Shmuck Bait is the name, I think coined by one of the Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul writers, where a cliffhanger or shocking ending leads the audience to believe something major has changed. For example, the appearance that a major character has died. But when the next episode/issue/book ...

Shmuck Bait
Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 9, 2023Overworking in webcomics
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Feb. 4, 2023
With the ever expanding influence of Webtoons, more and more people are flocking to webcomic sites to read comics. I say read, but really it is “consume”. In this day and age where content is being inhaled at an unprecedented rate, creators are being pushed further to create more. Longer ...
The New Duck Webcomics Anthology Project
Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 2, 2023
Hello everyone, Genejoke here to talk about the second drunkduck anthology.
Things have been ticking away slowly in the background and we have four complete stories and a number in the works, however things have gone a little quiet since the holidays so it's time to get things moving ...
Quackcast 620 - losers are human too
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 31, 2023 LISTEN on our new player!
Listen on Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunkduck-quackcast
Or TuneinRadio - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Books–Literature/Drunkduck-Quackcast-p1150194/
My idea was to talk about social pariah characters, people who it's socially acceptable to laugh at, despise, or even hate. They can be the uncool ...
Hawk and Flo Adventures: Part I, “Ice Cream Truck of Doom” Makes Magnificent Milestone!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 9, 2023
Photo: “Hawk and Flo ‘Happy New Year’ Desktop Wallpaper” (Patreon-Exclusive Unlock). Drawn by Hawk and Flo Adventures. (January 2023)
MILESTONE
We last celebrated when Hawk and Flo Adventures: Part 1-Ice Cream Truck of Doom was about to reach its 400th page milestone. Since then, the 425th has been passed ...
A Short Expedition into Sweet Exposition
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 1, 2022
I know we've talked about exposition before, but a couple examples popped into my head recently…even though the examples are not recent.
When I was a youngster I loved the Hulk character. Today I remembered a specific issue of that comic, from way back, where the Hulk was ...
Celebrate Halloween 2022 with the Art Exchange; A Round of Milestones for Blessed Days, Hawk and Flo Adventures Part Zero, and Hawk and Flo Adventures Part One
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 31, 2022
Photo: “Red Eyes Pumpkin Dribbler” (Patreon Exclusive). Pumpkin and Carving Knife. Carved by HawkandFloAdventures. (October 2022)
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Blessed Days by InkyMoondrop
Hi,
I want to announce the chapter 2 milestone. If it's not too early after the last one (or not too late now, that Chapter 3 will begin ...
You Can't Make Fun of Jason
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 13, 2022We are discussing another Anthology to help fund the Duck in continuing improvements!
This stories for this Anthology will have the theme of DREAMS Head on over to the forum thread to
continue the discussion and express your interest:
THE DREAM ANTHOLOGY FORUM THREAD
You Can't Make Fun of ...
Fantastic Bestiary 11: The Kaiju
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Aug. 21, 2022
Thought I try to get back on doing Sunday articles with more meat to them. So! It’s fantastic bestiary time! And this time I’ve choosen a creature of pop culture rather then myth. The giant monster! Popularly known as the Kaiju! Who doesn’t like a good giant ...