Photo: “2024 Finalists”. Drunk Duck Awards 2024 by Niccea. (July 2024)
Final votes are in and have been tabulated.
Niccea writes:
“Thank you for your patience over the past week with the delay. The ballots are closed the votes were actually counted up on time. As usual, please kindly let ...

Your Drunk Duck Awards 2024 Finalists Are…
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 29, 2024OPEN CALL - Drunk Duck Awards 2024 NEED VOLUNTEERS - Judges and Presenters!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 22, 2024
Photo: “WE NEED YOU!!!”. The Drunk Duck Awards 2024 Needs Volunteers to Judge and Present. Spleen by Genejoke. (July 2024)
Niccea has sent out assignments to all the volunteers who have signed up so far.
Message from Niccea to all volunteers who have already signed up:
“Thank you for being ...
Character Deep Dive: Raidon from Used Books
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 20, 2024
Today’s Character Deep Dive is on an antagonist!
We’re looking at Raidon Yamamura from Used Books by the amazingly proliferate Vickie Boutwell!
Used Books is a crime-noir thriller involving the story of Kaida, an ex-assassin from a highly dangerous network of organized crime and the different people surrounding ...
Panel By Panel: Workshop 'IWATSV': Part One
hpkomic at 3:11PM, July 19, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. We return to our workshop series this week. First, some housekeeping.
The first workshop was spread across two posts; one to gather your thoughts and introduce the comic, and the second to cover ...
Last Ripping Off King Arthur Strip Posted Today; 300 Page Milestone for Bravo1102’s Interstellar Battle Girls!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 15, 2024
Photo: “#351d Just Wanna Do Epilogues Part Seventeen”. Ripping Off King Arthur by Arspitzer. (June 2024)
Last Ripping Off King Arthur Strip Will Be Posted, Monday, July 15, 2024.
Arspitzer writes:
“Hi,
Just wanted to let you know that the final Ripping Off King Arthur strip will be posted on ...
Cynicism
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, July 14, 2024
Cynicism. That is the inclination to believe that people are motivated in large by their self-interest and therefore cannot be trusted – at least not initially. I’ve found myself – as I’ve gotten older and encountered many different acquaintances and personal relations in my younger years – that I’ve become ...
Art, Communication, and Comics
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 12, 2024
Comics are one of the most effective forms of art.
The most important part of all art is communication. It's often overlooked in favour of “meaning” but without the ability to effectively communicate that meaning, the meaning becomes meaningless. Concepts and manifestos are utterly inadequate because they usually become ...
Android Blues has Officially Completed; Voting for the 2024 Drunk Awards Has Been Extended for One Week
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 8, 2024
Photo: Android Blues by Stahlberg. (June 2019 to July 2024)
MILESTONE
Stahlberg writes:
“Hi,
I just the other day finished my comic Android Blues, does that count as a milestone?
Best regards
Stahlberg”
Congratulations on completing Android Blues, Stahlberg!
Android Blues Synopsis
Hong Kong 2054: an escort android is framed ...
Preachy Comics
Tantz_Aerine at 12:58AM, July 6, 2024
Last night I had an interesting conversation with one of my favorite creators (you know who you are) about what makes a webcomic (or comic, or movie, or book, anything applies) preachy. Preachy as in trying to force an agenda, or ideology, or outlook down the audience's throat whether ...
Panel By Panel: Scripting (with examples!)
hpkomic at 3:53PM, July 5, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. Last time, I asked about how you all scripted your comics and got a lot of interesting responses I wanted to run through here. So let’s run through all of them.
First ...