Panel by Panel: 'Killer Ape Theory' and Establishing Scale

hpkomic at 11:21AM, Oct. 4, 2024



Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. Moving away from the workshop format this week, and returning to the more solo-assessments of panels and comics. This week, we have a panel pulled from Marco Rossi's comic [i[Killer Ape ...

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The Monstrous Horde and the More-Than-Just-Hors-d-oevres

Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 3, 2024



what the flock?



Welcome to October proper, and the beginning of our spooky/scary month of articles.

There's a brand of scary movies where the ‘monster’ or whatever is not just one machete-wielding angry frog manchild. Or ravenous shark or alien or some other kind of monster or killer ...







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Time to Double Check!

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 28, 2024





The Red Carpet submissions have not only closed but …*drumroll* …

The group shots are already ready! I'm ahead of my game for a change!

However as I was making the group shots I came across completely by chance (fortunately) of a CASUAL submission entry that had been sent to ...







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Freddy Krueger's special day and the Anthology of Dreams

Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 26, 2024




We're jumping ahead a bit, here: I meant to do horror/halloween related articles throughout October, starting next week - but I caught a little video that reminded me of a special anniversary happening this year!


Freddy Krueger and his first final girl Nancy down for a 40th Anniversary reunion ...





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Skills vs. Tools

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 21, 2024



Prowling around the forum today just in case I come across any spam to defenestrate (never stop PQing me if you find anyone), I came across this thread by Sosradio who makes SOS Radio which you should check out right now! Some good art to look at there, and an ...

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Panel By Panel: Workshop - 'Omegan Survivors' Part Two

hpkomic at 10:35AM, Sept. 20, 2024



Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. We return to our workshop series this week. Last time we introduced this week's comic and asked for feedback for the workshop, allowing the community to weigh in and share some thoughts ...

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The Series Bible

Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 19, 2024



I was just reading one of the original Star Trek Series Bibles. It's actually called the “Writer's Guide” and was a, well, a guide for new writers who were interested in writing a Star Trek script. It's most interesting!

Being very interested in fiction and writing for ...



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Revenge

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 14, 2024



We love a good revenge story.

The entire journey of a character from victimhood to avenger is one that almost guarantees audience engagement and their rooting for the character on the path of revenge.

The reasoning for that is easy: the character suffered a great grievance that is unlikely to ...





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So Many Paths

Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 12, 2024



I was thinking about different filmmakers and how varied their processes can be. Stanley Kubrick was famous for doing multiple takes - sometimes dozens of takes and sometimes much more (!)

Meanwhile, Clint Eastwood will do one or two takes and that's it.

On the show Seinfeld, there were two takes ...





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Embracing Feedback: Your Secret Weapon for Better Webcomics

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Sept. 7, 2024



Hello there Quackateers! Whether you're just starting out or have been creating for years, learning from feedback is one of the best ways to level up your webcomic game. However, taking on feedback on work you are particularly connected to can be daunting. Deciphering what is and isn’t ...

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