Alea is known by the alias, Feather, a heroic fighter protecting the town of Havpork from monsters. Enter Steel, the effervescent arch-nemesis of Feather, whose namesake is the opposite of soft and light. The town of Havpork has been left without a hero following an unsuccessful battle against Steel, where ...

Today's Creator Interview is all about the fantastic Spooky Kitsune! They are a recent addition to the DD family and a prolific one, with two webcomics hosted here already!

But you don't want me to tell you about it all! Let's hear it from Spooky Kitsune themselves ...

It's Valentine's Day as I write this, and the day after (or many days after) when you're reading this.

Anyway, I thought I'd run down (or run up) my top five science fiction romantic couples. I don't think I've done this topic before, but ...

During times of censorship, or times where exploring issues in the real world might be tricky, using fantasy or science fiction to do it is a real and viable solution. Dressing up the thing you want to explore into something cute and fuzzy might be just the way to go ...

Photo: “Inside the Crater at Haleakalā”. Maui, Hawaii. Photograph taken by kawaiidaigakusei. (January 2024)

I reached the crater of the volcano after taking the winding road to the peak. My single sweater was not enough protection to go against the elements and I longed for the second sweater I left ...

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.

This week I wanted to look at a comic that was brought up in the comments of my previous post when discussing framing of panels. It's always a fun opportunity to write ...

Hello hello! Today I have a bunch of announcements and discussions to share with you in my constant quest to showcase as many DDers as possible without starting something and then letting it peter out (like the Twitter features, which let's face it, I'm not keen on doing ...

A fun type of character is the Comedy Villain. This is not a comic relief character in a more serious story; this is the Villain in a Comedic story or series. Actually, they MIGHT be the funniest character - but we'll get to that in a bit.

The legendary comedy ...

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This Quackcast is about using influence wisely! I had a DD comic creator come to me, apparently a bit distressed at some of the things we'd said in our last Quackcast about drawing adult comics- they ...

There's generally a tennet about character building for a villain in a story or webcomic that urges the creator to humanize them by giving them a backstory that “fleshes them out”. Often, “humanization” of a villain is taken to mean that they come across as more sympathetic or appealing ...