In my newspost last week about the “No Hugging, No Learning” mantra, I mentioned that I was basing a throwaway character – a loveable misanthrope – on a real-life friend of mine. It’s something I’m tempted to do fairly frequently; I spend most of my time in an academic environment ...

Characters based on Human Beings
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Nov. 25, 2016No Hugging, No Learning
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Nov. 18, 2016
Recently I wrote a throwaway character for my comic based on a real-life friend of mine. In short, he’s a loveable misanthrope. And because he’s based on a real human being, I felt like I owed the character something: he won’t grow, or change, or become a ...
Quackcast 297 - fandoms
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 15, 2016 LISTEN!
Art by Ozoneocean
In this Quackcast we tackle the topic of fandom. Fandoms can be interesting, fun, helpful, fascinating, inspiring, or even bizarre and disturbing. Fandoms are frequently great resources for information about their subject and can really enrich your experience of whatever you're into. Fandoms are also ...
SUPPORT "QUACK ATTACK" VIDEO GAME APP ON Thunderclap! By Raytoons
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 11, 2016What is it that needs to be original? (No, it’s not the story)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 5, 2016
The old frenetic push to any creator to be ‘original’- especially, though not limited, in literature, in comics and the arts in general is nothing new. It pretty much is the first question anyone has when trying to assess a work of art: is it original?
Often, for the answer ...
Comicking your feelings
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Nov. 4, 2016
I’ve been going through a bit of a rough patch lately in terms of my mental health. I don’t talk about it that often, but I don’t keep it a secret that I’ve always struggled with anxiety. Recently I started on medication for it for the ...
Tales from Two Tiny Tittybars by moneko Now Has a Kickstarter!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 31, 2016
This message was written by moneko:
Hello, I've been working on a kickstarter to fund a print edition of my comic, Tittybar Tales, which has been hosted here on The Duck since I began creating it.
Tales from Two Tiny Tittybars is a frank and funny autobiographical webcomic about ...
Controversy Has its Uses
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 29, 2016
art by yours truly
So I was thinking… in this day and age if you get on any type of social media, you are going to be punched repeatedly with CONTROVERSY! HERESY! HEATHENS! LIBERTARDS! CONSERVOTARDS-OR-HOW-EVER-THEY-ARE-CALLED-TARDS! …and so on. On blogs and tweets and even more so on youtube, making a ...
Check out the last of this year's Drunk Duck Awards!
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Oct. 28, 2016
The 2016 Drunk Duck Awards is wrapping up with weekend, with a few last-minute presentations! You can also send your extras and acceptance/concession speeches to Niccea until November 4th.
Discover some of this week's winners below!
So many ways of comicking!
Best Use of Traditional Medium, presented by ...