Struggling Together

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 17, 2021



So this is a trope that unfortunately is very true in life as well. TV tropes calls it “We ARE Struggling Together” and I call it ‘the divided front’.

When the Big Bad is so bad that everyone agrees to set aside their differences to fight it off, then usually ...



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Do Higher Resolution Graphics Translate into a Better Story?

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 12, 2021



A few new generation consoles were released at the end of last year, yet the need to replace or update any gaming systems currently plugged into the television never came up. Chalk it up to old fashioned, old school preferences. However, a dusty box stacked with several original Playstation and ...

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M.Organ Art Celebrates Another Year 'Round the Sun

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 5, 2021




MOrgan, the creator of M.Organ Art, wrote in to make this announcement:

Hi

I joined Drunk Duck on July 3, 2005, so M.Organ Art is 16 years old. :-)

Have a good day,
M.Organ




While MOrgan Art turned sixteen years on the Duck last Saturday, the comic began ...








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Intrigue and Scheming

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 3, 2021



Who doesn't love a good intrigue, some scheming in the shadows, some low chuckling behind a curtain?

The author.

It's the author that doesn't love it. Or rather, the sheer background work that needs to go into writing a good scheming plot, counter plot, and the whole ...





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Space Based Interactions

Banes at 12:00AM, July 1, 2021



Some of my earliest memories are playing with Star Wars toys - my awareness of the first film and the toys are muddled together, but I clearly remember seeing The Empire Strikes Back, and vividly recall the couple-years-long wait after that, before Return of the Jedi would come and resolve the ...

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An Ode to Sidekicks (Part Deux)

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 28, 2021


Photo: Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter during a Cold Open for San Diego Comic-Con International (2016)

Seven years ago, on November 17, 2014, I wrote a Monday article on the Duck following the final taping of the Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson. It was around that time that ...


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On Using 'Shortcuts'

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 26, 2021



One of the latest twitter dramas seem to be around artistic shortcuts, and how consumers of comics and webcomics (often non-artists) tend to scoff at any artist that dares admit they use them.

Comic shortcuts could include pre-rendered backgrounds, using 3D programs to arrange spaces or make sure perspective is ...



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Short Changed by Kiddermat Reaches Its 100 Page Milestone!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 21, 2021



Kiddermat has an Awesome announcement to make:

“Hello! My comic has made it to the 100 pages milestone (At 110 at the time of sending this)!!

Link: https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Short_changed/

I've never made it this far in anything XD”

Short Changed Synopsis:

A stupid webcomic about a ...











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Follow the Yellow Brick Layout

damehelsing at 12:00AM, June 20, 2021




Last week, errrrrrrrr… the week before that, I talked about frames, the magical use of frames, the emotion you can give them, the shapes, sizes, how that can all add to the story you’re telling.
Kind of like how music can really be important in movies, it just gives ...



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