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 ...

Around Spring of last year, in an attempt to keep my pen moving, I signed up for a life drawing class. It was the first time since high school art class that I was going to draw human models in real life. Over the last decade, most of the human ...

Great News, Ducks!

A team at Rebates Zone has compiled an infographic for the Top 100 Comic Blogs for 2014 and The Duck Webcomics ranks at number 89 on the list! The rankings were selected on the site's Alexa Rank, Twitter followers and Facebook fans.

It is an interesting ...

Many thanks to everyone who has submitted votes for their favorite comics over the last six weeks. Also, to all the volunteers, thank so much for stepping up to challenge to be a judge or presenter this year. The response from last week was very admirable and we will need ...

First of all, happy belated Canada Day to my fellow Canadians and happy Independence Day to our American neighbours! I hope everyone enjoys their patriotic celebrations and some awesome fireworks!


CONTRIBUTE

The Drunk Duck Awards are really getting into gear now, and we need volunteer judges, presenters, and more!

From ...

Abt_Nihil was the winner of my Easter contest, so here is his well-earned plug for Heroes Alliance!

From Abt_Nihil:
"Heroes Alliance, dd's long-running superhero crossover community project, started its 9th chapter yesterday! In this new chapter, the Alliance has to stop a Zombie outbreak in Darwin, Australia, and meets ...

Move over 19th century, Dracula has awakened from his slumber and he is back and cooler than ever! The world has changed drastically from what he remembers and now he needs to compete with popular modern vampires who are able to walk outside with their dazzling diamond skin, perfect hair ...

The 2014 Spring Comic Convention season is here and in full swing. I have read about virtual conventions for webcomics, but nothing beats the thrill of traveling to a con, spending money on an entrance ticket, waiting in long lines next to strangers in cosplay, and taking photos with famous ...

Step inside the magical world of fantasy in Diexemor, where every page looks like a stained glass painting and the majority of characters have long hair. Castles, canyons, cemeteries, fortresses, dark forests, and old world taverns set the stage for many of the backdrops of this dreamscape environment.

The story ...

This is the second attempt at this comic subject, the first being hosted elsewhere. One day a college student hears a noise in an alleyway and ends up saving a small kitten, little does he know the comedy and drama that will ensue… Spoiler: shape-changing cat girl! Cat Nine is ...