In 1971, five years after in creation of Black Panther and four years before Marvel introduced Storm, the first black female superhero appeared in Hell-Rider #1.
A trained fighter, Butterfly’s super cool costume included a jetpack, suction cups for climbing, and lights that were capable of permanently blinding her ...

Black History Month spotlight: The first black superheroine
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 26, 2016Don't forget about MILESTONES!
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Oct. 2, 2015
Lately I've been receiving very few milestones from people! This is just a quick reminder that you (yes, YOU!) can send your milestones or other comic news to myself or kawaiidaigakusei. Don't be shy, even if you feel as though you've sent us multiple milestones in the ...
The Dark Side of Comedy
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 13, 2015
-Art by Gunwallace
There was once an intervention for work-appropriate humour at one of my former jobs where we were asked the question: "A joke told in the workplace can be off-colour or sexually offensive as long as I know that I am only kidding.“ The moderator had the room ...
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 ...
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 ...
Quackcast 192 - Voyage of the Broken Promise
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 11, 2014 LISTEN!
- Art by PBandJ
Content:
This week on the DD Quackcast, I, Ozoneocean the High Exalted Grand Fleet Admiral of the 5th Quarter of the Galactic Central star system and Emperor of the 15 non-aligned beach planets, am interrogating the vicious space pirate Patrick Bradley of PBandJ. He was beamed ...
Squarriors Volume One: Teeth & Nails Kickstarter Campaign
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 18, 2014
www.squarriors.com
bittertea, our very own Drunk Duck veteran and featured comic creator responsible for the beautiful linework in Scorch, has a kickstarter for a new graphic novel project in the works called Squarriors.
What is Squarriors?
Squarriors is the epic saga of warring animals in a post-human world ...
Habibah's Song Reaches Triple Digits, DD Awards Trophy Design Contest Accepting Submissions June 8-June 15
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 9, 2014MILESTONE
Habibah's Song has reached 100 pages, a VERY happy number according to comic creator, rmccool
You should totally check this comic out. It is filled with really cute character designs and anthropomorphic personification. Also, rmccool has been a long time member of the Drunk Duck community, so support ...
Underdogs, Underserved, and Underrated Comics: An Interview with Locoma of Anti Featured!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 31, 2014
Last week I was able to chat with lifetime DrunkDuck member Locoma about his process in selecting comics for his Anti-Featured comic. As a fellow featured comic reviewer and fan of underdog comics, I had a lot of curiosity going into the interview about the underground feature reviewer. Plenty of ...