There's few moments more dramatic than when the hero gets hurt. The more serious the injury (or illness or poisoning or other type of affliction) the higher the drama.
And from that drama (the hurt) comes the period of treatment, convalescence, and recovery (the comfort). This is a plot ...
Hurt and Comfort
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 13, 2024The Drawing Board
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 24, 2023
Photo: “Animator Desk Belonging to Frank Thomas”. Taken at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (by me). Los Angeles, California. (October 2021).
The mid-twentieth century animator studio has always held an aura of mystery to any mind that has ever wondered how hand-illustrated animation is created. Anyone who has drawn ...
Writing Overpowered Characters
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 22, 2023
One of the most frequent ways to make characters stand out in fiction or myth is to give them a staggering, amazingly powerful ability. Something that mere talent doesn't give you. Something miraculous, larger than the largest life, unique and insurmountable:
Like a dude that can part an entire ...
Panel By Panel: ‘Lite Bites’ and Abstraction at Scale
hpkomic at 12:58AM, Jan. 13, 2023
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 Lite Bites. Specifically, a story called “After; Fire Sale.” b]Lite Bites is an anthology series edited by Genejoke, and “Fire Sale” was written by ...
Hot Off the Presses—Freddy Reno Went Missing: Chapter Four—COMPLETED; Dare to Vote in the 2022 Drunk Duck Awards?
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 27, 2022
Photo: Cover Art for Freddy Reno Went Missing, Chapter 4 by OrGiveMeDeath_Ind
MILESTONE
The creator behind Freddy Reno Went Missing, OrGiveMeDeath_Ind, has a Milestone Announcement:
OrGiveMeDeath_Ind writes:
“Good morning,
I've got a minor milestone to report. Chapter 4 of Freddy Reno Went Missing is now complete! I consider this ...
Steph’s Story “Wavelengths” Shows the Untold Beauty of the Nine to Five
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 2, 2022
Photo: Life is Strange 3, bonus episode “Wavelengths”. Square Enix, Deck Nine.
The studios at Square Enix and Deck Nine have delivered a third installment to their Life is Strange series, titled True Colors due to the protagonist’s ability to see auras, that is both sobering and surprisingly critical ...
QUACKCAST 556 - That's What She Said!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 9, 2021 LISTEN on our new player!
Listen on Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunkduck-quackcast
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The other day Tantz Aerine wrote a newspost about an article critical of Squid Game. The crux of things was that the Squid Game creator had said ...
Strange Creatures Milestone Announcement
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 21, 2018
Usedbooks writes:
My side project, Strange Creatures, just passed 50 pages, so it's kinda legitimate now. It's more of an illustrated novel than a graphic novel. Anyone looking to check it out, I recommend starting at the beginning to avoid spoilers: http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Strange_Creatures/5561567/
Oh ...