To be honest, I didn't really want to talk about The Book of Boba Fett or Star Wars again in this post.
But nothing else is coming to mind at the moment, and this show has been on my mind, so here we are again!
Many have complained about ...

A Character Equation
Banes at 12:00AM, March 24, 2022Story Four of H18 has Begun; Niccea is Brewing Up Plans for the 2022 Drunk Duck Awards.
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 21, 2022
Photo: Comic #3-31 of H18 by hushicho
hushicho has a message:
Hello!
I just wanted to send you a little news bit: H18 has started its fourth story as of today!
Read H18 on TheDuck: https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/H18/
I hope this is okay to send and I hope ...
Scientific Magic
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, March 20, 2022
I talked last Sunday about science engaging with the supernatural in fiction and the worldbuilding stuff that can be generated from that. In this article I’m going to talk about the opposite end of that spectrum. The supernatural engaging with science. This is where I bring up Alchemy. Now ...
Vintage Shirt Prints: Save the Manatee
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 14, 2022
The first time I learned about the gentle sea cows of Florida’ everglades was through a Sierra computer game called EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus. Sierra was actively doing its part to help better the world through creating a series of games that brought to light the dangerous effects of ...
When You Can’t Stop Laughing
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 7, 2022
Photo: “One of these days, you’re gonna die laughing.” Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
The 1988 mixed animation-live action film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, set in 1940s Toon Town, had a whimsical villain called Judge Doom with a team of henchmen in tow known as the Toon Patrol. The ...
Writing in an existing Fictional Universe
Banes at 12:00AM, March 3, 2022
I asked Genejoke if he would answer a few questions about his comic Albion, which
takes place in the Universe Star Trek.
You can read Albion here:
https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Albion/
And you can read the interview right here!
So, why did you choose to do a comic set ...
How Many Moves Ahead Should One See?
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 28, 2022
Photo: “Rhino and Zebra Playing Chess”. Illustration from The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base. (1988)
My uncle could see nine moves ahead in chess. Nine moves. I could never understand how one could predict the future moves of an opponent by sheer chance. A predictable opponent makes predictable moves, yet ...
Francis Picabia and the Art of the Signature
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 21, 2022
Photo: “Untitled Signature” by Francis Picabia
The year was 1915, when a thirty-six-year-old Francis Picabia showed up to the New York Dada scene. His alibi to leave Europe was a story about his travels to Cuba in order to purchase molasses, a story he cleverly forgot once he arrived in ...
Happy Valentine’s Day, Ducks.
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 14, 2022
Photo: Venus and Adonis by Peter Paul Rubens
There are few days more appropriate than today to write about Love as a topic. Aphrodite herself, the goddess of love, fell in love with the beautiful Adonis, before his ill-fated day when he encountered the wild boars.
Love comes in many ...
Absorbing Another Artist’s Art Style
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 7, 2022
A teacher once told me a story about an in-law who worked in the animation studio for a very popular children’s cartoon. The studio used hand-drawn animation for the first season and transitioned to more computer animation for season two and season three. The job entailed drawing the main ...