Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.
It's always a treat when I see something done in comics I haven't really seen before. It's not exactly a rare thing, but when you have read as many comics ...
Panel By Panel: 'Rettubia' and Something New To Me
hpkomic at 12:47PM, Jan. 12, 2024The Rules of Writing, from the Sandman Man
Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 11, 2024
The next Anthology of Duck comics is in development - Remember to vote for the title! The thread is here:
https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/179106/
Here's some writing advice from Neil Gaiman, writer of comic books and other media. They're outstanding of course.
The Rules of Writing ...
Everyone Was Innocent Once
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 23, 2023
There's generally a tennet about character building for a villain in a story or webcomic that urges the creator to humanize them by giving them a backstory that “fleshes them out”. Often, “humanization” of a villain is taken to mean that they come across as more sympathetic or appealing ...
Twenty Six Hours in Philadelphia
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 18, 2023
Photo: “La Mariée Mise à Nu Par Ses Célibataires, Même (The Green Box)”. Marcel Duchamp. 1911-1915. Photograph taken by kawaiidaigakusei. The Philadelphia Museum of Art. (December 2023)
Tomorrow will mark one month of continuous cross country travel in the most real Kerouac sense of the word. The trip across the ...
DD's Group Events
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 16, 2023
This year we almost didn't get our annual Secret Santa! But the awesome Niccea stepped in and the Secret Santa is on! Unlike most times, the deadline is near New Year's, so you have time to participate. Go sign up today! I'm sure there will be a ...
Cheers for the 20th Anniversary of Nocturne 21!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 4, 2023
Photo: “Part 11”. Original characters and story created by GrapeApe. Nocturne 21. (November 2023)
Anniversary Milestone
Here is a message from GrapeApe, creator of Nocturne 21:
Hi!
November 22nd marked the 20th anniversary of my comic Nocturne 21! Twenty years ago my angsty teenage self picked up a crappy composition ...
Fictional Sports
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Nov. 26, 2023
In case you’re asking, no, I did not draw this image you see here. It’s one of many drawings I found on this website I just stumbled upon this morning called Drawception.com where from what I understand reading the site’s info section is about playing these ...
The Language of Hands
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 11, 2023
So I know I got two pending articles to finish up my Religion and my Catharsis series but I'm too tired right now to talk about anything that requires sociopolitical analyses and extrapolations.
So let's talk about hands in comics!
One of the easiest way to mitigate the ...
MCU scraps, do-overs and to reboot or not to reboot
Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 9, 2023
I've been busy or distracted or something, and the weeks continue to fly by so quickly - this is just a loose, MCU ramble…
It seems clear that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is not the powerhouse it was just a few years ago.
I think if I were handed the ...
The Need for Catharsis
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 28, 2023
Halloween is around the corner!
The swiftly-international-becoming Fright Season, where people dress up and surround themselves in scary imagery and settings. Everything is about the scare, the close brush with death or worse, the thrill of the blood running cold in our veins for seconds before laughing at each other ...