I was thinking about the idea of characters who have a dream of something - a wonderful life, a perfect situation, and are living for the possibility of getting there.

For me, the story that hits this hardest is Of Mice and Men, where George and Lenny, struggling during the Depression ...

Photo: “For Your Consideration Poster for Freddy Reno Went Missing”. Drunk Duck Awards 2023. Freddy Reno Went Missing by OrGiveMeDeath_Ind. (May 2023)

Niccea is accepting FYC pages now. Please PQ or email your pages to Niccea. Please keep them rated G. The theme is musical. You can have you character ...

Damaged Heroes


A well written, standard Protagonist will generally have some flaws, starting out as an underdog of some kind, with lessons to learn and improvements to make over the course of the story.

Granted, some heroes are, well, just heroes, who are pretty much who they need to be ...

It's time for another interview, with Marcorossi, one of DD's most active and proliferate webcomic artists, who also has FINISHED WEBCOMICS.



But enough intro on my part! Let's let Marco talk, here we go!



1. Let’s start! Tell us a bit about yourself.


Hi! I’m ...

Today’s Character Deep Dive is on the intriguing Molly Lusc from the comic Molly Lusc by Andreas Helixfinger!

Molly Lusc is a straight up noir comic complete with an origin story… sort of… of the main character and primary detective Molly Lusc. It has a lot of the noir ...

Photo: “Niccea Has Invited You to Join Drunk Duck Awards” Discord. (April 2024)

A Flock of Dreams Cover Vote

The second Drunkduck anthology is nearing completion, while there's still work to be done it's definitely very close.


With that in mind it's time for you to vote ...

teacher, teacher, can you teach me –

I was revisiting a classic movie, one of the ones on this list, in the past week or so, and thinking of the archetypal teacher/student dynamic in fiction.

So, in line with my Top Five Tales of Bands from last year, here's ...

It's just, like, my opinion, man



I've been rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generation lately, and so much of what I loved about it on first viewing holds up beautifully.

Watching a series which is almost all standalone episodes is interesting, too. There's a basic premise of ...

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Today we're talking about the depiction of “intelligence” in fiction! There are a lot of ways this shows up: the genius detective who can understand any clue and uncover any lie, the amazing doctor who can ...

Today we are interviewing the accomplished and proliferate Dragonsong12 who has actually completed multiple webcomics!



There's so much to tell as an introduction to Dragonsong12 but suffice it to say that she has one of the most recognizable and uniquely beautiful art styles I have encountered on the Duck ...