I've talked about villains before and how they can be very nuanced in their motivations (without those motivations being redeeming) but today, thanks to Emma Clare's Friday post, I became inspired to talk about abject, absolute, abominable villainy! The twirling mustache type, the one that is so pure ...

Every hero goes up against a villain. Every protagonist against an antagonist. This is the main clash that drives your story, any story, forward be it slice of life or epic drama.

One of the elements that can make this driving force compelling, that will make the clash interesting and ...

Chapter One: Red Initiative

When Lu returns to his shop, his apprentice/female cousin Lully feels like overstaying her welcome. His one goal is to learn about immortality. The next morning, Argus, a pretty-boy (bishie type) enters the scene and greets the two cousins during their morning conversation. After a ...

Putrid Meat has ended its run after two hundred sixty beautifully drawn comics pages by PIT_FACE.

This original comic is unlike any other. It us a story about the misadventures of Bones, the back alley, thrash metal mutant mad man and his side kick friends, Puke, Charlette the Harlot and ...

I was watching the 2015 series of Poldark the other day and I noticed something strange;
None of the characters have the moral grey areas and twists that we expect of characters in modern stories, where they behave one way but it turns out they were thinking the opposite all ...

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For this week's Quackcast I asked people what colour techniques they use and BOY was I surprised by the high calibre of the responses! We had some heavy hitter contributions, people with colour skill beyond what I can conceive of, and I'm no ...

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE DD COMICS!

In case you missed it in Monday's newspost, the ballots for the 2014 Drunk Duck Awards are now open! To submit your votes for all of the categories, fill out the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vjIsp6KWl43eaIQXO79JmHxayf7DgOEq_2h0Bi77ktc/
Voting is open ...

I've finally gotten the Drunk Duck Tumblr account started! Although I can use it to repost features, quackcasts, forum stuff, etc… it would be great if people sent me some stuff they'd like to see highlighted! This is a general “promotion” tumblr so if you've got a ...

It's time! Time to nominate your favorite comics to be considered for running in the DD Awards 2012! There's a goodish list of potential awards in a variety of categories, so there should be plenty of ideas going on in your head! And comic creators, now's the ...

Layton: Well Luke! It certainly looks as though we have a completely improbable mystery to solve!
Luke: You bet Professor! I hope it turns out better than the one where we hallucinated the whole thing!
Layton: Yes…. remember, let's not tell your father about that one! Before we begin ...