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Our topic this week is making your characters individual, distinct and setting them apart through physical traits. In many mainstream superhero comics or manga the only difference between most characters is their outfit, hair, and skin tone ...
Quackcast 652 - Physical traits that set characters apart
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 12, 2023Facing the Apocalypse
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Sept. 10, 2023
If you look up Wikipedia on apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction it will be described as a subgenre in which the earth’s (or another planet’s) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. It can be due to the cause of nuclear war, or climate change, a pandemic (maybe one that ...
Housekeeping! (#Quackchat + Red Carpet Update)
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Sept. 2, 2023
Hello, hello lovely Quackateers!
Spring is in the air! So it’s the perfect time to open the windows, sweep away the winter gloom and do some old fashioned housekeeping!
You may have noticed that Twitter has undergone some…changes, recently. After its acquisition from a certain CEO, features that ...
Now it's SEPTEMBER
lothar at 12:00AM, Sept. 1, 2023Hi everybody
Today I have found a good one for you all.
It's a community project from Drunk Duck creators for wayyyy back in 2007.
I really do appreciate how this site has such a long history. a rarity on the internet nowdays.I think DD is perhaps the ...
Panel By Panel: 'FCL55' and Balancing Details
hpkomic at 8:23PM, Aug. 25, 2023
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week I am going to be looking at a panel from the webcomic FCL55 that I think does a great job developing an aesthetic through balancing details within the design. FCL55 is ...
They Make You Believe
Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 24, 2023
A long time ago I read something, I think an interview with a respected screenwriter or something, where he brought up the movie “Rain Man”.
If you haven't seen it, it's about a struggling wheeler-dealer type guy, played by Tom Cruise, who goes on a road trip with ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Into the Bookwoods
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 23, 2023
The Forest is home to a community of woodland creatures who have taken on the qualities of personified human beings while still resembling animals in outward appearance. Three librarians—Milly the Mouse, Martha the Weasel, and Sylvia the Cat—work at the Forest Public Library where they help select the ...
Quackcast 649 - Gendered clothing
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 22, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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When you're drawing people in a webcomic one of the common ways to indicate gender is by outfits, but why are clothes gendered at all and is that a constant?
Gendered clothing clothing is influenced by ...
Gender Toxicity
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 19, 2023
The debate on what constitutes a “strong female character”, whether having “strong female leads” or “feminism” is tanking “woke” films these past few years, is ongoing. There's accusations of toxicity on both sides. Misogyny, misandry, wokeness and brokeness, all of these terms and hot takes are fired and take ...
Are You a Presenter or a Judge? Volunteer for the DD Awards!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 14, 2023
Photo: “Call for Artists (for the DD Awards)”. Judges and presenters needed. (August 2023)
2023 Drunk Duck Awards 2.0
There is a need for ten presenters for this year's awards. Five of the ten presentations can be started as soon as possible, the other five are still being ...