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2018 Finalists: Genre/Style Awards
My Life as An American Hero 2
Kitty Kitty Bang Bang
Mindfold
Steel & Manitou
Jay’s ...
Announcing the 2018 Drunk Duck Award Finalists!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 13, 2018Quackast 386 - These are the books that made us
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 7, 2018 LISTEN!
In this Quackcast Tantz, Banes and I have a chat about the novels that influenced us when we were growing up. Each of us barely even touch on them but we do bring up some interesting titles… for Tantz it was the sexy comic Storm and the novel The ...
Your Character's Hobbies
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 28, 2018
We all talk about the sheer necessity to create characters that don't appear cardboard, that are fleshed out, that generally feel like real flesh-and-blood, living, breathing people (regardless of your character's species or nature) with personalities that ring true to the audience.
There are several elements that contribute ...
RIP Steve Ditko
Banes at 12:00AM, July 12, 2018
Last week, Steve Ditko passed away at the age of 90. Legend? Titan? Master? I'm not sure what kind of descriptor to use for this guy.
He was one of a very small group of people who shaped the Marvel Universe, which rocked and redefined the comics world, and ...
Quackcast 382 - Suspension of disbelief
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 10, 2018 LISTEN!
This week we talk about maintaining suspension of disbelief: the way you have to convince people of the world your story is set in and keep them there. Everything you do is done for that, to convince them your characters make sense and the world works. There's a ...
Please Yourself? Or Please the Crowd?
Banes at 12:00AM, July 5, 2018
May the Forcefulness Be With You
I've been fascinated to watch the unfolding of the “battle” between Disney's Lucasfilm and the fandom playing out over the past few months.
If you haven't been looking at the fallout, there's too much for me to cover here; I ...
UPGRADES
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 28, 2018
DD has been upgraded to HTTPS so you will need to log into the site again.
If you can’t remember your password or find it in your browser settings please send an email to ozoneocean AT gmail DOT com!
Or contact us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com ...
Quackcast 380 - Going back, retro style
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 26, 2018 LISTEN!
Retro is GOOoooooooooood! Damn good. Don't underestimate the power of retro. Old material and the past is where pure gold hides. Mine that stuff for all it's worth! But it can be overdone and when it is it's like warmed over fish and chips, it becomes ...
How Does a Comic Get Featured Revisited
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 25, 2018
I have been helping with the featured comic section for the last five years. A while back, a comic creator on The Duck asked how a comic gets featured, and this was the explanation:
In order for a comic to get featured on The Duck, it must pass through a ...
Get a Twitter Feature!
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 23, 2018
As you probably know, The Duck has got a constantly growing Twitter presence now, compete with a chat event and a Retweet policy for every DD wecomic update tweet that tags us!
Now, we're going to add another event, the DD Twiter Feature! And for this one, you can ...