Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. Last time, I asked about how you all scripted your comics and got a lot of interesting responses I wanted to run through here. So let’s run through all of them.

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I'm still rewatching Star Trek the Next Generation, slowly, and Better Call Saul as well. Both are a treat, and they use pretty much opposite types of continuity. Or close to it -

Next Gen was made in the 80's and early 90's. At the time, the decree ...

Photo: “Abbeycourt Manor, Spring 2025, Venue TBD”. Albino Squirrel Productions Flier by ShadowGamer. (June 2024)


ShadowGamer of Powerup Comics, Powerup Adventure, If Bernie Won, Super Brigade, Gamer Dilbert, and Abbeycourt Manor has MEGA NEWS that is so Out Of This World that it is In This Actual World.

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Finally! It's time for yet another Creator Interview, and as usual, I have the pleasure of interviewing one more fantastic DDer! This time it's Paul Eberhadt, a wonderful artist and comic creator with a unique style I could discern among many!

Paul already has a bio on his ...

Better Call Saul is the prequel series to Breaking Bad. Both shows are incredible, and probably my two favorite shows. The characters in these shows, especially Better Call Saul, have great nuance to them, and most of them have multiple “wants” or “needs” that are in opposition to each other ...

Characters want something - this is a basic building block of storytelling. Identifying what a main character wants is a big step in defining that character. Figure out how they go about trying to get it - that's the beginning of a story. Figure out what's stopping them from getting ...

Photo: “FYC: Calling In a Favor” by HawkandFloAdventures. (2024)

There is still time to get votes into the ballot box — THREE MORE WEEKS - - to be exact. If you still have the ability to vote, but have not clicked the ballot link posted last week, then here is a more in ...

Last time I wrote about villains making amends, after they decide to change their ways, flip sides, or generally become support to the protagonist, rather than the antagonist.

But for them to get there, there has to first come the realization that they are the villain of their story. And ...

I've started a few webcomics at this point, and all of them are ongoing…well, at least in theory.

There's always the question of where to start. What's page one gonna be?

With my first comic, Typical Strange, I LABORED over that decision for years.

Kind of ...

Photo: “FYC: High School Musical” by agentny003. (2024)

Can you hear the comics Sing? Singing the songs of Musicals—it is a project run by community members that is so jovial. Nine-hundred-thirty-six-thousand-forty-seven comics uploaded to The Duck’s official database. Who am I? Three-Six-Nine-Four-Seven!

Welcome to the 16th Annual Drunk ...