Summer here is hot and dry, but it's so short that sometimes it feels more like a coffee break in an endless winter than a real season. People who live in the prairies know that each summer day has to be savoured - tucked away as a little memory for ...

Sunny days and comic books
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Aug. 14, 2015Quackcast 227 - Biggest webcomicing mistakes
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 14, 2015 LISTEN!
Pic by Ozoneocean
Content:
Webcomicing is a learning process, you build on your knowledge and skills as you go, comics can take years to complete and your audience is usually pretty forgiving… Well learning is all about making mistakes and if you're like the people who contributed to ...
How do you store your art supplies?
HippieVan at 12:00AM, May 15, 2015
I realized yesterday, after climbing precariously on boxes in the basement while frantically looking for my acrylic paints and ultimately giving up, that I need a better system for storing my art supplies. While I tend to be an untidy person, most of the things I care about (my books ...
Guest Post by KimLuster - Mind March
HippieVan at 12:00AM, April 10, 2015
(The following perspective piece may be more representative of a deranged mind than of a model that will actual work – attempt to replicate at your own risk)
A while back there was a discussion here on the Duck about what gives us renewed inspiration for our art, about the sorts ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Sentiments
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 8, 2015
Summary:
Sentiments is a very funny newspaper style comic strip written in both Chinese and English. Two modern city girls and a cat give us their accurate and pithy observations on every day American life. The art is heavily stylised, honed, and simplified into a classic newspaper style, all drawn ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Mechanaflux
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 1, 2015
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Mechanaflux/
The story behind Mechanaflux starts out simple enough. We have three urban city kids: Arad, Cory, and Jackson who are all members of the same soccer team even though they come from very different households and upbringings. It appears to be a regular day after ...
When There Are Not Enough Hours in a Day...
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 23, 2015
-Art by Gunwallace
I discovered a sketchbook sitting to the left of the counter during my last visit to my favourite tea lounge. The words “Before I Die…” were scrawled across the black cover, so curiosity got the best of me and I thumbed through the pages. Each page had ...
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 ...