Cynicism. That is the inclination to believe that people are motivated in large by their self-interest and therefore cannot be trusted – at least not initially. I’ve found myself – as I’ve gotten older and encountered many different acquaintances and personal relations in my younger years – that I’ve become ...

I recently got married and for our honeymoon, my newly anointed husband convinced me that it would be more than well spent playing Baldur's Gate 3. For a whole week, we sequestered ourselves in the study, turned off our phones, rigged out our monitors and couch co-oped our way ...

Comics are one of the most effective forms of art.
The most important part of all art is communication. It's often overlooked in favour of “meaning” but without the ability to effectively communicate that meaning, the meaning becomes meaningless. Concepts and manifestos are utterly inadequate because they usually become ...

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. Last time, I asked about how you all scripted your comics and got a lot of interesting responses I wanted to run through here. So let’s run through all of them.

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This is the story of a young lady starting a new job in the big city, but there's a twist… and quite a big one it turns out: Her huge, twisty, twirly, sinuous, long, scaly, powerful, gigantic snake tail! Because Cotton is a Naga. Naga are a type of ...

Finally! It's time for yet another Creator Interview, and as usual, I have the pleasure of interviewing one more fantastic DDer! This time it's Paul Eberhadt, a wonderful artist and comic creator with a unique style I could discern among many!

Paul already has a bio on his ...

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Benevolent racism, sexism, ableism, and whatever other “isim” is an interesting aspect of those otherwise negative things. It's not as obvious in its negativity, it's well-meaning and yet quite misguided. So what is it? The ...

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Been posting the first chapter of my serial story – Endbargo – on AO3 recently. Here’s the link for anyone interested in reading.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/56654398/chapters/144012661

I also recently brought up this topic on a facebook group I’m in about fanfiction writing, where I ...

So your villain has just made a heel-face turn and is now one of the good guys. Yay!



…not so fast!

The moment where an antagonist turns on their own side and joins that of the protagonists is extremely powerful. But unless it is part of the overall story's ...

Hex, Nemo, and Warren find themselves in a palace suspended in mid-air with little recollection of their former lives or previous identities. Greeted by the whimsical Mr. Orion, dressed in the finest mint green suit while floating down with a handful of balloons, the trio is offered employment by the ...