A herd of deeply philosophical and imaginative pet alpacas with very different personalities live on a farm. Hana the alpaca (aka “The Roomba Ranger”) is easy-going and creative, yet still aware of the realities of the farm like wool shearing season. The other alpacas have varying degrees of awareness that ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Alpacomics
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 18, 2023Jealousy
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Oct. 15, 2023
This is gonna be sort of a follow up on the last article newspost I made. I’ve been trying to follow the advice that was given to me last time and I feel like it has already yielded some promising results. Problem is I’m still frustrated. Still conflicted ...
Making Horror Comics
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 12, 2023
image by Banes, based on a story narrated by Lazy Masquerade
Making Horror Comics - a chat with Genejoke
I spoke to Genejoke about making horror comics. GJ makes a lot of comics here on the Duck. He has an anthology series here called Lite Bites, and multiple other series on ...
Panel By Panel: 'The Sparks TAB' and The Visual Reference
hpkomic at 2:26PM, Oct. 6, 2023
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.
So, as I was flipping through comics here on the Duck as inspiration for a post, I stumbled onto a page from a particular comic with two panels that pulled a familiar reference ...
Just Looking at the Pictures
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 2, 2023
Photo: “A Mutant Trying to Read”. The Uncanny X-Men by Marvel Comics. Animal Farm by George Orwell. Photographed by kawaiidaigakusei. (October 2023)
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Rogue: I figured you read this one already. But the cover looked pretty good.
Beast: Thomas Wolfe. An old favorite. I thank you.
Gambit: Beastie is easy to ...
Quackcast 654 - tropes vs character growth
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 26, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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Today we're chatting about characters who're mainly based on tropes VS those that grow. You see this difference quite clearly in a lot of British comedy VS American comedy where characters are set up in ...
Apricots, Hibiscus, and Amaryllis
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 25, 2023
Photo: “Complimentary Paint Chips Extracted from the Hardware Store”. Photographed by kawaiidaigakusei. (September 2023)
The fastest and easiest way to uplift a lackluster mood is to seek out the paint aisle at a local home improvement store; scan through and collect all the paint chips that appear “calming”, “vibrant”, or ...
Trying to accept a slow creative process
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Sept. 24, 2023
I’m gonna be honest with you guys here today. I’ve been a bit frustrated lately, and it has to do with my own creative process. This a struggle that I think many of us here can relate to. We have this story, or even a number of stories ...
Top Five Tales of Bands
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 21, 2023
Having a love of music, forming a band, struggling together, maybe rising to fame and fortune, then falling from those heights, and then figuring out what to do next…it's a version of the Hero's Journey that can be found in real life.
There've been plenty of ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Lauren Ipsum
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 20, 2023
Meet Lauren Ipsum, comical used book salesperson and eccentric librarian extraordinaire, always seen writing semi-biographical “Fix Fics” on a traditional manual typewriter. Accompanying Lauren on her daily adventures is a friendly and chill fox named Dewey (who sometimes needs a haircut). Follow Lauren and Dewey as they stealthily return overdue ...