In 1966, in the midst of the American Civil Rights Movement, Marvel Comics introduced the first black superhero - Black Panther.
Black Panther, real name T'Challa, was the King of vibranium-rich Wakanda, a fictional African country (the first African-American superhero would be Marvel's Falcon). A special herb and his ...

Celebrating Black History Month - The First Black Superhero
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 27, 2015Say It Straight, Simple and With a Smile
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 23, 2015
-Art by Gunwallace
Hello Ducks! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. Last week was filled with big holidays like Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday/Carnival, Ash Wednesday, the Lunar New Year (Gung Hay Fat Choy!) it is now the year of the Ram! I think I spent Sunday watching the Oscars ...
Comics for Anti-Comic People
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 20, 2015
I'm a bit of a comic book proselytizer. When people tell me they don't like comics, I usually take that as a personal challenge. (I have the same reaction when people tell me they don't like cats, but that's another story for another time.) Generally I ...
The Digital Dark Age Cometh!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 16, 2015
Does everyone remember floppy disks?
This morning, the top trending topic was the warning issued by Vint Cerf, vice-president of Google, that we must create tangible back-up copies of all our digital works or else we may lose everything, every memory in a “digital Dark Age”. So I read about ...
Love Triangles
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 13, 2015
I hope that all you lovely DDers are celebrating this Valentine's Day in happy, stable relationships - or happy, stable singledom! As for me, I love a good (fictional) love triangle. What's the point of a love story if it's not unnecessarily complicated, right? Here are some of ...
The 2015 Drunk Duck Valentine's Day Card Exchange Extravaganza!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 9, 2015Traditional Art in Webcomics
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 6, 2015
We've talked a few times in newsposts and Quackcasts about how tablets have made digital art more convenient than ever. But as much as I enjoy the clean lines and bright colours of digital drawing, when inspiration strikes I still often find myself reaching for my sketchbook and ProMarkers ...
Conveying sarcasm
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 30, 2015
I spotted a forum thread yesterday on this topic, and I thought some of you might have some interesting input - how do you convey sarcasm in a comic?
From irrevenant:
“In normal life sarcasm is conveyed by tone of voice which obviously isn't available in a comic.
There are ...