Photo: “End of Summer 2024”. Photograph taken by kawaiidaigakusei. (September 2024)
Ten years before Miyazaki’s latest animated film, The Boy and the Heron (2023), was released last year, The Wind Rises (2013/2014) was announced to be Miyazaki’s final film.
In a Drunk Duck forum post dated February ...

Revisiting Hayao Miyazaki’s Film, The Wind Rises, Ten Years Later
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 23, 2024Panel By Panel: Workshop - 'Omegan Survivors' Part Two
hpkomic at 10:35AM, Sept. 20, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. We return to our workshop series this week. Last time we introduced this week's comic and asked for feedback for the workshop, allowing the community to weigh in and share some thoughts ...
Quackcast 705 - Choreocast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 17, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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Today we're talking about setting the scene and communication through the art on the panel.
It's a simple yet complex subject- how do you compose the scene to better communicate all the stuff like which ...
So Many Paths
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 12, 2024
I was thinking about different filmmakers and how varied their processes can be. Stanley Kubrick was famous for doing multiple takes - sometimes dozens of takes and sometimes much more (!)
Meanwhile, Clint Eastwood will do one or two takes and that's it.
On the show Seinfeld, there were two takes ...
The Almighty Creator
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 5, 2024
I'm still slowly rewatching Star Trek the Next Generation and loving it very much.
Just recently I was thinking of a specific episode that ended up being one of my favorites from the series. And knowing a little bit of behind the scenes trivia about the making of this ...
Group Activities
Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 8, 2024
Group Dynamics
I'm working on putting some teams together for some new comics. Will I ever get to them? Yes, I think so!
Figuring out an ensemble is a long process. At least it is for me.
Before I started my first webcomic, Typical Strange, I spent over a ...
The Competition Plot
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 27, 2024
As I'm writing this I'm counting down the hours to the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games 2024 which are taking place in Paris. The Olympics are the king of all sports competition, and even being able to participate requires for athletes to have been rigorously through very ...
The Moustache of Evil
Banes at 12:00AM, July 25, 2024
I was rewatching “Sleeping With the Enemy” recently - it's a thriller from back in the early 90's. It's got Julia Roberts JUST before she became a superstar, a tense scene involving bath towels, an iconic use of the song ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ - and a moustache of evil ...
OPEN CALL - Drunk Duck Awards 2024 NEED VOLUNTEERS - Judges and Presenters!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 22, 2024
Photo: “WE NEED YOU!!!”. The Drunk Duck Awards 2024 Needs Volunteers to Judge and Present. Spleen by Genejoke. (July 2024)
Niccea has sent out assignments to all the volunteers who have signed up so far.
Message from Niccea to all volunteers who have already signed up:
“Thank you for being ...
Last Ripping Off King Arthur Strip Posted Today; 300 Page Milestone for Bravo1102’s Interstellar Battle Girls!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 15, 2024
Photo: “#351d Just Wanna Do Epilogues Part Seventeen”. Ripping Off King Arthur by Arspitzer. (June 2024)
Last Ripping Off King Arthur Strip Will Be Posted, Monday, July 15, 2024.
Arspitzer writes:
“Hi,
Just wanted to let you know that the final Ripping Off King Arthur strip will be posted on ...