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What makes bad guy intimidating? Tantz Aerine made a great newspost about the question, carefully outlining various key bad-guy properties like confidence, composure, efficiency, and amorality. Banes, Pitface, Tantz and I stomp ALL over that, traipsing about like drunken, muddy rugby players, as we blather on about our opinions ...

This beautiful image is from the movie Metropolis by Fritz Lang, it shows Atlas the giant carrying the weight of the entire city on his shoulders. In this image Atlas represents the combined might and labour of the working class. Interestingly the same theme in imagery is often used for ...

A story can be strengthened by coordinating the first and final images in some way.

It's not a hard and fast rule; it's not a rule at all. But it can be worth trying out in your writing!

The movie Halloween (there it is! I had to start ...

JakeRichmond, creator of Modest Medusa, is launching a kickstarter today for his tabletop RPG The Magical Land of Yeld. Yeld is based in the Modest Medusa universe!


As someone who was only recently introduced into the particular geekdom of tabletop RPGs, this game looks super fun! You can check out ...

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 ...

Hogan of the Halloween Cameo Caper has a message to share!

It’s time for the annual Halloween Cameo Caper, a little community project which has always had a nice DD-participation over the years, coming to a webcomic near you since 2006!

http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/176162/

What ...

See our full preview here: - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/WILDFIRE/

We're showing a six page preview of a new comic from Top Cow and Carthay Circle Publishing this week. Click the image to see a full sized version on our Facebook page!
It's a GMO disaster story in ...

See our full preview here: - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/WILDFIRE/

We're showing a six page preview of a new comic from Top Cow and Carthay Circle Publishing this week. Click the image to see a full sized version on our Facebook page!
It's a GMO disaster story in ...

I know it was a slow weekend for some of you, but stuff happened while you were gone, you know! Most especially, I've posted some DD member interviews- you should really check them out!

First though, some milestones, and a very special announcement for a very special comic:


Arachnid ...

Sorry about the delay with the news there, everyone! I was on holiday, making a nuisance of myself in Scotland and Ireland, then there was lots of stuff to do when I got back. But I am back now and although I feel like I need to sleep for a ...