Five years ago I was sitting at a dinner table with an older, conservative crowd of family friends when the topic of same-sex marriage was brought up. I added my thoughts to the discussion with the best example of recent history I could muster up at that time. I said ...

The Times They Are A-Changin'
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 29, 2015Fan Service in Comics
HippieVan at 12:00AM, June 26, 2015
This post was inspired ozoneocean's forum thread about sexism, as well as a recent update by JustNoPoint. (Quick note: none of my comments about fan service are directed at JNP's work! It was just his joking about fan service that had me thinking about it.)
“Fan service” can ...
Desert Island Art Supplies
HippieVan at 12:00AM, May 29, 2015
You've been tasked with illustrating the graphic novel memoirs of an evil king. Hey, the pay's alright - you can do this! The catch is, he's locking you up in an isolated tower somewhere with only three art supplies of your choice until the project is done. Assuming ...
May Fashion Design Challenge: the Fashions of Yore
HippieVan at 12:00AM, May 1, 2015
For this month’s theme and the very first competition of VinoMas’ DD fashion show, I’ll be taking the helm and presiding over a historical fashion contest! From now until the end of May, submit your historical designs to this thread: http://theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/176867/
For those ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Clint
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 15, 2015
Splitsville. Plastic lawn flamingo. Silence. Loneliness. Ginormous ants.
Our main character lives alone in a dark, empty house. He goes about his daily tasks that involve reading the mail in an abandoned park and walking to the grocery store and leaving without paying. He watches DVD movies by himself until ...
The Dark Side of Comedy
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 13, 2015
-Art by Gunwallace
There was once an intervention for work-appropriate humour at one of my former jobs where we were asked the question: "A joke told in the workplace can be off-colour or sexually offensive as long as I know that I am only kidding.“ The moderator had the room ...
Quackcast 207 - A question of bodyshape part 2
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 24, 2015 LISTEN!
Photos by Howard Schatz.
Content:
In Quackcast 207 we talk about bodyshapes in comics again; as a follow up from the chat we had about it in Quackcast 205 we thought we'd let the community weigh in with their thoughts… so Banes and I could get the chance ...
Love Triangles
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 13, 2015
I hope that all you lovely DDers are celebrating this Valentine's Day in happy, stable relationships - or happy, stable singledom! As for me, I love a good (fictional) love triangle. What's the point of a love story if it's not unnecessarily complicated, right? Here are some of ...