Photo: “Part 11”. Original characters and story created by GrapeApe. Nocturne 21. (November 2023)

Anniversary Milestone

Here is a message from GrapeApe, creator of Nocturne 21:

Hi!

November 22nd marked the 20th anniversary of my comic Nocturne 21! Twenty years ago my angsty teenage self picked up a crappy composition ...

I've been busy or distracted or something, and the weeks continue to fly by so quickly - this is just a loose, MCU ramble…

It seems clear that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is not the powerhouse it was just a few years ago.

I think if I were handed the ...

Today’s deep dive is with Polly, from Bottomless Waitress! Bottomless Waitress is the joint creation of Banes and Ozoneocean, with Banes writing the script and Ozoneocean doing the artwork.

It's a teasing, raunchy and somewhat absurd slice-of-life comedy. It’s a masterful balancing act, dancing carefree on the ...

A herd of deeply philosophical and imaginative pet alpacas with very different personalities live on a farm. Hana the alpaca (aka “The Roomba Ranger”) is easy-going and creative, yet still aware of the realities of the farm like wool shearing season. The other alpacas have varying degrees of awareness that ...

So I have another part about Religion, as well as a Deep Dive I'm hoping to have ready before Halloween in terms of my upcoming newsposts. And I have several art projects running. First off, to protect my buffer for Verdant. Second off, to make my contribution for the ...

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.

So, as I was flipping through comics here on the Duck as inspiration for a post, I stumbled onto a page from a particular comic with two panels that pulled a familiar reference ...

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Last week we focused on character growth VS tropes to run characters but Tantz had the idea to look at alternative growth for characters who did NOT grow well (after the original trilogy). So in this Quackcast ...

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. One fun thing about doing comics digitally is that it opens up all sorts of helpful tools you may not have in traditional artwork. For example, blurring things to imply a depth of ...

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Today we're talking about STAR TREK! Star Trek is a pretty influential piece of pop-culture. Most interesting to me is that it's a future that is NOT a dystopia. It's a large scale vision ...

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY GENEJOKE!
For context, see the DD Awards 2023!


The annual Drunk Duck Awards are already underway!

Each year, this amazing event that is wrangled by the Award Goddess Niccea draws upon the collective power of A TON of DDuckers who contribute their time, art, and creativity ...