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

It's always a treat when I see something done in comics I haven't really seen before. It's not exactly a rare thing, but when you have read as many comics ...

The next Anthology of Duck comics is in development - Remember to vote for the title! The thread is here:

https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/179106/


Here's some writing advice from Neil Gaiman, writer of comic books and other media. They're outstanding of course.

The Rules of Writing ...

Where destiny lies
Off to the horizon light and darkness ties
Genius has already invented our demise
Only angels and flames may defy the skies
Burn my dreams for that new sunrise
Where destiny lies


NaaN (Now, always and Never)

Photo: “2023 Album Cover: Relaxation and Reflection”. Personalized cover created by YouTubeMusic based on music preferences. (December 2023)

It is New Year’s Eve, a couple of hours before 2024 and I am perusing my college store catalogue searching for any new merchandise showcasing the school’s logo. A few ...

As the new dawn goes we sprinkle the seeds of unbound rascality
The calamity of the bygone drive-by solitude
For the youth that sows we sink our deeds in offshore synchronicity
The simplest treaty of the offbeat blastoff attitude
As the new dawn goes. As our yesters close. As first ...

I have a lot of interest in story structure. Understanding what it is, how it works, and using it to write better stories. Stories that will keep people more interested, and deliver a satisfying experience…that's what we try to do when we're making comics and writing stories ...

There's generally a tennet about character building for a villain in a story or webcomic that urges the creator to humanize them by giving them a backstory that “fleshes them out”. Often, “humanization” of a villain is taken to mean that they come across as more sympathetic or appealing ...

Book of Desolation

This is not actually a comic but more of a sourcebook. I've always loved source books, ever since I got the starwars sourcebook way back before the prequals. It's great to see worlds get expanded outside of the original movie, comic, book , whatever. This one ...

I've only read three books in my life.

Okay, that's not true - over the years I've read nearly a dozen.

But the first art-instruction book I used (at least, the earliest one I can remember) was this book
about using basic shapes to draw animals.

It was ...

For those who don’t know, having a hypothesis means assuming or entertaining a theoretical possibility. We see this be applied to fictional stories time and time again, particularly those that tries to paint a picture of a future society. Star Trek for example can be seen as a massive ...