Photo: “La Mariée Mise à Nu Par Ses Célibataires, Même (The Green Box)”. Marcel Duchamp. 1911-1915. Photograph taken by kawaiidaigakusei. The Philadelphia Museum of Art. (December 2023)

Tomorrow will mark one month of continuous cross country travel in the most real Kerouac sense of the word. The trip across the ...

It is another all-nighter for Druhi as she spends the evening writing a research paper for school. The discussion topic is centered around a winged angel known as the Light Bringer, the Morning Star, the Planet Venus, but most famously known in various religions and cultures by the names Lucifer ...

Last week I had the fortune of stumbling across Netflix's latest animated series, Blue Eye Samurai. I didn't expect much, but I was so bowled over by the sheer excellence of this show that I ended up binging the entire first season overnight. Like all shows, it's ...

A young lady who will soon take on the name “Eris Fearn” is lost and stuck in the frigid rain on a dark stormy night. Fortunately for Eris, a black and white cat with speaking abilities presents itself and acts as a magical guide to find shelter; unfortunately, the cave ...

Photo: “Femme Fantastic”. Original story and characters created by EssayBee. (October 2023)

EssayBee writes:

Just wanted to drop an e-mail letting you know that Dude in Distress posted its 250th strip today (Oct 25). I'm attaching an image of Femme Fantastic to post the milestone. Thanks!

Dude in Distress ...

Hi everyone!
The First AND ONLY Comic this fortnight here is a real JEM !
It starts out in the best possible way … with a Darude ,..- I mean Desert sandstorm But it turns into a Water-storm


Comic:the Process
Author:the process
Year:2007-2008
I love scifi stories that start out ...

Horror is Small

I think horror is better and more effective when it's small.

A dark hallway with one person nervously tiptoeing through it…a creepy phone call or knock on the door in the middle of the night…the demented, sinister weirdness of someone's new step parent ...

Lights upon a fading sky.
Whipping the night to encircle the dead
Blocks are talking to your I.
Curve them a wave and encircle them red
Joys comes dancing you goodbye
A smile so wide it will encircle your head


NaaN (Now, always and Never)

Horror…and the baddies and creepies and long-legged beasties of horror…come in many flavours.
These divisions might be incomplete or somewhat meaningless in a way, but hey, I have to approach it somehow…


Reality Bites: Human Creeps, Scary Animals and Nature
-Serial Killers, Jason, Michael Myers, The Strangers, And ...

image by Banes, based on a story narrated by Lazy Masquerade


Making Horror Comics - a chat with Genejoke


I spoke to Genejoke about making horror comics. GJ makes a lot of comics here on the Duck. He has an anthology series here called Lite Bites, and multiple other series on ...