"... the president said without reference to reality."

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, June 12, 2025



The title is from a live blog entry on The Guardian website on the 10th of June. The post quoted Trump spreading a conspiracy theory that the Governor of California and the Mayor of LA had paid protestors to cause trouble. The not-so-subtle phrasing makes it quite clear what the ...

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Writing unsavoury people

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, June 5, 2025



I've spent a lot of this year dealing with the fallout of the death of a close friend. For whatever reason he picked as his executor a woman that none of the rest of his friends and family get along with. Actually, that's downplaying it. Most of them ...

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Quackcast 742 - ex-special forces!

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 3, 2025

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It seems like every single “badass” in TV, Movies, books and comics is “ex-special forces” or something like it these days. It's become a meaningless cliche. Writers use it as a shortcut to show ...


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Trust is the Biggest Asset

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 31, 2025



It's not really talked about much, since trust isn't as flamboyant or flashy as love or praise or admiration. However, I think a strong case can be made that it is the most invaluable element defining human relationships on pretty much every aspect and every scale.

We see ...



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How we remember (the clothing of) a time.

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, May 29, 2025



I recently rewatched the The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, which is a 1996 released concert actually performed in December 1968. Various performers, including Jethro Tull, The Who, Taj Mahal, and Marianne Faithfull each perform a song. There were a few circus acts as well, including a fire eater ...

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Random Quail comics

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, May 22, 2025



The ‘Quail’s Random' list of comics on The Duck front page is a holdover from the early days of Drunk Duck. There have been occasional noises made about removing it, but when push comes to shove people have spoken up for the random list. Personally, I like it. It ...

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Quackcast 739 - Deferring to Experts

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 13, 2025

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Artwork from Key of Dreams

When you're working on a project with other people, a comic collaboration for example, it's usually best to decide on different roles for everyone according to what they ...




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InkyMoondrop Debuts New Comic “The Odds”, Chapter 8 Wraps in Imago, Nebraska, Chapter 9 Begins Today; Create a Drunk Duck Awards 2025 For Your Consideration (FYC) Page!!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 12, 2025


Photo: “-Spring- Ch.8: Page 75 ”. Imago, Nebraska, created by InkyMoondrop. (May 2025)

InkyMoondrop writes:

Hi again!

A Chapter 8 ending announcement for Imago, Nebraska.

It should end this week, so a new chapter begins by Monday. There's only two left from the first Book and the second Book ...








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Where's Willy?

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, May 1, 2025



One of the world's oldest bit of sequential art (which people like Scott McCloud and Will Eisner tell us are just comics in a proto-form) was in the news recently. The Bayeux tapestry is a 70 metre long, 50cm wide embodied cloth that while not containing the panel divisions ...

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On Utopias

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 26, 2025




It may just be my impression, but usually when a story is set in a dystopian setting, the dystopia is played straight. However, when the characters encounter or start off in a utopian setting, they almost always will end up realizing that the utopia is actually a mirage, and in ...


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