Typical Strange

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 25, 2023




Ok so here we are! Let’s get down into the weeds with Typical Strange’s TK!

…did that come out wrong? I’m sure TK would have a thing or two to say.

So, first things first. Typical Strange is the lovely creation of Banes. It’s a comedy ...






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Panel by Panel: 'Meatware' and the joy of Infographics

hpkomic at 2:45PM, March 24, 2023



Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week we're going to look at the usage of infographics in comics as expositionary devices. Our panel for this comes from the comic Meatware by The Jagged. Specifically, we're looking ...

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TwistJam, a Cross-Webcomic Site Collaboration Project, Begins!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 20, 2023


Photo: “TwistJam Page One”. Drawn by HawkandFloAdventures. (March 2023)

TwistJam, a collaborative comic involving many crossover interactions between original characters from TheDuck AND ComicFury started uploading new pages (*Patreon or *Ko-Fi only) two days ago.

TwistJam will feature a Basketball game with VERY special commentators (who have yet to be ...




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Another Approach to Story Structure

Banes at 12:00AM, March 16, 2023



I'm a big fan of story structure. It can be a big help to figuring out how to put a story together in a way that works. Not that structure needs to be followed in a slavish way, or that one structure applies to every story.
But it can ...


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Quackcast 626 - I didn't do nuthin'

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 14, 2023

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Today we talk about an unusual type of villain, a secret type of bad guy and a particularly nasty one: the person who maliciously does nothing. This ...



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Frank Frazetta, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 4, 2023



The other day I saw a clip of Frank Frazetta explaining his artistic process and what made his style unique, I found it fascinating. It made me remember just how awesome he was and how little regard he has in the wider art world. There were a lot of great ...

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Quackcast 624 - Comic panel creation

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 28, 2023

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HPKomic is a great guy, he's been on DD since almost the beginning. He alternates the Friday newsposts with me, he focusses on the intricacies of ...



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