Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week I wanted to try something different. I'd like to ask you all some questions. I have plenty more panel analysis articles, but I also want to mix things up.

I ...

When I first started putting together my story idea for Typical Strange many years ago, I imagined it to be an animated series. With a lot of time and effort and learning Toon Boom software along the way, I had a pretty strong idea of the main characters, and a ...

So last time, in Part 1 of this discussion of …sunnier villains or antagonists, we had left off talking about how toxic positivity is all about the toxic person's comfort. And that this need to impose a certain behavior, dogma, and/or approach to reality in their environment leads ...

Photo: “- Page 71”. Succubus created by Coydog and TheDeeMan. (January 2023)

Darryl Hughes aka “TheDeeMan” aka the writer behind the Succubus Comic has news to share:

“Hi,

Just wanted to let the DD fam know that “Succubus” celebrates it's one year anniversary on DD on Jan 17th.

Take care ...

So it is Sunday again and the first month of the new year is nearing its close. I still haven’t finished my work on the short story I’m making for the new DD Anthology, but I am coming back from my updating hiatus next week anyway. During my ...

I've been a notorious procrastinator. Well, notorious in my own mind at least.

Last summer my folks were goodly enough to give me a large pile of dirt.

Hey, did you say that's more than I deserved? You cheeky devil!

It was to fill some holes and ruts ...

Photo: “Space Pack: Chapter 5; Page 109”. Drawn by Slingy. (January 2023)

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Slingy, the creative force behind the ultra-quick updating comic, Space Pack, sent us this message:

Slingy writes:

“Hello!

I wanted to write you in regards to my webcomic, Space Pack, reaching 500 pages!

Space Pack Link: https ...

“Blessed Days: Chapter 3; Page 378”. Drawn by InkyMoondrop. (December 2022)

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Blessed Days by InkyMoondrop

“Hi!

Thanks for reading, it means a lot to me! Blessed Days - Chapter 3 is releasing its last comic on the 23rd of December, there will be extra content shared relating to BD and ...

This is gonna be yet another rambling kind of post and a long one at that–so be warned. In the recent month I’ve been doing some soul searching that ties into this personal Christmas shopping spree of sorts that I’ve had recently. To be more specific, I ...

It's been said by…someone that a character WANTS something. It's one of the ingredients that makes a compelling character. It's also something that makes a character relatable, even one who's very different from the reader/audience.

Most of us aren't centuries-old robots, but we ...