How do you make a clever character stupid?

You give them an infatuation. A fixation. Something that completely overrides their critical thinking and better judgment. Something that drives them nuts like a switch is thrown.

And when that happens, they're dumber than a bag of rocks. (And they're ...

I've been VERY slowly working on new comics ideas…way too many of them…for several years now. One of the decisions for me is what kind of STYLE the comic should be.

To be clear, I'm not a phenomenal artist, to say the least. So i don ...

Today’s character deep dive is on Robin Sinclair, the main catalyst of everything taking place in the supernatural comedy drama that is Blessed Days by Inky Moondrop!

Blessed Days is the story of a young woman that unexpectedly becomes a mom and must handle raising a child- that’s ...

Love is an evasive concept to pin down. Everyone acts like they know what it is, but few can discern whether they're actually experiencing it. A lot of fiction and movies are to blame for that, since they often label as love toxic relationships, stalking, or even outright abuse ...

When we hear about a broken heart, usually our collective minds to go romantic disappointments and devastation. Unrequited love, betrayed love, or even love separated by death or any other type of force majeure.

And that's absolutely one type of heartbreak that is and will remain legit. It's ...

Shiori is almost mechanically shy: she just doesn't know how to communicate with other people, not because she's scarred but because she doesn't understand the process. However, the charming Toshiaki has taken her under his wing and he's working at smoothing out the process for her ...

Photo: “End of Summer 2024”. Photograph taken by kawaiidaigakusei. (September 2024)

Ten years before Miyazaki’s latest animated film, The Boy and the Heron (2023), was released last year, The Wind Rises (2013/2014) was announced to be Miyazaki’s final film.

In a Drunk Duck forum post dated February ...

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. We return to our workshop series this week. Last time we introduced this week's comic and asked for feedback for the workshop, allowing the community to weigh in and share some thoughts ...

August ends today, and we pick things right back up with another character deep dive, this time of the fascinating Nicodemus Blacroft from the comic Devil’s Blood by the amazing Dragonsong12!


Devil’s Blood is the story of a city in crisis and the people that are trying to ...

Photo: “Doorway”. This is Halloween Community Project hosted by Sleeping_gorilla. (August 2024-October 2024)

Sleeping_gorilla is continuing the tradition of celebrating Halloween costume designs, trick-or-treat entrances, and pumpkin carving designs for the third year in a row.

Sleeping_gorilla writes on the forums:

“A bit early, but I want to give everyone ...