Gatekeeping Art

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 24, 2023



So there are two sides to the art community. At least, as far as I've seen and as far as I've experienced- mostly online unfortunately.

One side is the AWESOME side. The side that's here on DD, and in many other niches like discord servers (like our ...



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Quackcast 640 - Aliens

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 20, 2023

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We base our images of aliens in comics on aliens in TV shows and movies mostly, because those are the ones we all know.
But movie aliens ...




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Poetry Time 35: Caurcassus

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 4, 2023



Predicating Xerkes of Xanitorium
Sleeping forever within your crematorium
Allseeing in a vacuum watching
Blessmade by mindframed swatching
Your pets are dancing in the flying blaze of Babylon
Inside Caurcassus stands Mnemnon in a bloodied pantalon
Predicating respite of knowledge behind columns of moratorium
Predicating Xerxes of Xanitorium


NaaN (Now ...











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Quackcast 635 - Warcast

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 16, 2023

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Art: Paolo Uccello, The Battle of San Romano

We're talking about WAR here! Trying to leave out politics, though that's really hard with war because ...





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Weird Science 👽

lothar at 12:00AM, May 12, 2023


Hi everybody,
Since I can't get anything done until right before the deadline I've decided to just keep hitting refresh on the front page and click on stuff til I find something to comment on. I'll pick 3 comics again.



1. Afterworld Part I (2007) by Dan ...





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Ban Fan Plan?

Banes at 12:00AM, May 11, 2023



I watched an interview with Ira Behr, the writer and showrunner on Star Trek Deep Space Nine. He talked about his days in the DS9 writer's room. It was the 90's, and the early days of the Internet. Even in those days, Star Trek discussion was flourishing online ...

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The Slippery Slope (Or How to Make a Great Villain Origin Arc)

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 6, 2023



Villains are tremendously important for a story. They set the framework and standard for a lot of things in an unsaid but definite manner: how far your villain is willing to go sets up audience expectations for how big and how dire the stakes will be in the story.

If ...



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Quackcast 631 - Entitlements

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 18, 2023

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What rights are people actually entitled to? That question is a lot bigger than you think!
The Quackcast today is sequel to last week's about entitled ...




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FEATURED COMIC --> Guardians of Man

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 29, 2023



Nickolas isn't too easy around people, something dark has happened in his life that's left him a little damaged and a trifle on edge, but he's surviving in his own way. He has a lovely partner with a baby on the way, he's just celebrated his ...

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Panel by Panel: 'Meatware' and the joy of Infographics

hpkomic at 2:45PM, March 24, 2023



Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week we're going to look at the usage of infographics in comics as expositionary devices. Our panel for this comes from the comic Meatware by The Jagged. Specifically, we're looking ...

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