It's common knowledge that a solid origin story will make a character. It'll often also make the story being told. Origin stories can be and often are the foundation for characters and plotlines, since motivations, plot points, and even stakes are set in them.

But what makes a ...

Hello and welcome to Panel by Panel, an analysis of panels from comics right here on The Duck and exploring what they do, how they work, and what we can learn from them.

This week we will be checking out a panel from the webcomic Android Blues by the user ...

Changing structure of…structure.

*note to self: come up with better title before upload time. don't look like a FOOL again!

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Photo: Cover Art for Freddy Reno Went Missing, Chapter 4 by OrGiveMeDeath_Ind

MILESTONE

The creator behind Freddy Reno Went Missing, OrGiveMeDeath_Ind, has a Milestone Announcement:

OrGiveMeDeath_Ind writes:

“Good morning,

I've got a minor milestone to report. Chapter 4 of Freddy Reno Went Missing is now complete! I consider this ...

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DD will be getting a facelift! It's mainly an aesthetic change at the point, not for functionality improvements except for the organisation and display of data, like the Top Ten being split across genre lists and larger thumbnails on the ...

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Sometimes it's worth revisiting old ideas because you can do them better or explore them deeper. This could be in the form of a full reboot ...

Leon is out of work, down on his luck, and staying at THE Cozy Crawly by the bus station. His world is about to change when the charming hotel’s manager, Ms. Clairabelle Ecarlate (known by some as La Sorcere Cramoisie), invites him to a palm reading, eventually offering him ...

So! Back to mythology. And we are going back to my place again, good ol’ Scandinavia. In the summertime no less when the color green is everywhere, the fields are high and trolls come sneaking down from their magically hidden caves and mountain kingdoms. To me the Scandinavian depiction of ...

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How do you keep on with your creative output when something happens to you? When you lose function or are impaired in some way, how do you adapt ...

Photo: 2022 NFMS Bulletin Editor Awards Winner of Best Drawn Feature, “Untitled Rockhounding 63”. The KAMics. 25 June 2021. Story and illustrations by KAM.

A round of applause goes out to Keith Alan Morgan, also known as KAM, whose submissions of The KAMics to the publication, The Tumbler, have not ...