My love for art - and narrative art in particular - began well before I had ever laid eyes on a comic book. As a child, my parents and my grandparents worked selling books for publishers. Every few weeks we would get a big box of sample books and it would be ...
Picture books
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Dec. 11, 2015Wish Fulfillment
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 3, 2015
In the movie Annie Hall, the main character writes a play and uses it to give his failed relationship a happy ending.
There are countless stories where awkward, nervous protagonists…perhaps courtesy of awkward, nervous writers…win the battle, defeat the villains and get the gorgeous girl.
An unknown number ...
Stories Written for Children (That Might Have Been Intended for Adults)
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 23, 2015
The Giving Tree, Story and Illustration by Shel Silverstein
I remember reading along with certain children's books that became very near and dear to me as a young kid. Over the years, I revisit the story and it begins to take on a whole new meaning as my perspective ...
Happy Halloween, DDers!
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Oct. 30, 2015
Here's a little Drunk Duck Halloween roundup!
Okay, this isn't really Halloween related, but your vote for the DD Awards' best presenter is due October 31st! Also check out the awards for ongoing extras.
There's still time to submit your character in their awesome Halloween costume for ...
Terror, Horror, and Revulsion, courtesy of the King
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 15, 2015
Apparently the difference between “terror” and “horror” was first expressed by writer Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823), who said that Terror is the dread and apprehension about something happening, while Horror is the actual encountering the frightening thing.
Maybe this is what they mean when they talk about “suspense” vs. “horror”. Have ...
Things That Go DUCK in the Night
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 8, 2015
Horror…and the baddies and creepies and long-legged beasties of horror…come in many flavours.
These divisions might be incomplete or somewhat meaningless in a way, but hey, I have to approach it somehow…
Reality Bites: Human Creeps, Scary Animals and Nature
-Serial Killers, Jason, Michael Myers, The Strangers, And ...