Photo: X-Men Series II Trading Card Collection (1993)
An unopened, cellophane wrapped pack of trading cards is a sleeve of anticipation. The probability of finding a hologram or a rare character card is reason enough to get excited.
Around the time the Uncanny X-Men cartoon gained popularity in nineteen-ninety three ...

Recollecting X-Men Trading Cards from the Early Nineties
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 1, 2022Practical Things to Consider When Designing a Character's Look
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 30, 2022
When designing a character's appearance, we want to come up with cool, original elements that make an impression and distinguish that character from all others. So it's tempting to give them a gazillion cool belts with buckles running up their legs and arms, chains hanging off them, high ...
Panel By Panel: Phantasos and Perspective
hpkomic at 8:09AM, July 29, 2022
Hello and welcome to Panel by Panel, an analysis of panels from comics right here on The Duck and exploring what they do, how they work, and what we can learn from them.
This week we will check out a panel from the webcomic Phantasos by user jslongstreet. This is ...
The Manchild
Banes at 12:00AM, July 28, 2022
The manchild is a very comic trope in fiction over the years. It's the kind of person who is an adult physically, but have not accepted adult responsibilities in some parts of life…or maybe any part of life. They are irresponsible in relationships or work or life in ...
Quackcast 593 - Risky Business
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 26, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
Listen on Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunkduck-quackcast
Or TuneinRadio - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Books–Literature/Drunkduck-Quackcast-p1150194/
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 ...
2022 DD Awards: VOTE Tie-Breaker for Best Protagonist
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 25, 2022
VOTE VOTE VOTE
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13q_zpKpowTAg2N_dVXPLOEKugfOSRptpiKpPPRq4M0Q/
Niccea writes:
“After bouncing some ideas around in Discord. I decided to revamp how the character awards are awarded. In the case of Best Protagonist this year I got just under twenty characters submitted, but no character received more than ...
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 ...
DD update post 22/JULY/2022
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 22, 2022
Latest update news 22nd of July, 2022
-First up
Alexey has updated the prototype template again:
https://next.theduckwebcomics.com/
This time all the log in features, control panel, messages, likes, replies, comments, fave list etc will all be in a drop down to the right so that the top ...
Drama of the Historical
Banes at 12:00AM, July 21, 2022
Historical Drama/period pieces present multiple issues for the writer/creator to deal with.
In talking about the drama in his movie “Cinderella Man”, Ron Howard said that the drama was built into the story itself. Meaning the actual true events. The moving radio broadcast where the Depression-Era boxer Jimmy ...