Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.
This week I want to explore one element of art I have been thinking about lately as I color comics for some other creators. Before that, however, I needed to find a comic ...

Panel By Panel: Them There Hills and Value Contrast
hpkomic at 8:43AM, Sept. 23, 2022So About Black Ariel...
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 17, 2022
I liked her. The trailer dropped and I didn't quite like the trailer, but I liked her.
Hear me out, now.
I think Halle Bailey can absolutely, 100% work as a mermaid. A little mermaid, if you like. There's just something in the way she's set up ...
CREATOR PROFILE: John Byrne
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 15, 2022
JOHN BYRNE
When I first became seriously interested in comics, John Byrne was at the top of my favorite artist list. He drew many of the classic “new” X-Men books, and was the artist on that series when it first became massively popular. The stories Byrne drew (and co-plotted along ...
Quackcast 599 - Badaptations
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 6, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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Source material is something that we can love and respect, but it's just as often disregarded, degenerated, and denigrated, especially these days where it seems like ...
Covering cover art
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Aug. 27, 2022
Last week, over on the ole Twittersphere, we were asking the #quackchatters about creating cover art for their comics. It was an interesting discussion to go back and read as there were responses there that surprised me.
The first question of the QuackChat hour asked if creators draw some pages ...
Quackcast 596 - Leadership!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 16, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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Leaders are not born, they're created… literally in the case of fiction, created by creators of comics, books, movies, and other media! For this Quackcast I ...
Another Duck Anthology
Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 4, 2022
In years past, The Duck released several anthologies featuring comics by various creators on the site.
Last year, we did a horror anthology and I'd say things went rather well!
To continue funding improvements to the site, there is discussion taking place about doing another one! I think there ...
Quackcast 593 - Risky Business
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 26, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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The risks of online creative success
We live in a wonderful time where you're able to turn your creative passion into a job that can support ...
Unearthing old comics
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, July 23, 2022
I’m back! It’s been a hot minute hasn’t it? I’ll be taking over a blog spot once a month for a while. And for today I have a very interesting topic (hopefully!).
Recently, I have been helping out with the improvements to the site here. As ...
Struck Sure
Banes at 12:00AM, June 30, 2022
Changing structure of…structure.
*note to self: come up with better title before upload time. don't look like a FOOL again!
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