Panel By Panel: ‘Small Gods’ and A Classic Establishing Shot

hpkomic at 1:35PM, Dec. 30, 2022



Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week we're talking about the comic Small Gods, created by Duck user Bof Phaff. Specifically, we are looking at a panel on “page 55 of chapter 6.”

First off, the panel ...



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Four Endings

Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 29, 2022



As we approach the end of another year, I had a few ideas about topics related to endings.

If you've read my articles for awhile, you may remember discussions about wants and needs - the plot objective that is more ‘physical’ is the want, and the emotional or thematic pursuit ...



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Panel By Panel: ‘Withdrawn’ and Establishing Character in a Frame

hpkomic at 3:45PM, Dec. 16, 2022



Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. I am taking a break from submitted comics this time to spotlight a panel from a recent comic I stumbled upon. This week we're talking about the comic Withdrawn, created by Duck ...

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Your politics vs. Your characters' politics

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 10, 2022



Okay, this is a semi-rant and train of thought post, because I've had a couple whiskey and I'm Having Thoughts About Things. You have been warned.

There was one thing that always bothered me in villains that monologue in movies (I also see it in how social media ...



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A Dash of Whimsy

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Dec. 4, 2022



I had a solo game of Neuroshima Hex this Saturday morning where I discovered something peculiar. I was playing army Borgo against army Dancer and I was quite mesmerized by the aesthetic and playing mechanic of army Dancer. Usually an army in Neuroshima Hex consists of over a dozen playing ...

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Don't I know You?

Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 24, 2022



Doppelgangers were thought to be an omen of death or bad fortune. If you see a being that looks like you, doom awaits!

The name has evolved to mean a lookalike, usually supernatural or unexplained. There are many stories that feature Doppelgangers, whether ghostly, clones, mirrors come-to-life, robot duplicates, or ...



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NaNoWriMo for comics

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Nov. 5, 2022



National Novel Writing Month is here once again. Throughout the month of November writers across multiple disciplines and genres challenge themselves to sit down and write a 50K word novel. Although I am not participating this year, that’s not to say that this month can’t be dedicated to ...

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Panel By Panel: Spirit Monk and Crossing Boundaries

hpkomic at 7:18AM, Nov. 4, 2022



Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.

Last week I invited creators to send pages and panels they are proud of for me to look at and potentially write about. The response was good, and I am glad to say ...



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Our Relationship With Death

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 29, 2022



It's almost Halloween!

…and it isn't part of my culture. It's only recently started to become a “novelty thing” in Greece, and we totally don't quite get it the way people who actually celebrate it likely do. So I don't want to talk about Halloween ...



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The Visuals of Fear

Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 20, 2022


A creepy pov shot works very well if the camera is looking through a window, or trees, or some other barrier. So we the audience seem to be hiding from the characters on screen.

THE VISUALS OF FEAR

When the director Rob Reiner was going to direct the movie based ...




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