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 ...

Things That Go DUCK in the Night
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 8, 2015Exploring new comic book stores
HippieVan at 12:00AM, July 17, 2015
Recently I had the pleasure of spending a few day's in my country's capital city, Ottawa. Among museum trips, walks along the canal, and an awesome sound and light show at our parliament building, I managed to coerce my best friend into visiting a couple of comic book ...
Quackcast 217 - Sexy and attractive characters
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 5, 2015 LISTEN!
Image by Ozoneocean
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For this Quackcast we thought we'd explore what makes characters sexy and/or attractive: Men or women, it doesn't matter, original characters, or from TV, comics, films, radio, games, whatever. How do you make a sexy character? What's a good example of ...
Guest Post by Kroatz - How I'll Spend my Weekend
HippieVan at 12:00AM, April 3, 2015
I’m going to wake up, I’m quite sure of that. I’ve woken up many times before, and I currently have no real interest in changing that habit. So, first I am going to sleep, have some dangerous and weird adventures that I will either forget or repress ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Psycho Babble
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 18, 2015
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Psycho_Babble/
Please pull up a chair and lean in close because this week's Feature is incredibly enticing.
Set in a surreal world that is very different (or similar) to the planet we live on, this story examines the adventures of an unpredictable pair of a ...
Avoiding the Mary Sue (+ a contest!)
HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 6, 2015
This newspost was inspired by this week's Quackcast on testing your writing and knowing your characters. In the comments, KimLuster posted a Mary Sue test and discussed her annoyance in finding that one of her characters scored highly.
So what is a Mary Sue? Everyone sort of knows one ...
The Digital Dark Age Cometh!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 16, 2015
Does everyone remember floppy disks?
This morning, the top trending topic was the warning issued by Vint Cerf, vice-president of Google, that we must create tangible back-up copies of all our digital works or else we may lose everything, every memory in a “digital Dark Age”. So I read about ...
Radio Play 2015 - What can YOU do to help?
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 2, 2015
http://theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/176752/
2014 saw a very sad thing happen, or rather not happen – the first time in four years that we did not to a DD Radio Play. For those who haven’t participated in the past, the Radio Play is truly one of the coolest ...
Handmade versus Store-Bought Gifts
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 15, 2014
The tradition of creating handmade gifts began sometime in elementary school when it was not only appropriate, but expected, to give our parents original creations. Eventually, a handmade knick-knack has a difficult time competing with the latest smart phone or drawing tablet and is pushed aside to make room for ...