In this month’s installment of Character Deep Dive, we’re looking at Grenadine Luncher from the comic Ripping Off King Arthur by Arthur Spitzer!
Before I do any dive, I have to say that due to the unique concept and approach of this comic, I had to really think ...
Character Deep Dive: Grenadine Luncher
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 12, 2023Panel By Panel: 'Ferda Boys' and Pacing
hpkomic at 5:48PM, Aug. 11, 2023
Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week I indulge in hockey through the webcomic Ferda Boys. This is a relatively new comic on The Duck, so seeing such a strong start is good. We're looking specifically at ...
Quackcast 647 - characters screwed over by adapters
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 8, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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We're having a chat about characters that differ from the source material and turn out crap because of it. Characters where the people adapting them didn't care, understand, or even take time to read the ...
A change in seasons
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Aug. 5, 2023
We often talk about breaks in comics when referencing hiatuses. Sometimes they are planned, most often they aren’t. However, as I have been catching up on the backlog of webcomics I had saved up, it occurred to me that many of the long running series I enjoyed reading had ...
Pammertime 1: Everdeen vs. Can la Can
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, July 30, 2023
Everdeen (To the left) Can la Can (On the right)
Welcome dear readers to this humble first match report on the world of Pammering Sports called Pammertime. Pammering is traditionally performed in a 15 bout run between six Pammers called a Derby, but we’re going to pick a single ...
Panel By Panel: Reader Request - "Blessed Days" - How Do You Read It?
hpkomic at 6:40PM, July 28, 2023
Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week I am tackling yet another reader request! This time I received a request for some feedback by InkyMoondrop regarding a particular page of their comic, Blessed Days. That proved interesting, leading ...
Horror - The Morality Play
Banes at 12:00AM, July 27, 2023
The idea of “sin” is a prevalent one in horror stories. In terrifying tales, the monstrous against the human also explores good vs. evil.
There is often a “sin” perpetrated by horror Protagonists. The classic Psycho begins with Marion Crane stealing money from her job. Her intentions are understandable, maybe ...
Quackcast 645 - AI-cast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 25, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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We're chatting about the current state of AI, it's use, abuse, and the moronic way it's typically being utalised by mid-level businesses to screw over creative people and save money in the short term ...
Pammertime Introduction+LaBalleur vs. Polar Ecksprez
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, July 23, 2023
LaBalleur (to the left), Polar Ecksprez (To the right), drew this fighting gamey pic myself:)
Hello everyone
This here will be a pilot post for a potential new blogposting series of mine that is going to be tabletop gaming related. Well… sort of. Let me explain
In the script writing ...
Reimagining Stories
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 22, 2023
So lately there has been a repetitive sequence of events that seems to carry on until some kind of death- of the story, of the company, or of the genre for a few years or so:
1. Disney remakes a classic fairytale or animated feature (live action/3D/etc)
2 ...