Does everyone remember floppy disks?
This morning, the top trending topic was the warning issued by Vint Cerf, vice-president of Google, that we must create tangible back-up copies of all our digital works or else we may lose everything, every memory in a “digital Dark Age”. So I read about ...
The Digital Dark Age Cometh!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 16, 2015Happy Rabbit, Rabbit Day!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 1, 2014
Today is December 1st which means the holidays are around the corner on The Duck. A common thread between most denominations and cultures is that traditional foods are served around this time. For the month of December, I am going to include a traditional holiday recipe at the bottom of ...
Quackcast 194 - Adapted Adaptations
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 25, 2014 LISTEN!
Content:
This week the topic of our Quackcast was inspired buy my Friday newspost where I talked about how we relate to adaptions of created properties (fave comics or books turned into movies etc), and some of the challenges involved in creating adaptions.
i.e. Hollywood will often try ...
Searching for Printed Comics
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 24, 2014
Sometime after the events of 9/11, my family signed up for our first printed newspaper subscription to keep up with the world headlines. I was a high school sophomore at the time and in order to take my mind off of the United State's imminent involvement in an ...
Quackcast 193 - Representing inner turmoil in comics
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 18, 2014 LISTEN!
- Art by Ozoneocean
Content:
The idea for this Quackcast came from a newspost by HippieVan. She had just read a comic version of Frankenstein and was disappointed at the simplistic way that the character's inner turmoil was rendered. She wondered about the different ways that “inner turmoil” is ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Chevalier eBook and End of a Lite Bites Era
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Nov. 14, 2014
Good news for you Chevalier fans! A Chevalier Kindle eBook called “Chevalier the Queen's Mouseketeer: The Hither and Yon” is available on amazon and is on sale for $0.99 until Monday! The eBook can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DW3LZY2
Chevalier is one of the ...
Deconstructing the Artist Alley Convention Booth
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 10, 2014
Here's the Scene:
Palms are sweating, the convention doors are about to open. Every plush doll, button, glossy 12“x24” poster is hanging around the overpriced booth that was paid for with a year's worth of savings. Welcome to the Artist Alley, where it is always a game ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Local Comic Cons
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Nov. 7, 2014
While the idea of making a big trip to San Diego Comic Con has always been intriguing to me, so far my experience of conventions has been limited to the local con that happens in my city every October.
Nerd culture must be experiencing a boom in Canada, because I ...
A Very Scary FRIDAY NEWSPOST
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Oct. 31, 2014
Happy Halloween, DDers!
For this spOOOOoooOOOky newspost, I've done a roundup of some of the most intriguing comics in the “Horror” genre currently updating on DD!
Preteen Demon
This one is brand new! It’s about a preteen demon with a (predictably) bad attitude. Also, he's really good ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Last Chance to Contribute to the Halloween Quackcast!
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Oct. 24, 2014Banes and Ozoneocean are going to be recording the Halloween Quackcast tomorrow (the 25th), so be sure to contribute!
http://theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/176584/
From Ozoneocean:
“For Quackcast 200 which will be recorded on the 25th of October Banes and I will be journeying beyond the viel, down ito ...