Dance With the Devil
the attraction and repulsion of horror


There a few things - movies, books, stories and TV shows - that scared me enough as a kid that I still remember them. Some are just moments from a book, show or whatever that wasn't that scary beyond that one ...

Photo: “- Spring - Ch.2: Page 65”. Imago Nebraska by InkyMoondrop. (October 2024)

Imago Nebraska’s Chapter Two Conclusion

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Imago, Nebraska's chapter 2 ends on Monday, the 14th of October (well, technically the 15th has the ending cover, but the last noteworthy page will go up on ...

When we hear about a broken heart, usually our collective minds to go romantic disappointments and devastation. Unrequited love, betrayed love, or even love separated by death or any other type of force majeure.

And that's absolutely one type of heartbreak that is and will remain legit. It's ...

Photo: “Operation Werewolf Part 3”. Hawk and Flo Adventures by HawkandFloAdventures. (October 2024)

Hawk and Flo Adventures Milestone

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“I'm going to hit 900 pages soon on Hawk and Flo Adventures! am I alright to have a milestone announcement next week I'll definitely be at 900 by ...

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. Moving away from the workshop format this week, and returning to the more solo-assessments of panels and comics. This week, we have a panel pulled from Marco Rossi's comic [i[Killer Ape ...

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Welcome to October proper, and the beginning of our spooky/scary month of articles.

There's a brand of scary movies where the ‘monster’ or whatever is not just one machete-wielding angry frog manchild. Or ravenous shark or alien or some other kind of monster or killer ...

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Fight choreography is tricky. We have it in comics, plays, movies and TV. When it's in full motion the trick is that you cant usually show things connecting so you have to work around the safety ...

Facing the Downpour the broken sleeper crashes again
Flowing down its back it gathers for new fall
Racing the Encore the broken sleeper clashes again
Blowing down its rack it gathers for a new call
Chasing the offshore the broken sleeper bashes again
Rowing down its track it gathers for ...

We're jumping ahead a bit, here: I meant to do horror/halloween related articles throughout October, starting next week - but I caught a little video that reminded me of a special anniversary happening this year!


Freddy Krueger and his first final girl Nancy down for a 40th Anniversary reunion ...

Photo: “End of Summer 2024”. Photograph taken by kawaiidaigakusei. (September 2024)

Ten years before Miyazaki’s latest animated film, The Boy and the Heron (2023), was released last year, The Wind Rises (2013/2014) was announced to be Miyazaki’s final film.

In a Drunk Duck forum post dated February ...