Last week marked the loss of two actors who brought my favorite fantasy villains from childhood films to life.

I was only a baby when Jim Henson's musical fantasy film, Labyrinth, was released in theaters. The fact that there were once home videos of me singing along to “(Dance ...

After spending three hours reading Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman in a public library on Friday afternoon, I ran into the most marvelous sculpture on display while taking a stroll through West Hollywood Park. The shiny, white sculpture was based on two popular and beloved comic book superheroes, Batman and ...

image by Banes, influenced by lots of things

When I came up with the characters and stories that became my webcomic here on The Duck, I knew it didn't come from a vacuum. But for the most part, it was only after writing and posting stories for several years ...

Welcome to Throviria, a planet inhabited by the descendants of the late human race. This planet still has wars and there was recently an attack between the Rabalians of Rabalja and a neighboring country, Nordalia.

There are a select few among the Throvirian population called "elspardirs" that have gained special ...

From the same creator who brought you the previously featured and ever so popular Playmobil photocomic, Character Development, comes an endearing new story about real life as it happens. All Unicorns to Battle Stations is a personal autobiographical comic from the first person point-of-view of one of our favourite New ...

Summary:
Cycle Bolt: The story takes inspiration from noted conspiracy fantasists David Icke and Alex Jones- and contains THEIR inspiration of the '80s TV series “V”, the film “bodysnatchers” and the cold war paranoia of that time: The backdrop of this world features alien shape-shifting lizardmen and grey aliens on ...

“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”

Stuck between the end of college and the rest of her life, twenty-something, Jenny Wren, must figure how to build the bridge to the “real world” and out of unemployment.

In enters Jeremy, the laid back coffee ...

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I officially rename my co-host Banes as “Columbo-Banes” because just as we're about to fade into nothing, winding up, he comes in with “just one more thing” which just happens to be a freaking brilliant suggestion that makes us fired up all over again with great stuff ...

Today's spotlight is on Gunwallace! Gunwallace (David Tulloch) jumped into Drunk Duck with both feet, posting his excellent Playmobil figurine comic Character Development (and later, Utterly Rucked) and making friends with just about everybody! He's since been involved with all kinds of projects, helping greatly with Lite Bites ...

Jesus is a stroppy teenager who likes the things other teens do- girls, zombie movies and hanging out with his friends… His best friend just happens to be Lil'D, Satan's boy. Jesus' adoptive family consists of papa Joseph, little sister Ruthie and an unseen mother Mary and they ...