The Modern Classics: Die Hard

Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 16, 2023



Die Hard was a surprise smash hit back in the day, and became famous in some circles as a template for screenwriters to pitch their stories (“It's Die Hard on a bus”…or a boat, or a jet, or in a house).

It's also talked about as a ...



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Panel By Panel: ‘Small Gods’ and A Classic Establishing Shot

hpkomic at 1:35PM, Dec. 30, 2022



Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week we're talking about the comic Small Gods, created by Duck user Bof Phaff. Specifically, we are looking at a panel on “page 55 of chapter 6.”

First off, the panel ...



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Super Teams are the Baum

Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 15, 2022



When I was a youngster…and as I got older, too, I was always a big fan of the Super-Team. The X-Men, X-Factor, Alpha Flight, The Avengers…some of these were my favorite comics. And of course, the Super Friends was an old school cartoon that we loved as littl ...

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Alternate Endings 2

Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 10, 2022



Last week we talked about alternate endings in movies like Army of Darkness, Clerks, and Little Shop of Horrors.

In the comments, you mentioned classics that I can't believe I didn't mention, including CLUE, which was made with four different endings to be played randomly in different theaters ...



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Horror and Technology

Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 27, 2022





I watched and enjoyed this year's horror movie “Barbarian” awhile back. It starts off as the first AirBnB horror movie - or the first one I've seen, anyway.

It occurred to me that back when cell phones grew into common usage I wondered how horror fiction would deal with ...





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You Can't Make Fun of Jason

Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 13, 2022

We 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 ...









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Panel By Panel: Them There Hills and Value Contrast

hpkomic at 8:43AM, Sept. 23, 2022



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

This week I want to explore one element of art I have been thinking about lately as I color comics for some other creators. Before that, however, I needed to find a comic ...



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CREATOR PROFILE: John Byrne

Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 15, 2022



JOHN BYRNE

When I first became seriously interested in comics, John Byrne was at the top of my favorite artist list. He drew many of the classic “new” X-Men books, and was the artist on that series when it first became massively popular. The stories Byrne drew (and co-plotted along ...



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Quackcast 596 - Leadership!

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 16, 2022

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Leaders are not born, they're created… literally in the case of fiction, created by creators of comics, books, movies, and other media! For this Quackcast I ...



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