See me, I’m a curled up joint of broken reflections
Save me the medicine, I’m lookin’ at you.
Hear me, I’m a howling chorus breaking drums
Save me the medicine, I’m talking to you.
Feel me, I’m sore, bare and cold feeling everything
Save me ...

Poetry Time 78: Asylum
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, July 7, 2024Preachy Comics
Tantz_Aerine at 12:58AM, July 6, 2024
Last night I had an interesting conversation with one of my favorite creators (you know who you are) about what makes a webcomic (or comic, or movie, or book, anything applies) preachy. Preachy as in trying to force an agenda, or ideology, or outlook down the audience's throat whether ...
Panel By Panel: Scripting (with examples!)
hpkomic at 3:53PM, July 5, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. Last time, I asked about how you all scripted your comics and got a lot of interesting responses I wanted to run through here. So let’s run through all of them.
First ...
Poetry Time 77: Limbo
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 30, 2024
Enduring circulation trapping the mind
Behind the lacing lies the key
Ensuring mackinations zapping the blind
Unwind the pacing, hide your glee
Enpowering vegetation mapping the find
Remind the chasing and you’ll see
NaaN (Now, always and Never)
Creator Interview: Paul Eberhardt
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 29, 2024
Finally! It's time for yet another Creator Interview, and as usual, I have the pleasure of interviewing one more fantastic DDer! This time it's Paul Eberhadt, a wonderful artist and comic creator with a unique style I could discern among many!
Paul already has a bio on his ...
The use of descriptive names. Playing with words.
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 23, 2024
Hello everyone!
It’s Sunday again and I once again feel like talking about writing, particularly the art of naming things and the wordplay that may be used to do so. Me, I’m an obsessive player of words. When I name a certain element or group or a single ...
When Things Happen
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 22, 2024
I was going to do a Character Deep Dive yesterday, for you to read today. However it wasn't meant to be, because while I was making my analysis, my house alarm went off because some decided to try to break in. So enthusiastically that my shutters were shattered and ...
Panel By Panel: How Do You Script?
hpkomic at 8:53PM, June 21, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. As we established last time, this week I wanted to mix things up yet again by asking for examples of how you script your comics: namely panel directions.
If you can share your ...
You Can't Get What You Want til You Know What You Want
Banes at 12:00AM, June 20, 2024
Characters want something - this is a basic building block of storytelling. Identifying what a main character wants is a big step in defining that character. Figure out how they go about trying to get it - that's the beginning of a story. Figure out what's stopping them from getting ...
Do written fics and illustrated art go together?
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 16, 2024
Hey all!
Been posting the first chapter of my serial story – Endbargo – on AO3 recently. Here’s the link for anyone interested in reading.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/56654398/chapters/144012661
I also recently brought up this topic on a facebook group I’m in about fanfiction writing, where I ...