A long time ago I read something, I think an interview with a respected screenwriter or something, where he brought up the movie “Rain Man”.
If you haven't seen it, it's about a struggling wheeler-dealer type guy, played by Tom Cruise, who goes on a road trip with ...
They Make You Believe
Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 24, 2023FEATURED COMIC --> RATKIDS
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 2, 2023
There are little rat-like children with superpowers running around the cold winter streets of future Phoenix Arizona. They're part of a despised underclass, akin to the homeless and vagabonds who they sypathise with and help. Many years ago a comet of extra-solar origin was destroyed on a collision coarse ...
Blessed Days Milestone-Chapter 6: Judgment Day Trailer Released!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 24, 2023
Photo: “Blessed Days: Ch. 6 Trailer ‘0:44/1:08’”. Story and art created by InkyMoondrop. (July 2023)
The Super Creator behind the Blessed Days comic project, Inky Moondrop, has Milestones to celebrate and lots of exciting news this week.
InkyMoondrop writes:
“Hi!
The 5th Chapter of Blessed Days ends ...
Xade’s Growlution Transforms Toward Fifty Pages; 12 Presentation and 10 Judge Drunk Duck Award Slots Open!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 10, 2023
Photo: “Growlution is Returning in Two Weeks”. Drawn by Xade. May 2023.
MILESTONE
Growlution by Xade
Xade writes:
“Okay! The 50 is uploaded and ready to air on July 12, plus we are live and ben live for a few weeks. I look forward to the spotlight.”
Growlution Synopsis
Follow ...
On plot armor
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 8, 2023
Ok yes. Plot armor in general is considered a mistake. With good reason. Enough plot armor and there are no stakes left in your plot, and the audience isn't worried your plot-armored characters may not make it. And if there's no suspense, there's no engagement or the ...
Panel By Panel: Kingdom of Cats and the Boundary Break
hpkomic at 1:23PM, June 2, 2023
Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. We return to our regularly scheduled program this week, where I find interesting panels and wax philosophical about them. Previously we did a scavenger hunt which was a lot of fun, but we ...
Three Rounds of Milestones for Blessed Days, Android Blues, and Crimson Stars!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 29, 2023
Photo: “Blessed Days: Chapter 5 Promo (featuring Dylan + Grace)”. Story and art created by InkyMoondrop. May 2023.
We have several major announcements from three talented comic creators here on The Duck. InkyMoondrop of Blessed Days has updates for the direction chapters five and six are headed. Stahlberg of Android Blues ...
The Prattler
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 20, 2023
This character can be insufferably annoying.
No, this character is insufferably annoying, but it's up to you whether that's to the other characters or the audience. When written correctly, the prattler can be comedy gold or a swift ticket to the most delicious kind of schadenfreude: watching the ...
The Slippery Slope (Or How to Make a Great Villain Origin Arc)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 6, 2023
Villains are tremendously important for a story. They set the framework and standard for a lot of things in an unsaid but definite manner: how far your villain is willing to go sets up audience expectations for how big and how dire the stakes will be in the story.
If ...