Why Drawing Styles Make Webcomics Unforgettable

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Dec. 2, 2023



Why hello fellow comic creators! Ever stopped and wondered what is it about each webcomic that makes them feel like a unique journey into an artist's imagination? Well today, I’m spilling the ink on why drawing styles matter so much in the magical world of webcomics and why ...

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Webcomics: Unveiling Life's Lessons and Plot Twists

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Nov. 4, 2023



Webcomics are a great place to find deep life lessons or unexpected twists. Creators who present stories in this versatile medium have a remarkable knack for delivering profound insights and plot surprises that leave us contemplating their implications for days.

One of the most captivating aspects of webcomics is their ...



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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 ...



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Horror is Small

Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 26, 2023



Horror is Small

I think horror is better and more effective when it's small.

A dark hallway with one person nervously tiptoeing through it…a creepy phone call or knock on the door in the middle of the night…the demented, sinister weirdness of someone's new step parent ...





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Imitation and The Content Avalanche Ahead?

Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 31, 2023



During the filming of Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock was unable to be on set one day. His crew filmed the scene for that day (I believe it was where Arbogast, the detective, goes up the stairs where he encounters Mrs. Bates). Hitchcock saw the footage, and said he had to reshoot ...

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Panel By Panel: 'Ferda Boys' and Pacing

hpkomic at 5:48PM, Aug. 11, 2023



Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week I indulge in hockey through the webcomic Ferda Boys. This is a relatively new comic on The Duck, so seeing such a strong start is good. We're looking specifically at ...

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Panel By Panel: Reader Request - "Blessed Days" - How Do You Read It?

hpkomic at 6:40PM, July 28, 2023



Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week I am tackling yet another reader request! This time I received a request for some feedback by InkyMoondrop regarding a particular page of their comic, Blessed Days. That proved interesting, leading ...

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Into and Across the Spiderverse - How to make a good comic book movie

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, July 1, 2023



It goes without saying that the newly released movie, Across the Spiderverse, is one of the most popular superhero movies. The creators took one of the most divisive iterations of Spiderman, Miles Morales, and made him into a now beloved version of the titular character. They expand the Spider-lore through ...

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Panel By Panel: 'The Sagas of Seelhoe' and Stolen Glances

hpkomic at 3:54PM, June 30, 2023



Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week I want to turn our attention to the power of small moments in time that gives comics so much poignancy and power when dealing with time. When we last talked about ...

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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 ...

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